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Originally Posted by ZexGX
Mustang. I like Vettes but I say Mustang because Corvette is more of a refined car - more of something you'd expect from Europe. Mustang is cheap quality and powerful - something American cars are known for. The design is clearly American, whereas the Corvettes seem to have more European influenced design (at least, from what I see).
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It's a reasonable point. The basis of the Vette is clearly European, starting with servicemen returning from WWII who brough little roadsters with them etc., there was no such thing in the US. The C1 body was modeled in principle on a Jaguar from the era (don't remember the model). The great Zora Arkus Duntov, peace be upon him, was an old school European engineer and race driver. So you're right from that point.
HOWEVER, the Corvette was never more than a middle to upper middle class car. Refined in the European since would make most Europeans chuckle as they compare the engine to a truck and the suspension to an ox cart. Of course they don't laugh quite as hard when they get their balls handed to them, but that's a different story.
Still, I'd actually go with the Mustang after thinking about it, almost opposite of Glenn's POV. I'm a Corvette guy, but think the Mustang is more "iconically" American. It was inexpensive and broadly available, based on an entirely American platform and concept, yet able to be built up to very high levels of performance.