Cars.com: What's the Best V-8 Muscle Car for 2016?

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kevm14
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Cars.com: What's the Best V-8 Muscle Car for 2016?

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Dumb article title.

https://www.cars.com/articles/whats-the ... 683975381/

But there are a couple videos that address different aspects of these cars.

Handling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo59k0EI7EA
Acceleration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBHmrO8hBNU

They ran these cars at a prepped track in 50 degree weather. I would say they did not get to the optimal launch but the times probably do represent what regular people could achieve with a little practice.

Mustang: 13.2 @ 111 mph. Hard to launch, some wheel hop, and a bizarre issue of power cutting out when launching w/o stability control. I think this is slower than the last gen, since it is the same engine. More weight also. Oops.
Challenger: 12.9 @ 111.6 mph. Weak-ass 245mm tires.
Camaro: 12.3 @ 114.3 mph. Holy shit. They said it was the easiest to launch. Traction + trap speed = fast 1/4 mile. Surprised at the margin though.
bill25
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Re: Cars.com: What's the Best V-8 Muscle Car for 2016?

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So the Camaro is almost a whole second faster than the Mustang, and even the Challenger is better than the Mustang. Wait for it... LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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