Dudes, thanks for the kind words. And yes, I'm already a member of this excellent forum (joined a few months ago).
I was somewhat worried about the title of that article, but I really thought it best described what happened. After years of wishing the Mustang could be faster and a bit more cohesive looking, I simply couldn't resist the Bullitt, even though a comparable F-body is faster and cheaper.
At the same time, I can't believe GM keeps pushing its poorly designed, poorly built crap out the door (and loosing market share all the time).
We just finished driving a bunch of sport coupes at Edmunds.com (look for the comparison test soon) and after driving a Bullitt and a Z28 back-to-back, I was truly astonished at how primitive and uncomfortable the car was. Those F-body seats are like cloth-covered lawn chairs! As I wrote in my notes, unless you spend more time driving down a dragstrip than driving on the public roads, the Mustang is just so blatantly superior, especially if it has the suspension and styling mods (and exhaust sound) of a Bullitt.
Anyway, the Bullitt kicks butt, the upcoming version of the Mustang sounds to be truly awesome, and if GM wants to play in this field, they better realize that high horsepower doesn't absolve them of all design sins.
Thanks againg for the good words.
Karl Brauer
Editor-in-Chief
Edmunds.com