I owned a '69 Camaro back in the '70s. I love old Camaros more than I ever did Mustangs. I own a 2002 Corvette and I love the way it looks. To me the F-body Camaro is the worst possible design. I certainly didn't want to buy one and apparently neither did anyone else. Low sales numbers killed the Camaro. Here are some comparison sales numbers.
.....1999: New Edge 133,637..........Camaro 42,098..........Corvette 33,270
.....2000: New Edge 215,693..........Camaro 45,461..........Corvette 33,682
.....2001: New Edge 163,818..........Camaro 29,009..........Corvette 35,627
.....2002: New Edge 145,518..........Camaro 41,776..........Corvette 35,767
There is a foot note saying low production in 2001 was due in part to early production of the 2002. If that were true then why is 2002 production so low? Its pretty bad when the high price Corvette had more sale in 2001 & 2002 than the Camaro (71,394 to 70,785). An ugly design, poor sales, and getting trounced by the competition killed the Camaro in 2002.
So yes. The New Edge Mustang killed the fourth generation Camaro. But pony car sales haven't been that great. Mustang sales may have been over 200,000 in the year 2000 but they were less than 100,000 from from 2009-2013 facing the fifth generation Comaro. They were back up to 134,000 in 2014.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/w...maro-vs-mustang-sales-numbers-in-living-color
https://www.corvsport.com/corvette-sales-volume-year/
The Mustang is still beating the Camaro in sales. I wonder how low is too low and they kill the Camaro again. (If they do what body will they run in the Cup Series?) Here are US sales for the last five years.
.....2014: Mustang 82,639..........Camaro 86,297
.....2015: Mustang 122,349........Camaro 77,502
.....2016: Mustang 105,932........Camaro 72,705
.....2017: Mustang 81,866..........Camaro 67,940
.....First 6 months of 2018: Mustang 42,428.....Camaro 25,380 31% less than 2017. At that rate 2018 sales will be 47,155.
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