Camaro Outsells Mustang in June

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[Scott Liggett]

Re: Camaro Outsells Mustang in June

Woooo!!! How many Challengers were sold in June.

[BluLightning]

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Interesting. Do we think this is a trend or just the "it's brand new and I have to have it" syndrome?

[Brian Lohnes]

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Woooo!!! How many Challengers were sold in June.

1300 and change.

Brian

[LS1 ZR2]

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My Camaro was one of them. The dealer delivered it to me 3 weeks ago tomorrow.

[Falcon67]

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My daughter looked at both, her husband is a Chevy guy - they bought the Challenger.

[BBR]

Re: Camaro Outsells Mustang in June

Interesting. Do we think this is a trend or just the "it's brand new and I have to have it" syndrome?

Winnar.

That and every Tom Dick and Harry thinks GM will kill them for good so they are snarfing them up.

[fast Ed]

Re: Camaro Outsells Mustang in June

I'm more of a Ford guy, but good on GM for being able to move a decent number of the Camaros ...



Related story on sales numbers, Ford was the number one seller in Canada for the first time in 50 years.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ford-sales-lead-in-canada-for-first-time-in-50-years/article1204012/

cheers
Ed N.

[38P]

Re: Camaro Outsells Mustang in June

Certainly there's some "gotta have it now" trendiness driving up the "OZmaro" sales figures.

But perhaps the folks at "Team Mustang" really will see this as confirmation of what many of us have been telling them during all the wasted years of Mustang's exclusivity (2003-2009). Sending out a lightly-restyled, grossly underpowered "plow horse" (excluding the way-too-rare-&-expensive Shelby GT500) to contest a "quarter horse" race is a certain formula for defeat.

Of course, Car and Driver claims the 2010 Mustang GT is the best of the breed (notwithstanding its deficient power-to-weight ratio). But most buyers of the Camaro SS, and many Camaro LT shoppers care a lot more about acceleration and bang-for-the-buck than whether the snobbish "whine-n-cheese" segment of the automotive press is sufficiently impressed.

The opportunity to deliver a popularly-priced V8 performance car (at least in any meaningful volume) will slam shut after 2012 because of draconian hikes in Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. So Team Mustang better get busy if they want to take one final shot before the impending darkness. If and when Ford pumps up the power to dominating levels (e.g. 2011), Mustang should resume its sales leadership.

[CDMBill]

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Whoa there, don't get too far ahead of yourself there. Despite having any number of faster models at the top of the affordable end of the range, the Camaro outsold the Mustang once in the last 15 years according to the link in the story. Yes I said that, and no I'm not counting SLP's and erzatz Yenkos and GT 500's and Saleen what evers.

I returned a rental today in San Jose and the rental lots were jammed with new Camaros, I counted thirty from the shuttle bus alone. That may well account for the June notch in the win column for the Camry, um Camaro. (darn spell checker on this site!)

It'll be interesting to see how it shakes out for the year but I'll bet the Mustang numbers come out ahead for the 2010 model run.

[mlcraven]

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Well...whatever. I think we should be extremely happy to live in a time when all three of these vehicles are in production again. And give Ford credit for one thing, they've kept the faith with the Mustang for 45 years.

[Eagle Kammback]

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YEAH!!
Camaro will always be cooler than the Mustang

[SpiderGearsMan]

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camaro/firebird combo outsold the mustang? - out ran it for sure

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: Camaro Outsells Mustang in June

Year: Mustang/Camaro
64:*121,583/NA
65: 559,451/NA
66: 607,568/NA
67: 474,121/*220,906
68: 317,404/ 235,147
68: 299,824/ 243,065
69: 299,824/ 243,065
70: 190,727/ 124,901
71:*149,678/*114,630
72: 125,093/ 114,630 (not a typo!)
73: 134,867/ 96,751
74:*385,993/ 151,008
75: 188,575/ 145,770
76: 187,567/ 182,959
77: 153,173/ 218,858
78: 192,410/ 272,631
79:*369,936/ 282,571
80: 271,322/ 152,005
81: 181,552/ 126,139
82: 130,418/*189,747
83: 120,873/ 154,318
84: 135,678/ 261,591
85: 156,514/ 180,018
86: 224,410/ 192,219
87: 159,145/ 137,760
88: 211,225/ 96,275
89: 209,769/ 110,850
90: 128,189/ 35,048
91: 98,737/ 101,316
92: 79,280/ 70,712
93: 114,228/ *39,755
94:*123,198/ 119,934
95: 185,986/ 122,844
96: 126,483/ 66,827
97: 100,254/ 95,812
98: 170,642/ 77,198
99: 126,067/ 42,098
00: 218,525/ 45,417
01: 155,162/ 29,009
(01 production stopped May 2001. 2002 had a lengthy run))
02: (not yet released)

Total 1965-2001: 7,899,556/ 4,821,768

[SpiderGearsMan]

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Year: Mustang ("fox" Capri)/Camaro (Firebird)/AMC Javelin
64:*121,583/NA
65: 559,451/NA
66: 607,568/NA
67: 474,121/ *220,906(82,560)
68: 317,404/ 235,147(107,112) 63,169
69: 299,824/ 243,065(87,708) 48,968
70: 190,727/ 124,901(48,739) --------
71:*149,678/ *114,630(53,124) 27,554
72: 125,093/ 114,630..not a typo!(29,951) 26,184
73: 134,867/ 96,751(46,313) 27,536
74:*385,993/ 151,008(73,729) 29,536
75: 188,575/ 145,770(84,063)
76: 187,567/ 182,959(110,775)
77: 153,173/ 218,858(155,736!)
78: 192,410/ 272,631(187,285!!)
79:*369,936(110,144 Capri)/ 282,571(211,455! )
80: 271,322(79,984 Capri)/ 152,005(191,340)
81: 181,552(58,946 Capri)/ 126,139(70,899)
82: 130,418(36,134 Capri)/ *189,747(116,362)
83: 120,873(25,376 Capri)/ 154,318(74,884)
84: 135,678(20,642 Capri)/ 261,591(128,304)
85: 156,514(18,657 Capri)/ 180,018(95,880)
86: 224,410(20,869 Capri)/ 192,219(110,463)
87: 159,145/ 137,760(88,612)
88: 211,225/ 96,275(62,467)
89: 209,769/ 110,850(64,406)
90: 128,189/ 35,048(20,553)
91: 98,737/ 101,316(50,247)
92: 79,280/ 70,712(27,567)
93: 114,228/ *39,755(14,313)
94:*123,198/ 119,934(45,615)
95: 185,986/ 122,844(51,730)
96: 126,483/ 66,827(31,023)
97: 100,254/ 95,812(30,754)
98: 170,642/ 77,198(32,157)
99: 126,067/ 42,098(36,219)
00: 218,525/ 45,417(?)
01: 155,162/ 29,009 (?)
(01 production stopped May 2001. 2002 had a lengthy run))
02: (not yet released)