The corvette is kind of in the same category. For its price point its likely 1.5 of 2x the car of its neighboring competitors. It really competes quite well with exotics. Sonsidering its usually around 1/2 the price that makes its a pretty darn good deal. I tried looking up the E36 for you
Thats the M3 of that era. In my opinion that's the last M3 BMW built that wasn't a piece of shit for reliability. After that reliability ate a big one and now they are so shitty that maintenance costs will be half the cost of ownership after the first 3 years (Other half being depreciation). Still i'm sure its probably 2x as much as the GT i didnt realize it was so cheap at 18k The '96 Mustang GT had a 0-60 of 6.7
I did a bit more research and the GT had a MSRP of 17.6k which was almost half of the 29k MSRP of the MR2. So I guess you are right its only real Japanese competitor was the 240SX at a 8.8 0-60. I never really though of the mustang as a value car but looks back at the numbers is really does make sense at that price point. just because of the Corvette's price point
Genuine question. Where are you able to find the prices? I've been looking for pricing charts like the 0-60 website for a while now and haven't been able to find one. Price ranges really are a useful tool when comparing cars. As for mid '90s Japanese competitors, I'd be willing to throw the Celica in there against the Mustang too. They're all different kinds of cars, but they're all performance cars in similar price ranges,
Kind of all over the place i think MSN autos might work just kind of a pain to use. https://books.google.com/books?id=g-76CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA298&lpg=PA298&dq=1996mustangGToriginalprice&source=bl&ots=kaDO5UWxqO&sig=0fmDoP9Lskr4DdxofEwH80Upy_E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKr-Ws9vvMAhVCwGMKHUNEBWM4FBDoAQgzMAQ#v=onepage&q=1996%20mustang%20GT%20original%20price&f=false For mustang prices MR2 http://www.iseecars.com/car/1995-toyota-mr2 240SX http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/nissan/240-sx/1996/sd-AAbL9Q3
You can also check Toyota MR2 prices here https://carsdesk.com/Search-Cars/Make-Toyota/Model-MR2 And Nissan 240SX here https://carsdesk.com/nissan-240sx-for-sale Definetely a good choice