Where each one leads
Chevrolet Camaro
- Against cars of the same year, the Chevrolet Camaro comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 42% less often than average) than the Mercedes-Benz 500 (fails 22% less often than average).
Mercedes-Benz 500
- Fewer Mercedes-Benz 500 cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (49.3% against 67.9%).
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 Camaro | Mercedes-Benz 500 | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1981–2024 | 1984–2003 |
| New cars registered in Europe | 8,545 (2010–2022) | — |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 154 | 1,236 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 1,698 | 897 |
| In traffic in Finland | 969 | — |
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 Camaro | Mercedes-Benz 500 | |
|---|---|---|
| New York safety inspections failed | 1.0% | 0.9% |
| … against cars of the same year | −42% | −22% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 67.9% | 49.3% |
| US owner complaints | 3,171 | 98 |
| Most complaints about | Electrical system | Electrical system |
| Model year with most complaints | 2010 (295) | 1993 (23) |
| US recall campaigns | 41 | 2 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 20,190 | 18 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 63 | 5 |
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 Camaro | Mercedes-Benz 500 | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | 5★ (2022) | — |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Chevrolet Camaro | Mercedes-Benz 500 | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 10.7 l/100 km (2024) | — |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 245 g/km | — |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 243 kW (326 hp) | — |
| Average mass in running order | 1,632 kg | — |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €95,283 | — |
| Average odometer in Finland | 104,000 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).