In late 2012/early 2013 I helped my father in law replace his 2008 mini cooper S 6mt (which had $7k worth of work done under warranty by 50k miles including timing chains, water pump, and turbo replacement) with a genesis coupe R 6mt. He’s now owned it 7 years, 70k miles, and I’ve driven it countless times and…

The base Corvette isn’t supposed to be quicker in it’s base trim than the absolute top of the line Mustang. That’s just not a fair comparison. The upcoming performance trims will do exactly what you’re talking about. 

AI writes articles like Mitsubishi makes cars. All the parts are there, but the end result is WTF.