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carsismeZ06 · 06-13-2008, 06:24 PM

Okay, we all know that the muscle car wars are back on and I was wondering if you HAD to buy a muscle car right now, would you rather buiy a Mustang (Shelby doesn't count) or a Challenger?

7CAMARO7 · 06-13-2008, 07:13 PM

I'd have to get one of those bad ass looking saleens, all black and blacked out, tinted out and with an ls7 and a world class handling package. So far I haven't seen anything special about the challenger. I like it but it's just ok. Know what I mean?

*DGthe3* · 06-13-2008, 07:44 PM

I'd take the challenger if I had to. I like dodge, but I'd rather get a charger over the challenger.

*Mr. Wyndham* · 06-13-2008, 07:54 PM

Hmmm...Interesting question. Maybe a poll should be put in place?

I'd rock a Mustang. Looks good, and with my help...it could perform good (

). And it's the only other pony car with 35+ years of heritage behind it.

I can't get into a Challenger. Despite it's outward appeal...it's too bland. And WAY too big. I don't care too much about wieght - but no pony car should be that big. Kinda like two lead bricks...they both might weigh the same, but one's bigger than the other.

Plus, my priorities have always been GM, then Ford, then Crysler.

*Mindz* · 06-13-2008, 10:33 PM

Gimme a 1995 Saleen S351. Would SMOKE a challanger.

z28camaro2471 · 06-13-2008, 10:50 PM

I'd buy a new Corvette or a first gen Z/28. Nothing but Chevrolet for me please.

SilverTurtle · 06-13-2008, 11:08 PM

Challenger all the way... 425hp, six speed (available in 2009 SRT8 models), a backseat that is actually functional and looks that take me back to the Hemi Cudas and Hemi Challengers that I love... no doubt about it, if I wasn't so dyed in the wool GM, I'd be a Mopar lover

Jak · 06-13-2008, 11:42 PM

Ooo, tough choice, they've both got something I like. Aww heck, I'll go with the Challenger.

MerF · 06-14-2008, 12:00 AM

Easy decision here, Mustang. The Challenger offers nothing in the way of bang for your buck. It screams midlife crisis to me (as most Dodge products do). Mustangs are a dime-a-dozen and poor quality...but in the essence of muscle-cardom...that's what I am looking for.

Now that I've played along, time to go ahead and throw out there that I'd pick up a G8 before either of them.

The Project · 06-14-2008, 12:40 AM

I'd take the Challenger

TFord · 06-14-2008, 12:44 AM

Id go mustang...the challenger really dosent do anything for me! I looks nice, those "new hemi's" which arent really hemi's in my opinion. Id seriously go spend the money 1970 challenger. The mustang on the other hand, no matter what you think of ford (and we all know Im anti-ford) has been and still is the poster child of modders/hotrodders/muscle car guys. just like the tuners, it can be got cheap and built up with originality, and personality, and still manage to be bad ass, well for a mustang anyway...lol

and my intials are SVT...lol

*Camaro_Corvette* · 06-14-2008, 12:45 AM

I chose Challenger, but i would have to be honest i would rather have a charger...

lafountain · 06-14-2008, 12:46 AM

I would have to go with a Mustang out of the two choices.

*DGthe3* · 06-14-2008, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camaro_corvette

I chose Challenger, but i would have to be honest i would rather have a charger...

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06-13-2008, 06:24 PM	#1
carsismeZ06 Corvette and Camaro lover Drives: 2010 Camaro...some day... Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 983	If You Had To Choose: Challenger vs. Mustang Okay, we all know that the muscle car wars are back on and I was wondering if you HAD to buy a muscle car right now, would you rather buiy a Mustang (Shelby doesn't count) or a Challenger?

06-13-2008, 07:13 PM	#2
7CAMARO7 Drives: Slow 4th gen Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: showing you tail lights Posts: 287 View My Garage	I'd have to get one of those bad ass looking saleens, all black and blacked out, tinted out and with an ls7 and a world class handling package. So far I haven't seen anything special about the challenger. I like it but it's just ok. Know what I mean? __________________

06-13-2008, 07:44 PM	#3
DGthe3 Moderator.ca Drives: 05 Grand Am GT Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Niagara, Canada Posts: 25,366	I'd take the challenger if I had to. I like dodge, but I'd rather get a charger over the challenger. __________________ Note, if I've gotten any facts wrong in the above, just ignore any points I made with them __________________ Originally Posted by FbodFather My sister's dentist's brother's cousin's housekeeper's dog-breeder's nephew sells coffee filters to the company that provides coffee to General Motors...... ........and HE WOULD KNOW!!!! __________________ Camaro Fest sub-forum

06-13-2008, 07:54 PM	#4
Mr. Wyndham I used to be Dragoneye... Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 31,873 View My Garage	Hmmm...Interesting question. Maybe a poll should be put in place? I'd rock a Mustang. Looks good, and with my help...it could perform good (). And it's the only other pony car with 35+ years of heritage behind it. I can't get into a Challenger. Despite it's outward appeal...it's too bland. And WAY too big. I don't care too much about wieght - but no pony car should be that big. Kinda like two lead bricks...they both might weigh the same, but one's bigger than the other. Plus, my priorities have always been GM, then Ford, then Crysler. __________________ *"Keep the faith."* - Fbodfather

06-13-2008, 10:33 PM	#5
Mindz E.B.A.H. Drives: you wild... Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In the happy padded room wearing a jacket that makes me hug myself... Posts: 18,420	Gimme a 1995 Saleen S351. Would SMOKE a challanger. __________________ Blue Rush, 2010 SS [Car of the Week 3/22/2010] Traded in on...ZLZBUBB, 2013 ZL1

06-13-2008, 10:50 PM	#6
z28camaro2471 C5 Member #227 Drives: Camaros Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NY Posts: 808	I'd buy a new Corvette or a first gen Z/28. Nothing but Chevrolet for me please.

06-13-2008, 11:08 PM	#7
SilverTurtle Reality Check Specialist Drives: '02 Z28, 2012 45th SS Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ATX Posts: 1,730	Challenger all the way... 425hp, six speed (available in 2009 SRT8 models), a backseat that is actually functional and looks that take me back to the Hemi Cudas and Hemi Challengers that I love... no doubt about it, if I wasn't so dyed in the wool GM, I'd be a Mopar lover __________________ got tequila?

06-13-2008, 11:42 PM	#8
Jak Drives: 03 Dodge Dakota Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 627	Ooo, tough choice, they've both got something I like. Aww heck, I'll go with the Challenger.

06-14-2008, 12:00 AM	#9
MerF Go Rays! Drives: 03 Trailblazer Join Date: May 2007 Location: St Pete, Florida Posts: 2,532	Easy decision here, Mustang. The Challenger offers nothing in the way of bang for your buck. It screams midlife crisis to me (as most Dodge products do). Mustangs are a dime-a-dozen and poor quality...but in the essence of muscle-cardom...that's what I am looking for. Now that I've played along, time to go ahead and throw out there that I'd pick up a G8 before either of them.

06-14-2008, 12:40 AM	#10
The Project Don't Mess with the Zohan Drives: 89 IROC Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: West of Toronto Posts: 160	I'd take the Challenger __________________ "Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you."

06-14-2008, 12:44 AM	#11
TFord Camaro Fanatic Drives: 2000 Z28 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 1,808 View My Garage	Id go mustang...the challenger really dosent do anything for me! I looks nice, those "new hemi's" which arent really hemi's in my opinion. Id seriously go spend the money 1970 challenger. The mustang on the other hand, no matter what you think of ford (and we all know Im anti-ford) has been and still is the poster child of modders/hotrodders/muscle car guys. just like the tuners, it can be got cheap and built up with originality, and personality, and still manage to be bad ass, well for a mustang anyway...lol and my intials are SVT...lol

06-14-2008, 12:45 AM	#12
Camaro_Corvette 36.58625, -121.7568 Drives: Team 1LE Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 23,710 View My Garage	I chose Challenger, but i would have to be honest i would rather have a charger... __________________ I am seriously never serious vv V vv Next order of business

06-14-2008, 12:46 AM	#13
lafountain Drives: 2011 Synergy Green 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lexington Park, MD Posts: 882	I would have to go with a Mustang out of the two choices. __________________ Hey, you want to lay the fate of the world on the kid's Camaro? That's cool. I bought a car, turned out to be an alien robot. Who knew?

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