When Chevrolet released the ZL1 Camaro "the first competitor for the Mustang GT500", all eyes went and waited for the come back from Ford, but no one imagined it would be as hard as this come back. The ZL1 Camaro was powered by the LSA engine that is rated @ 580 BHP and that was a good competitor for the outgoing GT500. For the year 2013 the GT500 is equipped with a 5.8L Supercharged V8 that kicks out 650 BHP with these number Ford crushed all the numbers that was offered by Chevrolet and GM and there pride V8 that powered the ZR1 Corvette the LS9 that was rated at 638 BHP.
With this move by Ford i think they are trying to deliver a message for every Auto-maker on the industry that Ford is still here and it is "BUILT TOUGH"
The Good news: This is a way more powerful car than before but we are not pretty sure about the handling, yet a Nurburgring edition was spied earlier this year and we cant tell what Ford is hiding for us.
The bad news: Ford kept the same look for the new Mustang with a slight changes on the exterior and the interior of the car. The car still looks pretty but come on! " Ford you are going against the Camaro, making it more powerful wont make the consumer buy the Mustang because the Camaro a beautiful car".
My prediction: GM will be producing a Z28 edition of the Camaro to go against the new Boss the GT500 that will have a tweaked version of the LS9 or a smaller yet powerful V8 and i mean 650+ BHP that will be used for both new generation Corvette's and Camaro's.
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