American Muscle Car challenge, brought to you by Edmunds!
Countless magazines have been comparing the Challenger R/T, Camaro SS and Mustang GT with varying results. Sometimes the Camaro comes out ahead, other times it’s the Mustang. This caused quite a stir amongst automotive enthusiasts who screamed, “Why is the top of the line Camaronot up against the top of the line Challenger or Mustang?” Of course there are obvious reasons for this, but Edmunds decided to answer that question anyway with a new test.
They put the Camaro SS up against the Challenger SRT8 and the Shelby GT500 Mustang. Hardly a fair fight considering the Mustang has 540 hp from the factory…well you’ll just have to head on over to read the results for yourself!
(Source Edmunds)
2010 Chevrolet Camaro (Supercars.net)
Autoblog has just had it’s first drive in the all new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, and the initial impression is a good one. They liked both the V6 and V8 SS editions, which says a lot about the vehicle. Particularly impressive is the 29 mpg rating for the V6, while still haulin’ ass with 304 hp. For the full review, as well as tons of photos of the car, head on over to Autoblog.
I’m glad to hear positive news on the car thus far, as it will hopefully help yet again to prove that the domestic manufacturers can produce fun to drive cars that still deliver good fuel economy.
2010 Chevrolet Camaro (GM)
Jalopnik has released some new information on the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, like it’s 0-60 time and it’s EPA figures. The V8 equipped SS model will do 0-60 in 4.7 seconds and returned 16 mpg city and 24 mpg highway on the EPA test loop. Not too shabby for a car with 426 hp in manual trim (400 in automatic.) The V6, while no slouch itself with 300+ hp, will return 18 mpg city, 29 mpg highway! This is particularly impressive when you compare it to the new Hyundai Genesis coupe. The Genesis is rated at 20 city, 30 highway, when equipped with a 2.0L in-line 4 cylinder turbo that only makes 210 hp. The V6 Genesis, with has similar hp/torque numbers, gets only 18/26…losing to the Camaro by 3 mpg on the highway. Looks like the Americans still know how to do something right! For more, head on over to Jalopnik.
