2015 Camaro SS 1LE Edged By 2015 Mustang GT In Car And Driver Comparo
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Since the Camaro‘s revival a few years ago, Chevrolet‘s pony car has been quite adept at stealing the thunder from the Ford Mustang, beating it in sales for several years already. That could change for 2015 since the Mustang is all-new and, according to Car and Driver magazine, a better car.
Tested in the comparison was the 2015 Camaro SS 1LE versus the Mustang GT with the Performance Pack. The 1LE “feels as if it belongs on a racetrack and in a faster class than the Challenger and the Mustang” with heavy steering that was “the unanimous favorite among our voters.” The same was said about “the neutral handling balance.”
However, aside of performance, the Camaro didn’t measure up to the Mustang in those daily-driver chores, saying, “The Camaro still plumbs the same old depths of penny pinching … executed in generation-old plastics on the lower dash, console, and elsewhere.”
For a car that’s long in the tooth, the Camaro does present itself well, but the Mustang has raised the bar with sophistication that previously was missing in the pony car segment. The magazine concludes that they “expect [next year’s] sixth-generation Camaro … to be a tidier package” and, in 1LE guise, the “smaller, lighter car may make the new Mustang feel the heat.”
As an aside, the Camaro 1LE won out against the 2015 Mustang in a recent Motor Trend comparison.
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Title is wrong. Motor Trend though.
How is the title wrong?
find this one odd, they make it sound like the best handling car will win the comparo, Camaro trounces both competitors in that aspect. still the king performance wise. and with the 6th gen coming, the camaro is going to make mince meat of the mustang. just like the z06 is doing to the viper
The Mustang is the new kid on the block, and Ford better have come at the Camaro hard or what would have been the point of going IRS. Sad thing for Ford, the only reason the Mustang won is because of a slightly more compliant ride and a better interior. I say what else would you expect from a ground up new car vs. an aging heavy chassis and a 5 year old interior. I hope when Alpha arrives they don’t skimp on the interior, but I think GM has learned its lessons over the past few years. If the 1LE treatment is given to the ’16 Camaro, it will easily handle the Mustang from this comparison. I’m sure the Dodge is a nice ride, but it really does not compete with the Camaro and Mustang. It is a powerful straight line cruiser with limited abilities in the corners which fits the muscle car moniker it carries very well, but it is no pony car. Still a great time to be an enthusiast for this type of car and I’m sure all three are great fun to drive. It’s just I would want the Chevy more of course.