Which pony car came out on top in Detroit?

Posted Jan 11th 2006 2:00PM by John Neff

The two most anticipated debuts at the Detroit auto show were the Dodge Challenger Concept and the Chevy Camaro Concept, both pony cars whose heritage reaches back to a bygone era of carburetors and chrome. But these two muscle cars have been resurrected to vanquish a famous foe, the Ford Mustang, which has been driving around this country uncontested like a wild stallion since its own "refreshening" in 2005.

Excerpt from Autoblog.com

Also found some video of the Camaro and Challenger Concepts from the NAIAS:
Camaro Concept Video
Challenger Concept Video

drool..

both of those are effin sweet!! hells yeah.

I dont really like either of the two but if i had to pick i would say the challenger. WTF is up with the front of the camaro it looks like total ass. The car reminds me of those Muscle Machine cars you can get at target. They shoulda stuck with the older concept...what the first pics you all threw up on here a while back. That camaro looked pretty mean. Are they still gonna use the Camaro badge? i dont see that on there.

anyhow if those were my choices I'd be buyin a Mustange!

Hmm not really crazy about them bringing all of these old muscle cars back from the dead. I dont think any of the new ones live up to their older brothers name, exspecially the GTO. I think they should let sleeping dogs lay...

On anouther note if they are going to bring back the charger and the camaro, the charger actually looks semi nice, but I think it would fit better with a camaro badge on it. It kind of reminds me of the late 60's z28s... On the other hand the new camaro has nice lines, but that front end looks like a pile of shit...

I guess we will have to wait and see what the production versions look like. When the new mustang concept was out I wasnt totally a fan of it, and the actuall production model only slighty resembles the concepts. I am hoping that is the road the camaro will go down, becuase I will be very dissapointed if this is how the new camaro is going to look...

Jeremy

Personally, the Charger and the GTO grew on me. Their new designs were an acquired taste. I'm sure things will change a lot before it hits assembly.

But, the first thing that should be on the new Camaro window sticker is no Mullets Allowed. They trailer trash it all up.

I think from first glance I like the Charger, as it looks more reto with its curves. I can kinda dig the front of the Camaro a little, only because I have alway been a fan of the '91-'92 Camaro boxy front ends.

Any word on the powerplants in these two???

The 2009 Camaro Concept has a 400HP LS2 from what I was reading. Not sure on the Challenger, but you can bet it will be a HEMI.

EDIT 01-16-2005

— http://automobilemag.com/auto_shows/naias_2006/0601_chevrolet_camaro_concept/

The car is 186.2 inches long and rides on a 110.5-inch wheelbase. The wheels are 21s at the front and 22s at the rear, shod with monster 275/30 front and 305/30 rear tires, which should be able to corral the 400 horses from the LS2 6.0-liter V-8 engine powering through a six-speed manual transmission. The show car has a cobbled together chassis with an all-independent suspension, but if it makes it into production, it will use the so-called Zeta Lite architecture that will be shared with Holden in Australia. The good news for GM is that the architecture--while hardly cutting edge--is far more sophisticated than the live-axle Mustang. Insiders say that a $20,000 base model production car could use an inexpensive V-8 (the LS2 would come in a costlier model), so a V-6 version would be offered only to make the car easier to insure. The real car would have smaller wheels, but the overall diameter of the tires wouldn't be much changed. GM vice-chairman and product czar Bob Lutz apparently loves it and joked on the show stand "all I have to do is persuade this man"--referring to GM CEO Rick Wagoner--"to pay for it."