Depending on your driving, and investment in traction, I would have to say the powerful cars all depend on the driver's behind the wheel. I wrecked my GT, and its mods cant amount to more than 400 hp at the wheels. Does that mean I cant handle it, or its too much HP for the street? I would say no. Did I make a poor choice and take it out in the rain with street radials, why yes I did. Ask the average guy in a GT500 if he thinks hwy pulls from 3rd gear are a "waste" of the HP his car has... Its perfectly streetable, if you dont get caught.
PFFFFTTT!! Is 550 WHP more "streetable" than 380?
The only difference between you hitting the curb w/ your GT, or a Shelby GT 500, is that with the latter, it woulda happened on dry pavement just as easily as it did for you in the rain.
We ( and I mean this in the most broadest of terms) are NOT the typical customer that buys one.
Which means that some of "us" are.
After thinking about it, I really would like to see the
majority demographic of the typical Badged Mustang buyer. (AKA Shelby, Saleen, Roush, Boss302) I'd bet by far and large, 80% of the cars purchased by that demo has never had the back of the go pedal ever get close enough to the carpet to be considered W.O.T..
That means out of 50,000 units sold 10,000 drive it with some semblance of the intended performance potential, which leaves about 40,000 posers driving their cabriolets w/ the top down so we can see their pretentious hats.
( Logo'd C/S worn backwards of course.)
Even the capabilities of a
properly equipped new Mustang goes beyond what most of the owners will EVER ask of that car, .....add 100+ HP to the mix, and you get a 57,000 (or whatever the fk they cost) "look what I got" to drive to the mall.
So you paid and extra 20k for the power most will never use, a stripe, and a badge for what?
To accelerate in 3rd gear on the interstate?
Waste.