2tight

New Camaro vs Ford Mustang GT 500 Price vs performance of both who wins

JAB

Since we don't really know the price or the performance of the new Camaro this is pretty much impossible to call so far.

HOTCIVIC

Too many unknowns.

If the Camaro comes in at 3600 pounds with the 450 HP LS3, I think it will be neck and neck with the GT500, but it also depends on how aggressive the Camaro's torque management is.

ChrisL

I agree. It's too soon to tell.

Lofty goal for a base V8 to aim for the top dog Mustang, even if looking at it from a price vs performance perspective... but it's always good to set the bar high.

Here's a good way to look at this.... When it's all said and done, I am confident GM will deliver a car that will hold its own. If something beats it, the other car will be deserving of a tip of your cap.

2tight

True, It's always been GM vs Ford let's just hope that some of the guy's at GM look at the fourm. Hopefully GM gets us back in the game big time.

MarcR94v6

I don't care if it outperforms the GT500 or not, that's not what having the car is about, for me at least. The fact that it usually blows the competition away is just an added bonus that seems to occur often.

STOCK1SC

There might not even be a Ford by the time the Camaro comes out. They are tanking hard and making GM look like a financial rock comparitively speaking. If the Camaro gets a supercharged engine then the Camaro will be able to take it but lately GM is scaring me with that damn torque management on everything. Don't advertise xx hp and xx tq if you aren't gonna give it to us except for one quick burst in the winter.

boomer78

Are you talking the GT500 of now or the GT500/Cobra of 2010, or both....

CamaroZ282008

Ford isn't going anywhere. They'll be around in 2009,10 and so on. As far as the Camaro vs GT500 I'd say its just to soon to call. As it stands Im sure GM is working on a GT500 competitor. By 2009 though Ford im sure will be developing a GT500 successor. The new redesigned Mustang with the 5.8-6.2 Boss powertrain will arrive in 2010. So if the General releases a New top dog Camaro say 2009 with the LS7 being that the camaro be lighter then the GT500 I'd say the Camaro would come out on top at least for 2009 model year. Now 2010-12 is another story. Either way Im just plain excited to see the Camaro, Mustang and Challenger roaming the streets side by side once again in 2009.

OutsiderIROC-Z

Yup.

guionM

My 1st question too.


2tight, car planning simply doesn't stand still waiting for another vehicle to run it over. When we know what the horsepower and price numbers are for the 2010 GT500, let alone the 2010 Camaro (which Camaro are you talking about?...A V6?... A SS?.... Some unknowned super Camaro?) we'll be better able to answer.

95firehawk

Just like everyone else has said, there are too many unknowns to answer that question clearly. I will tell you this much; if the top Camaro doesn't come with a supercharger then the GT500 (or equivalent) will be the victor. My reasoning being that the only people who are going to race these cars stock for stock are the car rags. And the average joe doesn't spring for a head/cam combo, nitrous, or aftermarket boosted applications. Majority of these cars will get the catback/cold-air treatment. Now your going to go up against a car that the average joe throws on a pulley and a tune. The boosted car is going to win. Its the same case with the 03/04 Cobra vs. LS1 f-body. Sure there are plenty of F-bodies that will hand a built Cobra his @ss but the average joe just isn't going to buy what it takes to make the power that a factory boosted motor is capable of.

Yossarian14

Im so tired of these questions, can we stop asking them once and for all. Do we know the price of the Camaro or of the stang in two years, no.

2tight

Dude it's just for fun !!! Just talking, Keep your cool If you do like the topic nobody makes you reply.

blue 79 Z/28

all i know is i want a gt500 killer, they better make me one!