2016 Camaro and Mustang Photo Comparison

This morning I went to the Lingenfelter Collection Open House in Brighton, MI. Outside the event was a 2016 Camaro. It appears to be a high mileage evaluation vehicle as it did not have an 'M' Plate. Here are a few photos that I took comparing it to both a previous generation Camaro and a 2016 Mustang EcoBoost.

My hats off to GM because if they did do the weight reduction they are claiming, the car itself is not much smaller than the previous generation, although GM has indicated that the 6G is shorter is several dimensions.









By the way, it anyone puts the snake eyes on their headlights they should be bitched slapped.

This was a nice feature, the fender stripe, although hard to tell from the photo, it has the new Camaro logo embedded in it. Although the '00's are calling and they wants their fender stripe back. Not good GM Styling.



Here is the comparison to a 2016 EcoBoost. My comments are based on being a Ford slappy.









In my opinion, this view is the biggest difference between the M6G and the Gen 6 Camaro. The S550 looks much wider and lower than the Camaro. The Camaro still has the C class car look to it, narrow and tall.



Will it sell? Who knows, but I believe from a general consumer standpoint the car is not dramatically different that the prior generation.

Nice photos. I have to say I like the new grill for '16 Camaro but that rear end?? Ugh..

Mustang looks better in every way IMHO. :ford:

I think it was a grave mistake not going the extra mile on styling. The Camaro does indeed look like the previous generation. From what I hear, the 2016 Camaro Pre-order's are very, very low. There is no going back now, the ATS and CTS are Alpha Platform failures. Sales of both are on the verge of literally being discontinued. The R&D invested into the Alpha now relies solely on the Camaro for profit. This could drive the MSRP up over time and increase cost all around. Camaro Pre-orders are no more than a month of sales... the Camaro could be signaling death already.


The Mustang looks great against the 5th/6th Gen Camaro's. More sporty in the front, rear, side and the 3/4 angle. The Mustang looks European inspired while the Camaro took a page from Asia.

thePill said:

I think it was a grave mistake not going the extra mile on styling. The Camaro does indeed look like the previous generation. From what I hear, the 2016 Camaro Pre-order's are very, very low. There is no going back now, the ATS and CTS are Alpha Platform failures. Sales of both are on the verge of literally being discontinued. The R&D invested into the Alpha now relies solely on the Camaro for profit. This could drive the MSRP up over time and increase cost all around. Camaro Pre-orders are no more than a month of sales... the Camaro could be signaling death already.


The Mustang looks great against the 5th/6th Gen Camaro's. More sporty in the front, rear, side and the 3/4 angle. The Mustang looks European inspired while the Camaro took a page from Asia.

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as was said,the new camaro looks like the old one.well what do ya expect from the Gigantic Mistake.:lol:
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By the way, we had to coerce the '16 S550 owner to park next to the Camaro. Lingefelter is GM Central, plus he just picked up his Mustang on Thursday.

I'm hopelessly biased and I've not been interested in a Camaro since the '80s, but that is a striking difference. The Mustang look sooo much better, the next to last photo being definitive.

Honestly, Ford kinda took me off guard with the 2015 Mustang. We are in what Mustang Entusiast call "the soft years" or, some refer to it as the "classic styling". Ford typically immolates the 1965-1966 Era. It's a more classic, softer, sportier design. Eventually the lines and muscle increase and it gets more aggressive.

This time they started a little more aggressive and people love it.

Some of the best pics I've seen of a black 1SS yet!

mustang looks like ford was like " lets take all the good qualities of a european sports car and add some muscle to it"

camaro looks like chevy was like " lets take all the bad qualities of every fast and the furious asian car and add some boring to it"

maybe i just dont like the newer camaros, doesnt help that the 2016 looks almost exactly like the 2015s to me.

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This is the Camaro's strong side, a deep 3/4 shot. I simply cannot agree with anything else. The rear of the car is absolutely aweful as is the fascia and slab sides. The rear hips are a bit more athletic vs. the 5th Gen as well.

This shot makes the Camaro appear flowing and naturally in motion. The lines appear to swoop instead of being chiseled into the body. However, that is the magic of Black. This look is lost a bit in every light color... some darker colors appear this way.

thePill said:

This is the Camaro's strong side, a deep 3/4 shot. I simply cannot agree with anything else. The rear of the car is absolutely aweful as is the fascia and slab sides. The rear hips are a bit more athletic vs. the 5th Gen as well.

This shot makes the Camaro appear flowing and naturally in motion. The lines appear to swoop instead of being chiseled into the body. However, that is the magic of Black. This look is lost a bit in every light color... some darker colors appear this way.

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Agree that this angle and the black color definitely help the Camaro look good. It hides some of the overdone sculpting on the front and rear, and hides the shape of the front grilles that ended up looking very Camry-like.

I would like to see the Mustang's front grille get a bit thinner. There's something about it that is just a bit too tall. The GT350 seems to have solved this, so not sure if Ford can incorporate some of that language into the standard Mustang while maintaining their pedestrian safety requirements.

The rear of the Mustang looks so damn good though!

-T

Surtur said:

mustang looks like ford was like " lets take all the good qualities of a european sports car and add some muscle to it"

camaro looks like chevy was like " lets take all the bad qualities of every fast and the furious asian car and add some boring to it"

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Couldn't have said it better myself.

Somehow they managed to take a terrible looking car and make it worse. While ford used the evos design exercise and found muscle in it, Chevy has managed to take a boring 2 door sedan style and make it worse. That car is still massive looking and boring as hell.

Trackaholic said:

Agree that this angle and the black color definitely help the Camaro look good. It hides some of the overdone sculpting on the front and rear, and hides the shape of the front grilles that ended up looking very Camry-like.

I would like to see the Mustang's front grille get a bit thinner. There's something about it that is just a bit too tall. The GT350 seems to have solved this, so not sure if Ford can incorporate some of that language into the standard Mustang while maintaining their pedestrian safety requirements.

The rear of the Mustang looks so damn good though!

-T

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It is a gorgeous piece of ass!!! The whole S550 is just gorgeous. Ford really hit it out of the park with this design. My car is 10 months old and I still get people in my small town asking about it. They want to look inside, they want me to rev it.

The rear of the 6G Camaro looks like they threw the car in reverse and hit a 4' thick concrete wall at 100mph and called it a design day. It is horrible, horrible looking.

thePill said:

Ford typically immolates the 1965-1966 Era. It's a more classic, softer, sportier design.

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The back of that camaro reminds me of the Malibu