Personal experience, don't take someone's word for it just because their famous. As an American I have tired of tired
getting bad mouthed by people who never met me. It wasn't that long ago that all white South Africans were racists.
(this is not a personal attack, do not take it as such).
The Lotus is a nice car, but hardly a fair comparison. The lotus is a lightweight mid-engine car based on racing design,
a completely different car. A better comparison would be a Mustang would be a Holden Manaro (Pontiac GTO in the US).
The Lotus should have been compared to something like a Toyota MR2.
It's apples & oranges. If Clarkson is such an expert he should have thought of that instead making a piece of
journalistic fluff. Nothing personal, the guy just pisses me off, I'd be surprised if he could change his own spark plugs.
I doubt it would do so well against the Ford GT (granted, the GT is 3 times as expensive as the Lotus). Even w/ the weight
advantage of the Lotus (at just under 200 HP), the the GT V8 (550 HP) would easily make short work of it.
For gas mileage, the Lotus would win & yes I would drive one. But if I could afford cars like that (or even the insurance)
I wouldn't car about gas mileage.
Some reading material for those interested, courtesy of Automobile Magazine -
http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/coupe...xige/index.html
http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/coupe...club/index.html
Anyway, we're going a little off topic here. Does Holden have a mid-engine model similar to the Opel Speedster?
(quick search found none.)