My wife and I just returned recently from a trip to Maui where we had the pleasure of renting a Shelby Mustang from Hertz for a day. It was a great car. I didn't expect a lot from it but with 325 hp and a growl to match what's not to like. Seriously, it was a pretty nice car. It may not be as luxurious as a M3 but it sure packs a punch. The supercharged V8 catapults it down the roads quite nicely. The curvy roads in Maui didn't phase it either. There was no noticeable body lean in the curves. It was quite comfortable and had plenty of headroom for a tall guy like me. After driving it I starting pondering the used costs of a Shelby Mustang. Hmm...The other day to day car that we rented was pretty decent too. It was a Mazda 6. It was comfortable, accelerated reasonably well, and handled okay. The manual automatic worked pretty well. Overall it was pretty fun to drive for the week. I also pondered the possibilities of converting a used Mazda 6 into a track car... Grassroots Motorsports featured a couple of these that were converted to race cars, for SCCA racing I believe. One team was able to coax 265 hp out of a car that was originally 160! Cheers. [image source - wikimedia.org]
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