A Chevrolet Camaro owner walks through his car's strengths and weaknesses, comparing it to a Ford Mustang. The Camaro weighs around 1,700 kg and prioritizes comfort and quiet over raw speed, but its size makes rear visibility terrible and the trunk tiny.
Questions this video answers
1,700 kilograms (speaker's claim).
Porsche 911: 1,400 kilograms; Ford Mustang: 1,500 kilograms (speaker's claims).
Six-speed automatic transmission with an M (manual) mode and +/- paddle/shift controls.
21 PG (speaker's stated figure).
Hello, everyone. What I love about the Californian winter is this. It's really cold. It's even freezing in the morning. But the sky is always blue. There's a lot of sunshine. Sometimes you even need sunglasses to drive. So if you remember, a few months ago, I showed you the Ford Mustang. And today, in the same spirit, I'm showing you my new toy. This time, it. It's the Chevrolet Camaro. It's huge. I don't know if you realize there's no car parked next to it, but it's actually huge. That means that when you're driving in traffic with this, it's extremely difficult to find your way around. I sometimes feel like I'm swerving into the lanes next to me, or at least I feel like I'm doing it. So I'm going to tell you what I like about this vehicle and what I like less about it. And the difference between it and the Ford Mustang. The thing is, it's built according to the same rationale as the Ford Mustang. It's a heavy, huge, aggressive car designed practically for American roads. But the Camaro is much more comfortable than the Mustang. Whereas on the Fortuner, you can feel the engine noise or the engine vibrations and all that, here there's a more subdued atmosphere. So I'm not saying it's a BMW either, but I like the more comfortable side. But in terms of aggressiveness, it might be a little less aggressive than the Ming. Another thing, something else I wanted to tell you is that it's very, very heavy. It's an extremely heavy vehicle. A Porsche 911 weighs 1,400 kilogram, a Mustang weighs 1,500 kilograms, and this one weighs 1,700 kilograms. So what does that change? What it does change is that when you start at a red light and you give a sudden burst of acceleration, the rear wheels do several turns before the car moves. And that also gives you the fact that when you brake, you realize that it is extremely heavy. That means that if you accelerate for three seconds with your feet to the floor, you will not stop it in three seconds. You will really have to anticipate. So it is the kind of car where you have to anticipate braking. So some cool things about it are the automatic light system. So there is that. I put it on auto. I will show you. I put it on auto. Wait, I will stop that. I put it on auto. And then what happens is that it doesn't work. I don't worry about the lights anymore. I don't worry about the lights. At all. It's none of my business. The car handles it all by itself. Another thing I like. Let's start it. What I like is this little screen. If I put it in reverse. So this one is an automatic. Okay. We have a six speed automatic transmission, but we have an M here that allows. If I put it in M, I have a little plus there and I have a little minus there that allows me to change gears. In fact, if I put it in R, look, I put it in R here, I put it in reverse and what happens is that the screen lights up and then there's a little camera that shows me what's happening behind. So it's very nice. See, it's very nice. We can see very well behind. Because the small problem with this is that it is very difficult to see around with this vehicle. There is better visibility on the Ford. I think I'll show you a little bit behind what you can see. Okay, so there is the window there, but it's not huge. So in traffic it's still difficult. So there are people who will tell me, let us hear the engine noise. Yes, but you can't really hear the engine noise on this one because when it's stopped, when you're in neutral or at rest, the revs don't go above 3,000. Okay, that won't work. That won't go beyond that. On the other hand, when you give the accelerator a quick turn when you're driving, it can go to 5,6000 without any problem. So that's it. What else is there to say about this car? If I had to compare the Mustang and the Camaro again, I would say that you should probably test both. But if you're going to be driving a long distance and you want something very comfortable, I would recommend the Camaro. It's definitely very, very comfortable compared to the Mustang. Now, if you're the type of person who lives on oil and gas and you want to feel the engine sound, you don't want to feel the engine vibrations and all that. Well, I think the Mustang is really what you need in terms of fuel consumption. It gets 21 PG. I don't know what that's in terms of kilometers and liters per 100 kilometers, but it empties a tank pretty quickly. Okay, that was just a little post. It was just a little post without politics or anything. And now that I'm filming the back of the car, there's something I'm thinking about. I'm going to open the trunk and I'm going to show you a key difference between the two cars, which is that it has almost no trunk. Look at you here. You won't fit a standard sized suitcase. It won't fit. Look, it's extremely small. My suitcase, which is a regular suitcase. I couldn't fit it. I had to open the sunroof and put it in the back seat. So if you're traveling with luggage, uh, don't take this car at all. It's really. It's too small. There's no room. There's no room at all. At the same time, you remember, Ah, I crossed several states with suitcases, boxes and all that. So it's quite a big difference. Okay, I'll leave you and see you another time.
