Mattstang04
15 Year Member
Really, I know the added strengths of the Camaro don't matter too terribly much. It's an arms race and we compete only as much as we want too.
I can bolt on parts to strengthen any shortcomings the Mustang may have. It's just annoying that Chevy waited for Ford to make the first move, then did their best to "one up" it. Anyone paying attention can see a historical pattern of this between the Big 3 brands. Like the 13 and 14 GT500 having the most powerful production V8s ever made, then Dodge comes along with the ballistic grade Hellcat.
Ford created the pony car and GM followed. Ford was putting together track cars with Shelby before the Camaro (and the Mustang w/ GT40, Cobra, etc.) even existed and well before the idea of the Z28 package.
I agree with bmatticus about buying the car as a whole package. I'll bet I won't like the interior of the new Camaro when compared to the Mustang. The exterior of the Camaro is the same as it was before, just smaller with a few facia changes. I'm not going to hurry off to trade in my GT on the Camaro. I really hope that the Camaro doesn't just run away from the Mustang performance wise, though.
I can bolt on parts to strengthen any shortcomings the Mustang may have. It's just annoying that Chevy waited for Ford to make the first move, then did their best to "one up" it. Anyone paying attention can see a historical pattern of this between the Big 3 brands. Like the 13 and 14 GT500 having the most powerful production V8s ever made, then Dodge comes along with the ballistic grade Hellcat.
Ford created the pony car and GM followed. Ford was putting together track cars with Shelby before the Camaro (and the Mustang w/ GT40, Cobra, etc.) even existed and well before the idea of the Z28 package.
I agree with bmatticus about buying the car as a whole package. I'll bet I won't like the interior of the new Camaro when compared to the Mustang. The exterior of the Camaro is the same as it was before, just smaller with a few facia changes. I'm not going to hurry off to trade in my GT on the Camaro. I really hope that the Camaro doesn't just run away from the Mustang performance wise, though.