Who has dominated the Pony Car Wars?

[Milk 1027]

Originally Posted by shaffe

this if it wasn't for the Mustang there would be no Camaro, hell the Mustang birthed the Camaro twice now lol.

If you look at current offerings, it is hard to top the camaro line, SS, ZL1, Z/28, its an impressive lineup.

But overall since 64 I would have to say Mustang

[PYROLYSIS]

Sales-Mustang
Performance-Camaro
Uniqueness and rarity-Challenger

[LLT'MARO]

Though the crown has passed back and forth...hard to make up for the Mustang II

[trademaster]

Mustang without question. Camaro has been faster and even sold more at times, but when you consider the overall history Mustang is one of the all time most iconic cars. Like the GTO it brought about an entire genre of automobiles and spurred the explosive growth of car culture. I wouldn't buy one, but the car community as a whole owes a lot to Mustang.

[ChrisBlair]

Originally Posted by Muscle Car Memories

Since the introduction of the 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang, which company has dominated or controlled the Pony Car wars?

Ford?, Chevrolet? Mopar?

Pick your poison and respond as to why you have that certain opinion!

Let the fur fly!

The financing companies. They never lose.

[Bhobbs]

Originally Posted by LLT'MARO

Though the crown has passed back and forth...hard to make up for the Mustang II

Killing off the Camaro for a few years did.

[ChrisBlair]

Originally Posted by Bhobbs

Killing off the Camaro for a few years did.

The presence of Evil is more disturbing than an absence of Good.

[Muscle Car Memories]

Originally Posted by Bhobbs

Killing off the Camaro for a few years did.

Alot of people dont care for the Mustang II but it was the 2nd best selling Mustang behind the original. The Mustang II sold over 400,000 cars in its first year alone so it defintely wasnt a failure for Ford but for Mustang fans, probably so.

[Muscle Car Memories]

Originally Posted by trademaster

Mustang without question. Camaro has been faster and even sold more at times, but when you consider the overall history Mustang is one of the all time most iconic cars. Like the GTO it brought about an entire genre of automobiles and spurred the explosive growth of car culture. I wouldn't buy one, but the car community as a whole owes a lot to Mustang.

I agree but now days I dont think the Camaro or Mustang can exist without the other.

[LLT'MARO]

Agree with that, like rival sports teams.

[big hammer]

Originally Posted by TheReaper

Ford. The Mustang has never stopped production.

it stopped production from 74-78.

[big hammer]

Originally Posted by LLT'MARO

Though the crown has passed back and forth...hard to make up for the Mustang II

yup. when the mustang was out of production for a while. the mustang II was also a compact car and not a pony car.


stopping production of the Camaro was not about lack of sales. actually the Camaro\firebird combo was the second best selling cars in it's class. the real reason gm temporarily stopped production of the Camaro was because they badly needed to close the expensive to operate plant in quebec, which had a contract to build the Camaro until around 2017 or so. so as long as they were building a Camaro, they legally had to build it in quebec. the only other option was to cease building the Camaro until they could shut down and dispose of the quebec plant.

[big hammer]

also ford never made a quick mustang GT until 2011.

[TheReaper]

Originally Posted by big hammer

also ford never made a quick mustang GT until 2011.

Mine is pretty quick.