Camaro or Mustang: The Chevy vs. Ford Muscle Quiz

The Ford Mustang probably should have been a 1965, but they rolled it out early in 1964. Thanks to the weird timing, many of the first-year models are called 1964 1/2 models — as opposed to either 1964 or 1965 — though some were simply relabeled as 1965.

Mustang wins this one by default thanks to the fact that Chevy axed the Camaro in 2002 up until 2009. In 2004, when Mustang celebrated its anniversary, it had no competition.

The 2020 Shelby GT500 is an absolute monster of a car. With a supercharged DOHC 5.2-liter V-8, the 2020 is pulling over 700 horsepower, putting it on par with the Dodge Challenger Hellcat and the Challenger Redeye.

The 1974 Mustang II was significantly downsized and was the first Mustang to have a 4-cylinder engine. In fact, it shared an engine with the Ford Pinto. There was an option for a V6 if you wanted to soup it up, but there was no V8 on the table.

Though both models have had their ups and downs over the years, the biggest downer came for Chevy and the Camaro in 2001. That year, the company sold only 29,009 Camaros. Compare that to their best year in 1979 when they sold 282,571. Mustang's worst year was 2009 with 66,623 sold.

You can't blame Chevy for creating the Camaro to compete with the Mustang since the Mustang sold a staggering 22,000 cars on its very first day on the market. It has gone on to sell millions since that time, but what a first day, huh?

The extremely rare Camaro Neiman Marcus edition from 2011 came with a Bordeaux red paint job. Only 100 of them were made, and they cost $75,000 through the Neiman Marcus catalog. They sold out in three minutes.

The Camaro convertible wins this contest by default because there's no such thing as a 1975 Mustang convertible. From 1973 to 1983, Ford didn't make any convertible Mustangs for some reason.

The 1975 Mustang II was the bottom of the Mustang barrel in terms of performance. Not only did it have the same 4-cylinder engine as the '74 model, it was actually downgraded to something even less impressive. It only had 87 horsepower. 87!

The Mustang has had two 500,000+ sales years in its history. It sold over 559,000 in 1965 and then, in 1966, it sold 607,000. The most that Camaro ever sold in one sales year was about 282,000 in 1979.

The Dubai police force uses Camaro SS Coupes as police cars. They have a top speed of 165 miles per hour and can accelerate from 0 to 60 in about 4 seconds, making them pretty beastly for fighting crime.

Chevy has won the Daytona 500 more times than any other manufacturer. They have 24 wins under their belt, so far, compared to Ford, which comes in second place with 15. Chevy's last win was in 2018 with the debut of the Camaro ZL1.

For the car's 50th anniversary, Ford took a Mustang GT convertible up the elevators piece by piece and assembled it on top of the Empire State Building. It's likely only a Tesla has ever been higher in the atmosphere outside of an airplane.

In the concept stages of the Camaro, back in the '60s, it was known as the Panther. That was never going to be the "real" name though, as Chevy wanted to stick with the "C" theme they'd established with the Corvette and Corvair.

Based on their own data, Hagerty says the Camaro is, on average, more valuable than the Mustang. Older models, such as those from the 1960s, tend to be insured for more from state to state than classic Mustangs. The average Camaro is valued at $35,720, and the average Mustang's value is $22,449.

Aman named John Najjar was in charge of design at Ford when the Mustang was produced, and legend has it, he was a huge fan of the P-51 Mustang military fighter plane. Najjar suggested the name, and Ford execs liked it enough to go with it. Their first choice was Cougar, but that ended up at Mercury.

In a curious twist, the massive performance models of the Mustang never won Car of the Year from Motor Trend. It was their super scaled back, 88 horsepower 1974 Mustang II that did it. Go figure. The Camaro didn't win until 1982.

Though the cars had been compared for several years, Motor Trend never named a definite winner until 1971. It was a battle between not just the Mustang and the Camaro but the Plymouth Barracuda and the AMC Javelin. The Mustang came out victorious.

The oil crisis took a massive toll on the world of muscle cars, which led to both the Mustang and the Camaro scaling back significantly in power and design. This prompted the Pinto-like Mustang II and the underpowered 1970 Camaro that had to meet emissions standards.

Your basic model 2020 Mustang is cheaper than its Chevy counterpart by a significant margin. The 2020 Mustang costs $26,670, while a Camaro is going to set you back $34,995. Of course, option packages and variants will significantly alter those base prices.

Ford's first 600 horsepower Mustang was the 2013 model, and it pulled more power than even a Corvette ZR1. It could accelrate from 0 to 60 in a staggeringly fast 3.5 seconds,

Both the Ford Mustang and the Chevy Camaro have seen some of their early designs inspired by the Ferrari. In the 1960s, when the pony car segment was being developed, Ferrari was the be-all and end-all of design excellence, so it's no surprise.

The 1968 Camaro was the first model to have a T-top, and it's worth noting that the Mustang has never actually been produced with a T-top, so this is a bit of a trick question.

Because of changes to emissions regulations in the '70s, the Big Block powerful engine of the past had to go the way of the dodo. Mustang dropped it first in 1971, but Camaro followed suit just a year later.

For the first three generations the Camaro was built either in Van Nuys, California, or Norwood, Ohio. Starting in 1993, fourth generation production moved to the Canadian province of Quebec.

Even adjusted for inflation, the base price of a 1967 Camaro sport coupe was pretty cheap at only $2,572 brand new. In today's dollars, that's about $19,777 or so. A brand new 2020 Camaro will set you back about $34,000.

Legend has it that in order to promote the Z/28, the team behind it needed to convince Chevy GM Pete Estes to make it happen, but Estes only drove convertibles. The Z/28 was not a convertible, so they produced one single model and gave it to Estes, who then approved the request.

A 4-cylinder Ford Mustang starts at $26,670, while a standard V8 is going to set you back $35,630. Of course, if you want the convertible, that's going to be $32,170. Then you can add options and rocket that price right to the moon.

Both the Mustang and the Camaro introduced air bags in the 1990 mode year. Both required a significant redesign of the steering wheel, which also included moving the horn to buttons on the side of the steering wheel.

Both the Camaro and the Mustang have served as pace cars at the Indy 500, but the Mustang has done so only three times, while the Camaro has been the pace car an impressive nine times. The Corvette has done it 15 times.

The Camaro was 10 years old when it finally outsold the Mustang in 1977. That year, it sold about 219,000 units, while the Mustang langged behind a bit with 153,000. Overall, however, the Mustang has far outsold the Camaro.

The 2020 Camaro comes with a 455 horsepower, 6.2L V8 engine, while its Mustang counterpart is tearing up the highways with a turbocharged 2.3L 4-cylinder engine with 330 horsepower. So the Camaro is 125 hp in the lead if you get the Mustang 4-cylinder. If you go for the V8, the Mustang amps up to 480 hp.

In 1966, it was not easy to roll out something on a massive scale because no one had ever heard of a large-scale teleconference, but Chevy managed to do it across 14 cities. It took 100 Bell technicians to pull it off.

Both the Mustang and the Camaro rolled off the line with a convertible version, so there was no time to wait to feel the wind in your hair behind the wheel of either vehicle. The Mustang was also a hardtop and a fastback when it was released, while the Camaro offered up a coupe as well.

The term "pony car" wasn't created by Ford or Chevrolet. In fact, it wasn't a manufacturer at all. Car Life magazine editor Dennis Shattuck coined the term to describe a sporty, compact car that seated four, had a long hood, was affordable and was youth-oriented in its advertising.