Talk about going to be hard to find, only 500. They will never be available, anybody trying to rent one will have a better chance at winning a lottery than finding one sitting on a Hertz lot.

 

Nope its 2006...and 330HP is PLENTY for a rental car...Yup... they are selling special addition mustang still and we got zip on the lot for the time being...you dont need 350 HP when you got a car thats selling like the Mustang.

 

I think its pretty cool. I would rent one if there was one available. I haven't driven one of the new ones yet. I also think its cool that they will be selling them after they get 16-18K miles on them.

 

I would certainly rent it if it were available... But I don't think I would go to hertz just for it because it will never be available...

I don't see how this is so much real help.

 

Zip? Speak for yourself, LOL! The GTOs are still on the lots, and more than enough for a Mustang GT to handle.

 

hmmm...Camaro website...camaro fans...Mustangs long time rival? Camaro....

Thats what I meant by Zip on the lots..

 

heck if your just saying GTO there is alot other things GM has out that excite me but I was just comparing the Mustang to its rival.

 

Do you know what year the Camaro last had an official hp rating that high?

It was 1971 and the #'s were gross.

 

I have seen places that rent Corvettes you know. 330hp still kind of sucks in 2006.

 

I know some 02 ZL1 Camaros that came with a 600hp power rating. Besides, I am betting that 330hp will not be underrated very much, if at all. We all know about the LS1 fbodies true speed, so what does an official hp rating matter? In a world of ignorance, probably alot, but I guess it sucks that I know better about this.

 

I hope those cars come with baja styled skid plates.

 

I don't think it will be underrated either. I'd bet anything it doesn't make more than 280rwhp. Auto 05's usually put down around 250rwhp and the only mods this thing has that are worth anything powerwise are the cai and the tune. That wasn't the point though. Point is most people go off advertised #'s when looking at cars. Even car people. Most don't go on message boards and search for dyno sheets. They see the hp # on the window sticker and in the mag tests and they take it as fact. That's how Ford can get away with making such a big deal about a 330hp Mustang in 06 when the Camaro had 350hp in 98. GM and the media never said it had 350hp they said it had 305. On paper this new 4.6l Mustang has 20 more hp then an 02 5.7l Z28 and that looks damn impressive. Few people will know it's the other way around.

 

Obviously haven't driven a Mustang yet.


Now to retort some other points brought up:

Coming from Mustangs myself, it's still funny and has always amazed me the absolute obsession with horsepower numbers on this site over all else, even to the point of being absurd. Posting that a 2002 ZL1 Camaro got 600 horsepower is like me posting that I installed a "cammer 5.0" into a Mustang, therefore Mustangs had higher horsepower than Camaro. Examples like that would even get me laughed off of Mustang sites. We're talking walk in, turn key, factory warranty cars anyone can get at a competitive price, not a multi thousand dollar aftermarket build up...... but anything goes to get those horsepower bragging rights, huh?



It's also funny seeing people slam things about the Mustang that they would wet themselves over if Chevy had done it with the Camaro. If GM had said they planned to offer 500 special LS2 Camaros for rent at Avis, there wouldn't be a peep about "gimmicks"..... and speaking of gimmicks, how many "special 2002 ZL1s" were there again?


No it isn't 1998. The 4.6 V8 made 225 horsepower that year. The 2006 version makes 300. Seems logical to expect the 2007 to make 330. GM's 5.3 makes only 300 horsepower, and it's a bigger engine. So your point is exactly......???


Sure the GTO has more horses and is quicker than a Mustang GT. It also lists for nearly $7,000 more sells roughly 25% of the numbers Mustang GT posts, and is on a different level in the market. GTO buyers tend to be older, have more money, are less likely to be "backyard mechanics", and (oddly) tend to have families and more likely to have a 2nd car than Mustang GT buyers.


Bottom line, Ford has created a good marketing move & instantly collectable cars. Pretty good idea that GM might consider.

It's 1998 horsepower? 600 horse ZL1 Camaros? GTO have more horsepower? Nothing but a gimmick? All this over Ford making a special Mustang GT with the Shelby name avalible for rent at Hertz?

I feel like I'm at the "Three Stooges" school of responses at times.

 

I am betting that collectors (maybe guys that own GT350H's) are going to search these out and buy them up.

David

 

Couldn't agree more.