The Camaro
The Carmaro; the Ford Mustang's historic rival, and one of my personal all time favourite cars of all time.
The Good:
Of the three major pony cars the Camaro is by far the best performance car. From what I understand (Correct me if I'm wrong) they have taken parts from the Corvette and placed them on the Camaro, it therefore has excellent suspension, braking and overall road handling. In recent years the Z28 did the Nurburgring in 7:37:47 seconds, placing it in the top 50 of all time, and now there has been a bit of a stir that the ZL1 did it in 7:27 seconds, if this is true, than its knocking on the door of Ferrari and Porsche. Not bad for a car worth less than the Corvette. In short, it pulverizes the Shelby Mustang and the Hellcat on the track, not to mention various high performance European cars. Finally at 18mpg (observed) it has better fuel efficiency than both the Mustang and Challenger.
The Bad:
Price, yes you are getting an amazing deal for this car, but be prepared to pay a couple of grand more for it than the Ford Mustang or Dodge Challenger ($38,000 Camaro $56,000 ZL1 and $73,000 Z28) which is currently outselling the Camaro largely as a result. The Camaro may be the best performance car of the three, but as of this year, its slipped behind the Challenger in sales, and is getting absolutely pulverized by the Mustang, which has a sleeker look, and nicer interior. The Camaro's interior on the other hand is apparently pretty plastically, a consequence of trying to keep the cost down with all those expensive parts. Finally the body on the car is quite wide, and there have been complaints that is doesn't look as cool as some earlier modern models, which I have to somewhat agree, but it's hard to beat the 2010 Transformers Bumblebee.
The Judgement:
Yes it's my dream car, but whether I buy one or not is another question, I'd like them to drop the price even if it means it loses some of its performance value, because Ford has this beat where it matters, the bottom line, and it isn't much of a rival if it's becoming too expensive for the average car buyer.
The one I want. 2010
My car list so far.
Camaro, Challenger