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Originally Posted by JHart
i'm almost 6'4, 285 pounds, and i fit in my old 5th gen like it was nothing. come on now. i never hit my head, nor did i have to duck to get in it, i set the seat all the way down(your tall enough to see with it let all the way down, promise) and had a little lean on the seat(not the gangsta lean or anything), and i felt perfect in the car, like a glove.
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I have no trouble believing that he had a problem with the limited headroom in the new Camaro. I had the same problem when I tried to sit in the driver's seat of a Gen 5 Camaro, worse in fact. I had to recline the seat to "gangsta plus" standards, with my arms uncomfortably stretched out to reach the steering wheel. I am 6'3", 265 lb, with only a 30" inseam length... i.e. long torso. I did fit in the previous more retro Mustang with barely adequate head clearance, but I haven't tried the new version yet. My Challenger fits me fine, but if it had a sunroof it would be a problem for me. I have sat in sunroof equipped Challengers in dealer showrooms, and my hair was in contact with the headliner. I adjusted the seat some, but it never fully resolved the problem.
In a previous post, "jrc1122" gave the front seat headroom for the Mustang and Camaro... but here are the headroom values for all three modern musclecars:
Challenger - 39.3 inches
Mustang - - 38.5 inches
Camaro - - 37.4 inches
The almost 2 inch difference in headroom between a Challenger & Camaro will likely prevent me from ever owning one... I still might have a V6 Mustang one day tho...
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