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CarsLore / Compare / Sports cars / Camaro vs 911

Chevrolet Camaro vs Porsche 911

Two sports cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 4 like-for-like measures: the Chevrolet Camaro leads on 2, the Porsche 911 on 2.

Where each one leads

Chevrolet Camaro

  • On Canada's official test the most frugal 2024 Chevrolet Camaro uses 10.7 l/100 km, the 2024 Porsche 911 15.5.
  • New Chevrolet Camaro cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 245 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 278 for the Porsche 911 in 2022.

Porsche 911

  • Against cars of the same year, the Porsche 911 comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 79% less often than average) than the Chevrolet Camaro (fails 42% less often than average).
  • Fewer Porsche 911 cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (10.0% 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 CamaroPorsche 911
Model years in the US safety record1981–20241983–2026
New cars registered in Europe8,545 (2010–2022)9,884 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom15452,115
On the road in the Netherlands1,69822,796
In traffic in Finland969536

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 CamaroPorsche 911
UK MOT first-time pass rate—88%
… against cars of the same age—+33%
New York safety inspections failed1.0%0.3%
… against cars of the same year−42%−79%
Illogical odometer records (NL)67.9%10.0%
US owner complaints3,171145
Most complaints aboutElectrical systemEngine
Model year with most complaints2010 (295)1995 (12)
US recall campaigns4129
Manufacturer service bulletins20,1906,834
NHTSA defect investigations6314

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 CamaroPorsche 911
NHTSA overall rating5★ (2022)—

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

Fuel, emissions and price

Chevrolet CamaroPorsche 911
Official combined fuel use, Canada10.7 l/100 km (2024)15.5 l/100 km (2024)
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—14.7 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe245 g/km278 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe243 kW (326 hp)394 kW (528 hp)
Average mass in running order1,632 kg1,660 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€95,283€173,394
Average odometer in Finland104,000 km131,000 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).