Price as compared to performance, aesthetics, and potential my money would be with a stock C5 before I would waste it on a mustang.

I like how stripped down they had to make the Cobra R to make it competetive, and they priced it out of the Mustang market.

Bottom Line:

Cobra R -- 2000
HP: 390Bhp
Weight: 3600lbs
Price: $54,000 (new)
Pwr/Wt: 390/3600=0.108

Corvette C5 -- 1999
HP: 345Bhp
Weight: 3200lbs
Price: $38685 (new)
Pwr/Wt: 345/3200=0.108

Looks like when taking their power to weight into consideration the two are pretty damn even. The 99' C5 weighs in a full $15K cheaper for the msrp...

So, now who is off base comparing those two cars?