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CarsLore / Compare / Sports cars / Camaro vs Mustang

Chevrolet Camaro vs Ford Mustang

Two sports cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 5 like-for-like measures: the Chevrolet Camaro leads on 2, the Ford Mustang on 1, 2 too close to call.

Where each one leads

Chevrolet Camaro

  • Fewer Chevrolet Camaro cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (67.9% against 68.9%).
  • New Chevrolet Camaro cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 245 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 266 for the Ford Mustang in 2022.

Ford Mustang

  • On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 Ford Mustang uses 9.1 l/100 km, the 2024 Chevrolet Camaro 10.7.

Too close to call: new York safety inspections failed, against cars of the same year; NHTSA overall safety rating.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

Chevrolet CamaroFord Mustang
Model years in the US safety record1981–20241981–2026
New cars registered in Europe8,545 (2010–2022)55,766 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom15412,016
On the road in the Netherlands1,6987,283
In traffic in Finland9691,553

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

Chevrolet CamaroFord Mustang
UK MOT first-time pass rate—83%
… against cars of the same age—+6%
New York safety inspections failed1.0%1.1%
… against cars of the same year−42%−37%
Illogical odometer records (NL)67.9%68.9%
US owner complaints3,1719,231
Most complaints aboutElectrical systemAir bags
Model year with most complaints2010 (295)2005 (705)
US recall campaigns4181
Manufacturer service bulletins20,1903,373
NHTSA defect investigations6395

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Safety

Chevrolet CamaroFord Mustang
NHTSA overall rating5★ (2022)5★ (2027)

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).

Fuel, emissions and price

Chevrolet CamaroFord Mustang
Official combined fuel use, Canada10.7 l/100 km (2024)9.1 l/100 km (2026)
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—13.9 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe245 g/km266 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe243 kW (326 hp)332 kW (445 hp)
Average mass in running order1,632 kg1,851 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€95,283€85,667
Average odometer in Finland104,000 km92,000 km

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).