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Originally Posted by tooslow
Tell me then, why did the 3rd Gen Camaro not outsell the Mustang during its production run? I mean, the 3rd Gen Camaro design had it all over the fox body Mustangs of the time, but the Mustang killed it in sales.
It is true,the Camaro is the gotta-have-it car of the last couple of years, but it will likely only last until the new Mustang comes out in 2014 as a 2015 model. Unless Ford screws up royally with the design, I imagine the Mustang will retake the sales lead. Perhaps until the 6th Gen Camaro is released.
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Idk, maybe because the trans am looked better and was more popular. Knight rider was pretty popular around that time if I remember. Honestly couldn't tell ya, it's a bit too far back for me. Around that time I could care less about cars. But as far as looks go, and I know I'll catch some heat for this, but the only gen Camaro's that actually looked good to me was the first gen and the current 5th gen.
It was almost like immediately after the first gen was released each following gen just got uglier and uglier until it died. The 1st gen camaro still looks bad ass today. The other ones, not so much.
The 91 mustang gt 5.0 was pretty hot around then too.
Maybe just you think it looked better. Those things are subjective after all.
Why do you think the mustang out sold the 3rd gen?
I think history pretty much made up its mind that the 80s was full of bad taste.
But in any case, I know you can't truely believe that performance trumps design.
Maybe for a few people, but not the majority. People are shallow.
As far as the mustang taking over when the redesign comes out. It's a coin toss.
It really depends on how it looks. Both of these cars have plenty of power. No one really cares if one is 2 sec faster or slower than the other. I don't see anyone canceling their orders for the zl1, cuz on paper the Shelby is faster but the zl1 looks way better.