It's not a matter of it outperforms the vette, in reports there are many comparissons between the corvette and the mustang, but I don't think that Ford was aiming at competition for the corvette, they were just comparing the mustang to it to show that for less money you are getting something similar. The mustang's base price is supposed to be around 50K, while the Corvette starts at almost 70K. Thats my understanding anyways...