Mustang 5.0 vs Camaro SS vs Challenger SRT8

[LuS1fer]

I suspect the Mustang's brakes had been abused by many road tests as no-one else has complained:

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/112_100...

[IROC-Z]

I love the way the first thing they do with them is burnouts and drifting!

The Challenger wins on looks alone as far as I'm concerned

[Stu R]

I love the front of the challenger, but can't stand the back.

I think I'd have to go for the Mustang, just not in silver

[chevy-stu]

Stu R said:

I love the front of the challenger, but can't stand the back.

I think I'd have to go for the Mustang, just not in silver

Interesting comparison.

Looks wise, I'd have the Challenger front with the Camaro back.... Mustang still not doing it for me...

[IROC-Z]

I agree about the Challenger, love the front the back looks a bit awkward. I think it'd make an awesome looking saloon. Mind you, I can't even afford the coupe!

Unconvinced about the new Mustang and Camaro :/

[VXRPhantom]

I'd have to go with the new Camaro...........

[ringram]

There is no replacement for displacement. Therefore Camaro wins.

[LuS1fer]

ringram said:

There is no replacement for displacement. Therefore Camaro wins.

Ah, the cry of the Atkins Diet.

Get there late with too much weight.

[Dr-Bob]

Challenger for me.... Although i did se 2x 2010 GT500's at ASC and the colours were nice

[Matt Harper]

I think all three are great cars in different ways - which may be what the article concludes, in a more interesting fashion. The Camaro is just a tiny bit too cartoon-like and the front end looks a little 'bulky' to me, but the SS is a stormer (lesser variants, a good deal less so, unsurprisingly).
Contrary to many, it would seem, I prefer the Mustangs styling to it's predecessor. I think it's neater and of the three, represents the best value, due to what it delivers in terms of performance. Sadly, there's just too many of them to afford much in the way of cache.
The Challenger is probably more faithful a hark-back to it's name-sake than the others, despite it's high belt-line and it's motor and brakes are very obvious stand-out features.
For me, it would be a crap-shhot between the Chevy and the Dodge - only because of the rental car image and sheer bloody numbers of Mustang GT's that are out on the street here. I accept that in terms of VfM, the Mustang is a slam-dunk, but people choose cars based on more than dollars and cents, pounds and pence - and that's just as it should be.

[BLUETHUNDER]

Another vote for the Camaro. The challenger is just a bit too retro for me. And a bit too bloated. This was really driven home when i was parked next to one at Lakenheath last year in my Cerbera..........

[LuS1fer]

BLUETHUNDER said:

Another vote for the Camaro. The challenger is just a bit too retro for me. And a bit too bloated. This was really driven home when i was parked next to one at Lakenheath last year in my Cerbera..........

The relevant sizes are in order Challenger/Camaro/Mustang

Weight (lbs): 4027/3860/3572
Length (ins): 197.7/190.4/188.1
Width: (ins): 75.7/75.5/73.9
Height (ins): 57.1/54.2/55.6

So in terms of bloat, it's in that order.

However, to put that in context, a BMW M3 is 181.8 long, 71 wide, 55.8 tall and a whopping 3704lbs in weight despite being smaller.