I have a 87 Monte Carlo, I like it, it's broke.  Chevrolet owns them, but they're filling bankruptcy (butchered word!) soon.   
What cars are cooler and better I think depends on what magazine you read. :-)   
and on horsepower and weight,  companies (especially GM) have been bullshitting numbers for years.  It's completely possible to watch a car that weights 3800 lbs and has 300hp (3000GT VR-4) take a Corvette with the same HP rating and weighs a bunch less.  Just my 2 cents.     
and you can play the 'physics mind numbers' game all day long a lot of times it just comes down to who sucks at driving and who doesn't.  A Stock (1999+?) Mustang GT is capable of high 13's ... not a lot of people can do it though.  And lets not forget about the 'perfect day on a perfect track with the tail wind' variable when it comes to reporting track times.   
I'd hate to have a car that beats everything, then I wouldn't be any cooler than Tilley or Sam. :-)