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Originally Posted by s2mikey
The Camaro grew up and became a real car. Sadly, you’re right, too many alpha males just want to do a burnout leaving the cruise night. Meh. Lame. A well balanced, good handling car can be thoroughly enjoyed on public roads too. It’s not just track days where you benefit. Quite honestly, I’d get bored silly with some chunky dodge that has more body roll than my Buick LaCrosse. And chargers are FOUR door cars. Automatically lose all credibility, IMHO. Just a family sedan with an engine out of a space ship stuffed in it. Whatever. 
Best post I’ve read in a while. It just sucks that GM did the right thing with the Camaro and it backfired. As I said, the Camaro grew up. It became a real car. It evolved. The other two just add weird colors and stripe packages slapped on a body that covers a dinosaur tech chassis. But the people love them. So frustrating. But, it is what it is. |
Are you talking smack with an ordered V6 Camaro...?
My Nissan Z cars had comparable performance, if not better, and they were built in 2008/2009..the two I had owned anyway. I would hardly call a car being built FOURTEEN model years after, with arguably any real performance advantages the holy grail. Those are real sports cars. To this day, if I could get my hands on one again, I would still put it up against a current model V6 Camaro. I've driven & owned numerous models of performance vehicles and I tell it as I see it. It doesn't matter if I own (or had owned) whichever car at hand - I will praise it & talk crap about it with the best of them.
The V6 would have to really stretch it's legs to even keep with an RT, which is the entry level for the performance category. The 392 and up would absolutely eat anything like that for lunch, no hesitation whatsoever. The SS's would definitely have a run for their money as well. The LARGEST difference with the Dodge/Chevy competition would be when we look at say a ZL1 vs a Hellcat on an actual track. The Hellcat will be a bit too heavy, lack in the corners a bit, and traction will be an issue (assuming stock vs stock). whereas the ZL1 is in it's natural habitat.
Have you driven any of the higher end Dodge products? First of all, the Charger does not directly compete with the Camaro IMO. The Chargers are a difference class of car, with different things to offer. Secondly, the body roll on the performance models is not horrible, given the size of the car. Particularly on the widebody models, with adaptable suspension, the handling is rock solid. I would even venture to say that it is a stiffer ride than my 2SS (non-MRC).