Firebird vs. Camaro

Firebird vs. Camaro

By Cort Witt

Over the years, many great muscle cars have been invented.  Two of those great cars are the Pontiac Firebird and the Chevy Camaro.

The Camaro was released five months before the Firebird.  However, both cars offered the choice between a six or eight cylinder engines.  Pontiac used the five months after the Camaro came out to improve and tweak the problems they found and create a unique identity for the car.  The Firebird is clearly the better choice over the Camaro.

Even though the Firebird used the same chassis and some of the same body panels of the Camaro, the Firebird had a much more advanced and sleek look.  The Firebird had a hidden advantage over the Camaro, however.  That advantage was under the hood. Firebird’s offered a wide range of different Pontiac engines.  They made five different Firebirds and the only difference was the engine.  They ranged in horsepower from 165 to 250 horsepower.  All then engines either came with a four speed manual or a two speed automatic transmission.  All of these engines were more powerful than what the Chevy Camaro offered.

The Firebird was manufactured from 1967 to 2002.  Ever since the Firebird came out, there has been a heated debate between the Camaro and the Firebird.  They are fighting for the title of the greatest muscle car ever invented.  Even though the Camaro is still in production today, the Firebird’s legacy still lives.  These two cars had quit competing against each other for a short while but in the year 2000 they started again.  They each had about the same body style and shape.

The Firebird is a great car.  I own one and it hasn’t failed me yet!  I have friends with Camaro’s and they say that they would much rather have a Firebird.  They have many more choices for engines as I have stated before.  The Camaro never made an engine that reached the same horsepower as the Firebird.  In a race, I know that the Firebird would win by a long shot!  Maybe some day I should race my friend that has a Firebird so I can prove it.

The Firebird also has one amazing feature that the Camaro does not.  That is the option of the T-Tops.  My 1985 Firebird has this option and I love it.  Convertibles are not safe because if you roll there is nothing between you and the pavement.  In a car with T-Tops, there is a strip of steel in the middle of the roof.  That  makes this car safe in case of an accident.  I am not going to be the person to roll it and find out if it is safe so I will just go with what I have read.

If I had a choice between a Camaro convertible or a Firebird with T-Tops I would defiantly chose the Firebird.  I would like to live in case of an accident.  The Firebird has a much more fast looking body as well.  It has a lot of hood air intakes and hood scoops that are factory.  Also, there is the option of the Firebird sticker on the hood.  I have one and it looks absolutely amazing.  On  most cars I do not like seeing stickers on cars as I believe they look trashy.  The Firebird is the acceptation.  The Firebird is not complete without the sticker!

So the next time you go out to trade cars, chose the Firebird.  Trust me, you will not be disappointed!