đź“° Auto News Report: Chevy Camaro poised to outsell Ford Mustang for first time in 25 years
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I dont like ford just as much as the next GM guy, but that statement is pretty ignorant, no?
Its strange how they put a proper motor in a competent chassis and everybody loves the '11 stang, but there is a proper motor already in what has been called a great chassis, yet the camaro is still considered behind... I really don't know what gm can do. I don't think throwing HP at it is gonna fix it
The 2011 V-6 Mustang is a blast to drive. Significantly different than the 2010.
No, there is a lot hype surrounding the 5.0 for the ford guys. I understand that are excited about the new motor but Motor Trend is not a bible on auto comparisons. The 5.0 is a tenth or to faster at best, sometimes even with an LS3 SS and people don't get it. The stang still has a cheap interior and iffy styling. It's not an acciden that the Camaro out sold it this year with only 1 model compared to 3.
Cool. So have I. The 5.0 is impressive and deserves the hype. As far as throttle feel, power band and overall responsiveness the 5.0 simply feels better. The last 2010 Camaro SS I drove was a pre-production model so maybe they sorted out the tune, but that thing wasn't very impressive in drivability. Yeah, a simple tune and mods fix that, but from the factory I was disappointed.
From this owners' perspective it sounds like the Camaro needed mods to match the 5.0's character.
I think he means 'over-rated' because the 5.0 is a tenth or two faster in the 1/4 than the Camaro in which the latter has 70+ more cubes.
Didnt even see this post, whoops
Did you not read MT when the SS camaro came out? They didnt exactly "bash" it, so in reality they made both sound pretty good.
the camaro out sold it with 1 model compared to 3? Wat
And since when does the 11 stang have a cheap interior and iffy styling compared to a camaro?? Wat
The cubes arguemnet makes about as much sense as the F/I arguement some GM people used when the Cobra came out. It's all BS, power is power is long as it comes on the car to begin with. It's over rated because people talk as if the Camaro is a mid 13 car and the 5.0 is a mid 12. Not the case on either account.
Let's have a math lesson. 1 Camaro coupe for 2010, 1 mustang coupe + 1 mustang convertible + 1 mustang GT500 = 3 models for 2010.
The 11 GT has just as a cheap plastic interior as the Camaro. Also the new mustang refresh (2010+) conisitenly falls behind the Camaro's looks in public opinion poles.
My whole point of this was that you said the 5.0 was overrated, but yet you do admit the 5.0 IS the faster car? Who cares if someone says one runs 16s or one runs 11s, it happens from either camp.
I'll give you that there are two models, vert yes, but a GT500 isnt another "model", its still a mustang coupe
Ok, so its not so much the interior is anything to write home about when it is just as cheap as the camaros, didnt know if you were trying to say the camaro's was better... lol @ public opinion poles
Either way sales #s for both of these cars dont mean jack IMHO considering fleet sales from any of the rental car places buy thousands of these things
The GT500 is the high performance niche car. Both the mustang and challenger have a car like that where as the Camaro does not yet. It still factors in to sales. If public opinions and sales figures mean nothing then why are we in this thread??
The 5.0 is a fast car that holds the advantage in acceleration in the quarter mile by a very slim margin and even that is argueable. That's why it's over ratted. Undisputed king of the pony cars? Not really. All comes down to personal preference. IMO there is no clear cut winner like people try to make it out to be.
The 5.0 is a fast car that holds the advantage in acceleration in the quarter mile by a very slim margin and even that is argueable. That's why it's over ratted. Undisputed king of the pony cars? Not really. All comes down to personal preference. IMO there is no clear cut winner like people try to make it out to be.
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