For all the people acting like the GT500 can't possibly be compared to the Corvette, check out this stingray vs. GT500 review from...1967
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...e/viewall.html
Motortrend followed it up again in the March 1968 issue:
http://www.vetteweb.com/lifestyle/ve...corvette_test/
Not quite a GT500, but Corvette vs. Mustang Cobra in 2003:
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...n/viewall.html
Then there is this one from when the GT500 returned for 2007:
http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...mparison-tests
Or even this one from 2010:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-revi...d-shelby-gt500
Face it, there is a precedent for this comparison, and the GT500 (or Cobra) will continued to be compared to a vette now, in the future, and it has been since 1967. BFD.