There were a lot of people that liked the Camaro when it first showed up and some that didn't.
You must not have been reading the 2V section on this forum. There was post after post about the 4x4 look. Most people were not getting lowering springs for performance, they were getting them to get rid of the 4x4 look.
Anyway, I hope that all three can stay around. Each car provides something the other two don't which is good b/c we are all different. One thing that I am worried about and I have said this previously, they all better get the cost down or they will all go away. I personally can't believe a Mustang GT costs low to mid 30's. The Mustang and Camaro were suppose to be the working mans sports/muscle car.
Well, I've only been a member on this forum for
maybe a week, if that, so, no, I haven't seen the posts about the last generation Mustangs looking like a 4x4.
These "Muscle Cars" are no longer "Muscle Cars," but marketing ploys; halo cars. The Camaro, Challenger, and Shelby GT-500 are so heavy that they shouldn't even be considered Muscle Cars. For the amount of horsepower that
all of these cars are shelling out, they are all flat-out
SLOW.
These companies claim that with today's safety standards the costs of providing a high horsepower engine with a low weight is too expensive, yet Nissan somehow managed to shave 200 lbs from the 350Z with the introduction of the 370Z,
plus boost the horsepower from around 300 to 330+ hp. Someone help me out here, because something just doesn't add up.
As for the Camaro and Mustang being the "working man's Muscle Cars," I still believe they are...if you even want to call the Camaro a Muscle Car anymore. With the Camaro, you get 426 hp for $30k, while with the Challenger you'll get 375k for about $30k. The SRT-8 Challenger comes in at nearly 40k, and has 425 hp; one hp shy of the much cheaper Camaro.
A new Mustang GT (Standard) stickers for $29k.
After negotations, you should be able to drive one home for around $27k.
My biggest turn-off to the Mustang is its lack of hp. Sure, 315 hp is healthy, but in a 3500 lb car it's not exactly ground-breaking. Many foreign competitors are making just as much hp out of V6s, or more; Nissan/Infiniti, for example. Then there is Hyundai who has a V6 making 304 hp...
HYUNDAI! GM is making 306 hp with its V6 out of the Cadillac CTS. Where is Ford's "powerhouse?" Sure, Ford has some awesome diesels, but what about their gas-powered vehicles? They have ONE supercharged V8 making 540 hp and you have to spend $46k+ to get it.
Well, whatever the case, horses can be gained, and other than the "lack" of them in the Mustang, I love everything else about the car, and maybe that's why it's been successful for 45 years running...