The Amazing Mustang

After being wrung out at the track and hammered on the street, we come
to the final award for the evening, "Best Driver's Car."

The 11 nominees:

$200,000 Audi R8 GT
$104,00 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
$287,000 Ferrari 458 Italia
$90,000 Nissan GT-R
$149,000 Porsche 911 GT3 RS
$50,000 BMW 1 Series M
$381,000 Lexus LFA
$90,000 Lotus Evora S$
$78,000 Porsche Cayman R
$205,200 Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS
and the...
$48,000 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Sega...?

<the crowd buzzes and there's laughter mixed in>

<comments like these are heard>
WTF?!
They included a Ford, and worse, a MUSTANG in with this pedigree of
autos?
Ahhh... that's funny!
The emcee must be confused and screwed up.
Please!
Oh, I get it... they're joking... Bahahahahahahaha...a primitive, ill-
handling, solid-axle, muscle-car Mustang being considered as "The Best
Driver's Car." Yuck, yuck, yuck...
Kudos! That's a good one... hilarious stuff! hahahah

Number 11 - Lotus Evora S
Number 10 - BMW 1 Series M Coupe
Number 9 - Lexus LFA
Number 8 - M-B SLS AMG
Number 7 Audi R8 GT
Number 6 - Corvette Z06
Number 5 - Mustang Boss 302 LS

<crowd erupts>
Oh, bull****!
A Mustang at number 5, sure, whatever!
Must have meant number 1005.
To even mention the name Mustang in this group...it's blasphemy!
They can't be serious.

<emcee pauses until volume of crowd response lowers>

Number 4 - Porsche Cayman R
Number 3 - Porsche 911 GT3 RS
Number 2 - Nissan GT-R

And number 1...
Ferrari 458 Italia

<crowd applauds, but there's still loud discussion going on about the
Mustang's entry>

<the crowd surrounds the judges>

<The judges' response>

"I can't believe it's a Mustang."
'We love the 5-liter Hi-Po V8."
"There's just so must thrust."
"Then there's the chassis which is really the best part."
"I can't believe the way it hooks up.'
"They must have had John Force do the drag racing setup because I
virtually couldn't knock it loose. It's true; blasting out of turn 11
onto the main straight, you could go flat in the AWD cars, the Lotus
Evora S, the cheater-tired Corvette, and this solid-axle Mustang."
"The car genuinely felt excited about leaping into a corner."
"Not only does it feel raw and slightly dangerous, but it actually
feels like a world-class car."

<the crowd slowly starts to disperse>

Was this a fictitious scenario?

Nope. It's all in Motor Trend's November 2011 edition. Check it
out.

Patrick