Which Muscle Car Is Better: Camaro Or Firebird?

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It’s an age-old argument.

When the 1967 model year rolled around, General Motors finally had its answer to the Ford Mustang and Plymouth Barracuda. Actually, it had two answers, both on the F-Body platform but with different approaches to performance. While most people think about the Mustang vs Camaro rivalry, there’s another debate which might be a little friendlier but can still get heated when you start comparing the Pontiac Firebird to the Chevy Camaro.

If you think the classic Firebird is essentially a badge-engineered Camaro, you’re dead wrong. There are surprisingly few components shared between these muscle cars, like the glass, floors, rocker panels, bracing (but not all), and firewall. This is why you can get behind the wheel of a ’67 Camaro and then a ’67 Firebird and feel like you’re driving two very different vehicles.

Many will cite the fact the 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is considered about as close to perfection as possible for a launch-year car as evidence it’s superior to the Firebird. Not only does the Trans Am racing-inspired car look fantastic, it provides all-around balanced performance.