Answer You have 5 great vehicles to choose from and any choice you ultimately make, you will be guaranteed to get a great car. The 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 would probably be the better choice. It is the fastest, has the most lateral grip and they hold their value quite well. The 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 has been said to be the best looking one yet and offers more than one might think. The GT500 will hit 60 in just 4.3 second and will pull 0.92 G of grip. The Camaro SS and Infiniti G37 will only pull 0.88. The Mustang GT500 has the classic supercharger whine when under harsh acceleration and has been to said most fun-to-drive when it was compared to the vehicles you listed. In a 2009 Car And Driver comparison the Mustang Shelby GT500 beat out the Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1, and Nissan 370z Nismo. You may ask why would it matter if it beat the ZR-1 and Nismo? It matters because if is beat the top of the line models of the cars you want to buy, could you imagine the base models compared to the GT500. The only thing that could be better for the GT500 are the brakes. They are not bad, they could just be better. If you go with the 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, you would not look back and ask "What if?" The other cars are not bad cars, the just cannot meet the GT500 in terms of power and fun-to-drive factor.
2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500:
Pros:
+ The 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is powered by a supercharged and intercooled 5.4-liter dual overhead cam V-8 engine expected to produce 540 horsepower and 510 foot-pounds of torque. The redline is 6,250 rpm.
+ The car's aluminum power dome hood not only adds to the Shelby's appearance, it helps cool the engine through a hood extractor
+ The Shelby's open-element air induction system features a conical air filter instead of a flat-panel closed system to reduce air restriction. This approach allows more air to be pumped through the engine, producing more power and increasing the engine's efficiency. A cold-air intake feeds the coolest air possible directly into the air box, helping further increase horsepower. The intake necessitated moving the Cobra snake badge to the other side of the grille to enable maximum airflow.
+The twin-disc clutch on the six-speed manual transmission has been significantly upgraded, improving drivability and NVH
+ The 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 offers customers improved straight-line acceleration, plus fuel savings when cruising on the highway in the top gears. Gears 1-4 remain the same, but fifth gear changes from .80 to .74 while sixth gear goes from .63 to .50, meaning that the 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 will turn lower engine RPMs in those gears and deliver improved fuel efficiency
+ Spring and dampers have been optimized for better roll control, giving customers more confidence when braking, accelerating or turning. The new chassis tuning takes its philosophy from the KR program, with a greater emphasis placed on primary body control
+ The Goodyear F1 Supercar 19-inch tires have been upgraded, too. SVT members developed a "recipe" for the attributes and characteristics they wanted in the tire, which Goodyear's team of engineers, designers and manufacturers brought to life. The result is better grip, better handling and better NVH properties, leading to a better customer experience
+ The 19-inch wheels are forged aluminum wheels milled on both sides
+ The rear live axle will always give your wheels perfect camber which translates into maximum grip in any conditionre
+ The 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 features AdvanceTrac, Ford's stability control system with several options for performance. The default "on" mode accommodates every-day driving, and a Sport mode delivers for those wanting to put the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 through its paces on the track
+ Numerous aerodynamic upgrades, including a redesigned splitter, were made to the front end of the 2010 Shelby GT500
+ The design of the front fascia and the car's "flush" hood helps focus air flow. The top grille focuses air into the radiator, with a rubber flap inside the engine compartment helping to seal the system. The lower grille helps cool the intercooler. SVT engineers also went as far to block off specific diamonds in the front of the 2010 Shelby GT500's distinctive grille to help maintain the correct cooling and aerodynamic balance
+ Standard Features
* SYNC: The voice-activated hands-free in-car communication and entertainment system developed by Ford and Microsoft. The system fully integrates most Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones and digital media players, providing customers hands-free cell phone and
music selection capabilities - plus new 911 Assist and Vehicle Health Report provided with no monthly fees.
* 911 Assist: When a phone is properly paired, turned on and connected to SYNC, the system is ready to assist in placing a call directly to a local 911 emergency operator in the event of an air bag-deploying accident. The key advantage of SYNC 911 Assist is speed, as calls are placed directly to local 911 operators.
* Vehicle Health Report (VHR): SYNC gathers relevant information from the major vehicle control modules and packages diagnostic data into a usable format in a matter of minutes. That data packet is sent to Ford via an 800-number automatically dialed using the customer's paired and operable mobile phone.
* Ambient Lighting System with MyColor⢠allows drivers to customize the interior lighting of the vehicle to suit their mood. The enhanced MyColor system features seven base colors - ice blue, purple, blue, orange, red, white and green. Customers also can create 125 custom colors by mixing the red-green-blue palette.
+ Using genuine materials such as real leather in all seats, real aluminum on the instrument panel and Alcantara inserts on the seats and steering wheel gave the appearance a precisely crafted, jewel-like yet functional feel
+ The genuine aluminum finish panels have a unique-to-GT500 three-dimensional dimpled texture pattern inspired by racing clutch plates, braided hoses and cross-drilled racing brake rotors. The pattern has been painstakingly tuned to compensate for the compound curvature of the instrument panels.
+ In addition, the "GT500" logo has been discretely engraved into the aluminum in front of the passenger as a nod to classic Shelby Mustangs of the 1960s
+ All 2010 Mustangs and Shelbys feature bright 360-degree rings surrounding the gauge cluster, uninterrupted by the steering column. These rings will come in chrome for the Mustang and a Satin Liquid Chrome finish for the GT500
+ The Shelby Cobra appears at startup on the navigation screen, and the familiar red "SVT" logo utilizes new ambient lighting to illuminate the door scuffplate
+ Even the classic white shift knob - an icon of Shelby Mustang DNA from years past - received special attention. First, it had to be the traditional white. It also had to be specific to the Shelby. The answer was to combine the racing-stripes theme with the traditional "H" pattern found on shifters to create a one-of-a-kind knob. Like the exterior, the racing stripes wrap from end to end, encircling the knob
Cons:
+ The live Rear axle is said to be outdated but the car pulls more grip and handles better than most independent suspension set ups.
+ The Ride might be harsh for some people but that is expected from every performance car
