The Iconic Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro: A Battle of Muscle Cars in the UK

This is the iconic Ford Mustang in this 2018 V8 GT form, it's 5 liter engine puts out 450 horsepower and gets it to 62 miles an hour in 4.6 seconds. It's equally awesome, the Chevrolet Camaro V8, has a six liter engine which develops 453 horsepower and it's 0-62 in 4.4 seconds. Those statistics are bordering on supercar territory rivaling cars like the Porsche 911 Carrera. The good news is that both of these muscle cars are now officially imported into the UK complete with full manufacturer warranties.

The real headline, however, is the Mustang will set you back just £42,000 while the Camaro is even cheaper at £39 grand. To put that into context, a closely powered BMW M4 would cost £20 grand more. There's just one problem American Motors are generally designed for endless straight roads, so historically don't have the suspension setups to deal with British bends.

This is why we're here at Rockingham to find out finally if cars from over there can cut the mustard over here. We've got three torturous tests lined up and not surprisingly, we're gonna kick off with a minute cornering. We've set up this tight slalom course followed by these two sweeping bends to get the major of the cars in slow and fast corners hence it's all the stopwatch.

Tiff has saddled up the Mustang, which has just had a facelift that it's got an angry external styling and revised interior but what I wouldn't know is what it's like to drive because the facelift has also bought an extra flex four horsepower. But, I think it's gonna need all the help we can get to get 1743 kilograms through a slalom. The Mustang has just had a facelift that it's got an angry external styling and revised interior but what I wouldn't know is what it's like to drive because the facelift has also bought an extra flex four horsepower.

But, getting there if it's through the third gear, just touch the price get off that story, got about twenty please understand it'll be wide about could be a fifteen that could be a fifty be red could be a 15. This is 16.7 through the mid Middlesex, he looks spicy although my estimate was wrong. The Mustang still handled surprisingly well, mind you this car does come with Ford's additional £1600 Magneride adaptive suspension package.

So, like if my Camaro has been updated for 2018 in fact it's 28% stiffer but unlike the fort it doesn't have the optional adaptive damping control and unlike the Mustang, my Chevy only comes in left-hand drive which is an obvious consideration for British roads. But at least liked, I've got a manual gearbox to play with and crucially, I'm 100 kilograms lighter which could make a big difference in this test. Wet change of direction is so critical ever pretty cut through the slalom this is the corn I need to get right always get aggressive he's getting aggressive. Wow, a bit of understeer I think that's probably enough 0.23 slower than the Mustang.

I simply don't believe that I don't believe it I thought you bought a bit here no I thought I was quicker there oh it's close I mean there's nothing in it is that well that's what I interested to the Ford Mustang yeah interest it could be my adaptive damping so you haven't got Magneride everything you

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the iconic Ford Mustang in this 2018 v8 GT form it's 5 liter engine puts out 450 horsepower and gets it to 62 miles an hour in 4.6 seconds and this is the equally awesome Chevrolet Camaro v8 it has a six liter engine which develops 453 horsepower and it's 62 in 4.4 seconds those statistics are bordering on supercar territory rivaling cars like the Porsche 911 Carrera and the good news is that both of these muscle cars are now officially imported into the UK complete with full manufacturer warranties but here's the real headline the Mustang will set you back just 42,000 pounds while the Camaro is even cheaper at 39 grand now to put that into context a closely powered BMW m4 would cost 20 grand more there's just one problem American Motors are generally designed for endless straight roads so historically don't have the suspension setups to deal with British bends which is why we're here at Rockingham to find out finally if cars from over there can cut the mustard over here we've got three torturous tests lined up and not surprisingly we're gonna kick off with a minute cornering we've set up this tight slalom course followed by these two sweeping bends to get the major of the cars in slow and fast corners hence it's all the stopwatch and Tiff's saddled up the Mustang this Mustang has just had a facelift that it's got an angry external styling and revised interior but what I wouldn't know is what it's like to drive because the facelift has also bought an extra flex four horsepower but I think it's gonna need all the help we can get to get one thousand seven hundred and forty three kilos through a slalom three two one hit it he stole and then he stoled few more revs with my titties fighting it off now but getting there if it's through the third gear just touch the price get off that story got about twenty please understand it'll be wide about could be a fifteen that could be a fifty be red could be a 15 this is 16.7 through the mid Middlesex he looks spicy although my estimate was wrong the Mustang still handled surprisingly well mind you this car does come with Ford's additional sixteen hundred pound magneride adaptive suspension package so like if my Camaro has been updated for 2018 in fact it's 28% stiffer but unlike the fort it doesn't have the optional adaptive damping control and unlike the Mustang my Chevy only comes in left-hand drive which is an obvious consideration for British roads but at least liked if I've got a manual gearbox to play with and crucially I'm 100 kilograms lighter which could make a big difference in this test wet change of direction is so critical ever pretty cut through the slalom this is the corn I need to get right always get aggressive he's getting aggressive Wow a bit of understeer I think that's probably enough 0.23 slower than the Mustang I simply don't believe that I don't believe it I thought you bought a bit here no I thought I was quicker there oh it's close I mean there's nothing in it is that well that's what I interested to the Ford Mustang yeah interest it could be my adaptive damping so you haven't got Magna ride everything youthis is the iconic Ford Mustang in this 2018 v8 GT form it's 5 liter engine puts out 450 horsepower and gets it to 62 miles an hour in 4.6 seconds and this is the equally awesome Chevrolet Camaro v8 it has a six liter engine which develops 453 horsepower and it's 62 in 4.4 seconds those statistics are bordering on supercar territory rivaling cars like the Porsche 911 Carrera and the good news is that both of these muscle cars are now officially imported into the UK complete with full manufacturer warranties but here's the real headline the Mustang will set you back just 42,000 pounds while the Camaro is even cheaper at 39 grand now to put that into context a closely powered BMW m4 would cost 20 grand more there's just one problem American Motors are generally designed for endless straight roads so historically don't have the suspension setups to deal with British bends which is why we're here at Rockingham to find out finally if cars from over there can cut the mustard over here we've got three torturous tests lined up and not surprisingly we're gonna kick off with a minute cornering we've set up this tight slalom course followed by these two sweeping bends to get the major of the cars in slow and fast corners hence it's all the stopwatch and Tiff's saddled up the Mustang this Mustang has just had a facelift that it's got an angry external styling and revised interior but what I wouldn't know is what it's like to drive because the facelift has also bought an extra flex four horsepower but I think it's gonna need all the help we can get to get one thousand seven hundred and forty three kilos through a slalom three two one hit it he stole and then he stoled few more revs with my titties fighting it off now but getting there if it's through the third gear just touch the price get off that story got about twenty please understand it'll be wide about could be a fifteen that could be a fifty be red could be a 15 this is 16.7 through the mid Middlesex he looks spicy although my estimate was wrong the Mustang still handled surprisingly well mind you this car does come with Ford's additional sixteen hundred pound magneride adaptive suspension package so like if my Camaro has been updated for 2018 in fact it's 28% stiffer but unlike the fort it doesn't have the optional adaptive damping control and unlike the Mustang my Chevy only comes in left-hand drive which is an obvious consideration for British roads but at least liked if I've got a manual gearbox to play with and crucially I'm 100 kilograms lighter which could make a big difference in this test wet change of direction is so critical ever pretty cut through the slalom this is the corn I need to get right always get aggressive he's getting aggressive Wow a bit of understeer I think that's probably enough 0.23 slower than the Mustang I simply don't believe that I don't believe it I thought you bought a bit here no I thought I was quicker there oh it's close I mean there's nothing in it is that well that's what I interested to the Ford Mustang yeah interest it could be my adaptive damping so you haven't got Magna ride everything you\n"