The bitterness of low quality lasts long after the sweetness of low cost is
gone.





> wrote in message ...
> 2006 BMW M5 (5 liter V10 7 speed with 500 horsepower & 383 torque)
> versus 2007 Ford Shelby GT500 ( 5.4 liter V8 6 speed with 500 horsepower
> & 480 torque). I am not a mechanic and don't know exactly what torque
> is but I heard that if a car has more torque, it has more power. If I
> am right, does that mean Ford Shelby can out run M5 from zero to sixty
> and high speed?. Also M5 costs almost twice as much than Shelby GT500
> so seems Shelby is a better value. Am I right? Is there other side to
> this that I am ignorant about? Enlighten me please if I am.
>