One week ago today, it was New Year’s Day. Jason Shafer got the year off to a great start here on Curbside Classic with a splendid post on the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. In the comments section, many of you expressed just how much cooler the late 70s Firebird was than its F-Body contemporary, the Chevrolet Camaro. Then I saw this photo on the Flickr page of Curbivore Christian (cjcz92) and it got me thinking: do you have a preferred flavor of F-Body for each of the four generations where there was both a Chevy and a Pontiac?
In my eyes, the first-generation Firebird looked like an afterthought and the Camaro was more attractive.
That flipped for the second-generation. The Firebird looked better – vastly so for 1977-78, my favorite of this series – with perhaps only one exception, the 1974 model year.
The third-generation F-Bodies, as seen in the featured photo? That’s tough. The Firebird looks more sophisticated but the Camaro stands out more in my eyes.
Finally, the fourth-generation. The Firebird is a bulbous mess so I’ll take the Camaro, even after the questionable facelift.
So, are you consistently Camaro? Uniformly Firebird? Or does it depend on the series?
Second and Third generations
My Top 4 favorite Camaro’s in no particular order are
1967-69 Chevrolet Camaro SS or RS
1970-73 Chevrolet Camaro SS or Z28
1977-78 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am or Formula (prefer the front end of those Firebird’s over the 1979–81’s).
1987-92 Chevrolet Camaro Iroc-Z28 w/350
I’m generally on the Camaro side of the fence through the generations.
First generation – don’t really care for either of them. Both a bit bland but the Firebird is a bit odd and bland.
Second generation – I still favour the Camaro but I might be biased as I had one myself as the first car I bought.
Third generation – Might be a tie here – both have plus points. The higher end examples tend to look a lot better in both.
Fourth generation – Not a fan of the Firebirds. The lower end ones look cheap and the higher end a little fussy on the details. The Camaros are generally quite nice.
Gen 1 Firebird with OHC 6 and a 4 speed. White, Pontiac Rally wheels with redlines.
The flavor of all the other F bodies leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Pass the Zantac!
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This, and make it a convertible, please!
I had a Gen 2 Z-28 (’74). My major complaint was that GM could have done a better job attaching the front sub frame to the body.
Camaro all day long.
Firebirds are Camaros with plastic pieces glued to them.
Each have high and low points, and oddly they don’t always occur at the same time.
If I had my druthers, I would pick an early 2nd generation Firebird.
The two I fight in my mind between are the 1968 Z/28 and the 1989 Trans Am Turbo. I much prefer the Z in aura, but if I had to live with the car, the Trans Am wins.
First generation – 67-68 Firebird. The Camaro looks unfinished, the Firebird finishes it. 69 is a different story, Camaro wins, but not over the previous birds. The RS package somewhat helps even the choice though.
Second generation – Camaro wins initially, the original 70-73 design was lithe athletic and perfectly proportioned, and while I certainly like the Firebird, they look a bit more bulbous, the dual headlights were a downgrade and the endura front bumper and steel rear bumper makes it look unbalanced to me. The tables completely turn with the 74s, The Camaro got railroad tie bumpers, ugly shovel scoop headlights and generic taillights, whereas the Firebird got well integrated bumpers and much improved larger taillights. The 77 facelift was perfection, the Camaro looked like a Firebird wannabe from then through 81.
Third generation – it depends… I think both are kind of equal, but in basic form (non – Z28/IROC/ Trans Am) the Camaro looks more attractive of the two, it actually looks like a more resolved version of the late second generation Camaros, while the base Firebird looks watered down from them. I never particularly liked the hot versions aesthetically, as I find GFX skirts on cars offputting, but between Chevy and Pontiac, the Trans Am was better than the Z28/IROC Z. Overall I think the Firebird universally had the better dashboard. I do truly hate the final Firebirds with the “banshee” nose though.
Fourth generation – is neither an acceptible answer? I like LS engines as much as the next guy but what dismal crates you have to put up with around it. There are aesthetic details I hate on both equally, but I guess the final Camaro SS was alright looking, as there is some retro 70-73 design in the nose, and the wheels looked nice.
Of them all, late second gen Trans Am wins my heart
1970-Pontiac-Firebird-Formula-400
Make mine a 400 as well. All the muscle of the T/A without the gaudiness. Firebird was just better in every generation. Seriously, would Jim Rockford have ever driven a Camaro?
1970-73 Firebird!
Oh boy – this reminds me a lot of my Presidential ballot from a little over a year ago. No write-ins? 🙂
OK, I’ll get serious. I think I have to broadly agree with Will’s choices. The Gen1 Camaro is cleaner. Generic, but cleaner. However, I would rather have the Pontiac guts than the Chevy guts, so call it a draw.
Gen 2 I go decisively with the Pontiac, although by 1980 the choice isn’t quite so easy.
Gens 3 and 4 – That’s OK, you guys can pick.
I have to go with the camaro. the firebird is an excelent car, but i always felt that whatever chevy got,,,,,pontiac would sit there till they got their own version. i thought the jaguar e type was the sexiest car ever designed (i mean like the 1961 models)until the camaro iroc z. that car was and is an amazingly sexy car. unfortunately i dont like sitting so low in a big car so i never owned one.
For looks, I’d go for a 1967-1968 Firebird. The pointy nose with the loop chrome bumper looks anything but an “afterthought”. The Camaro looks flat-faced by comparison. As for driving, the fourth generation cars are best, even if the looks are debatable.
My least favorite is probably the late 3rd-gen Firebird. That nosecone really does look like an afterthought.
That’s the Banshee inspired nose, that overagressive jellybean appendage completely clashes with the still very angular and otherwise unchanged body. If you look closely you can see the awful upswept side GFX used in a cynical attempt to make it flow too.
I was never a fan of that wheel design either, it looks like the designers were inspired by printed circuit boards when designing them.
The 1970 Gen 2 Camaro knocked me out. I still remember the first time I saw one. Classic grille, smooth flowing shape, round headlights and round taillights, nothing out of place. An elegant design.
I’m speaking of the models with separate bumperettes on the corners. I’ve searched and found 1970 Camaros with the bumperettes and with a single bumper. Even Z/28s both ways. What models had which bumpers?
That would be the RS “Rally Sport” option. Primarily an appearance option, on 2nd gen cars it gave you the separate foglight-esque turn signals and the split bumpers. Standard cars have the full bumper with signals below.
The bumperettes were part of the Rally Sport (RS) option, which was available on the base Camaro, Z-28 and SS. Only the base cars received RS badging, however, when the option was ordered.
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Is it unpopular opinion that I find the non-RS nose equally(if not more) attractive than the RS? There’s something extra elegant about the full width bumper and those lower turn signals.
Pah! You may as well like a 72 LTD as much as a 71 with that attitude.
Gen 1- I like the Camaro, the Firebird feels like an afterthought
Gen 2- Firebird all the way. The Firebird seems so much more attractive. Especially the 77-78 and 79-81 versions. The Camaro looks dated with the round headlights.
Gen 3- I love the looks of the 1982-1990 Firebird but am not a fan of the 91-92 front end. I also like the looks of the 82-90 Camaro. I am not a big fan of the revised ground effects of the 91-92
Gen 4- I like the 93-97 Firebird (I think the 98 redesign with those ugly hidden light pods made the car look bloated) I also like the 93-97 Camaro but hate the 98 front end refresh with its restyled lights
I like both of them very much – in 70 through 73 form – and bemoan the beating with the ugly stick they recieved for 74, I can’t even decide which one got it worse.
All the other generations are just a blur of meh to me, with the exception of the 98- Firebird, which in my eyes is a single bad, offensive cartoon in car form, LS or not.
Gimme ice cream scoop headlights, spoilers and spats for days, and some awful 70s stripes. I think because this was my first model kit I built as a kid, but this one has a special place in my heart. Followed closely by the 85-89 IROC Z.
I’m torn between the early 2nd-gen Camaros and late 4th-gen Camaros.
(Ahhh, who am I kidding? I also like the late 2nd-gen Firebirds in Formula or T/A spec.)
Gen 2 – I’m sooooooooooooooo sick of Gen 1 especially with the retro look Camaros of the past decade-ish.
For the love of all that’s holy GM, DO A GEN 2 KNOCKOFF!
I’d go with Will’s picks on this one.
Gen 1 is pretty close in my eyes, but the Camaro was the primary car and I liked the available hidden headlamps. The ’69 Camaro definitely looks far better to me than the ’69 Firebird.
For Gen 2, I do like the early Camaro, especially with the RS grille, but I’d have to pick the Firebird overall, especially the ’77 and ’78.
For Gen 3, again I like both in the early years, but I find the Camaro more interesting overall. I do like Pontiac’s instrument panel though.
Gen 4 would have to be Camaro–the Firebird looks too bulbous, plus the Pontiac brand was starting to decline into plastic cladding hell at this point, with dubious results like the final Trans Am.
But if I had to pick just one, it would be the ’77 Trans Am, Bandit style!
Gen 2s only! One of the most beautiful cars ever built and they were generally well-built cars.
1st: 77-78 Trans Am black of course with a 400/4 speed and T-tops
2nd: 70 Z/28 LT1/4 speed citrus green/tan interior
The Gen 1s are ok, theyre just so played out even at 50 years old
Maybe I’m stuck in the 1980s but when I see the Gen 3s, all I see are mullets and trailer parks
I never liked the Gen 4s and the Gen 5 looks like someone stepped on it (but they are fun to drive)
This is an interesting question that I’m happy to have been associated with.
The all-time best was the second generation Pontiac, with the ’77 being tops. Burt Reynolds has nothing to do with it.
Second is the third generation Pontiac. The Camaro wasn’t too bad during that time (I drove an ’89 IROC with a 350 several times) but I still prefer the Pontiac version.
My least favorite is the second generation Camaro. It just ain’t turning my crank.
1969 Camaro
Gen 1: ’68 Z/28
Gen 2: ’70 1/2 T/A RA IV (’70 Z/28 close 2nd)
Gen 3-4: pass
First gen – love them both. If pressed for a choice, Firebird.
Second gen – equal until ’73, then Firebird all the way.
Never warmed to the third or fourth generations.
First gen ( no ’69 ) without console . I’ m mad about the one built by Bodie Stroud for Tim Allen , a 1968 COPO .
Second generation Camaro til ’73 ( don’t like the wrap around rear window ) and love the front split bumper.
Third gen with a 2,5 L. 4 cylinders … for ” exclusivity ” . No joke. For me the 3 gen look to me a very pure modern design , even more aerodynamic than the last tanker gen.
I admit to being very narrow focused ( or narrow minded) on this subject.
1967/68 Camaro convertible
1977-81 Firebird of any type.
That’s all folks!
I like all the gen 1 cars, and most of the gen 2s. After that? Not my cuppa tea. For me though, the best will always be the ’78 Z-28 in school bus yellow. My Dad, who was the fleet and lease manager at the local Chev Olds emporium, had one as a demo and taught me to drive a standard transmission with it. Probably scared the shit out him….
It really wasn’t his kind of car, and it wasn’t until years later that it dawned on me that he had grabbed it as a demo for the benefit of his car crazy teenage son. Soon enough it was sold and he was back to his traditional Oldsmobiles, but we both enjoyed our time in that screaming yellow Z-car.
You don’t see many yellow ’78 Z-28s on the road these days, though it was a popular choice when new, but I still smile when I do see one.
1st – I’ve always thought this generation was kind of boring but the covered headlights on the ’69 Camaro do something for me.
2nd – Of course the 1970 Camaro
3rd – I’ve always thought the Berlinetta had an oddly sleek look to them, almost European
4th – The first and cleanest year, ’94
Not an easy answer to this question, but mainly because I have some strong preferences on the mechanical side of the equation.
1st Gen: I’d say I preferred the Firebird because the interiors were nicer. BUT… the original Z/28 was in a class by itself. I’d have to go with the Camaro.
2nd Gen: I owned one of these, a ’77 LT Coupe. Loved the looks, and the way it drove. From a build quality standpoint, though, it was a steaming pile. You could raise goldfish in the rear floorwells and the trunk. Solution? Per a Chevrolet Service Bulletin, they drilled holes to let the water run out (!!!?). In this Gen, however, the Trans Am SD-455 stood out as a class of one. IMO, both for the GM cars, and as a zenith of the muscle car era itself. Stupid fast, but with handling and brakes to match.
3rd Gen. Owned two of these, a Camaro IROC Convert and a RS Coupe with T-Tops and a V8. Loved ’em both, although again, build quality was suspect. In terms of looks, these were my favorite F-Cars, especially the ’87-’89 IROC with the 5.7.
4th Gen. This design reminds me of that hot cheerleader you dated in High School, 25 years and 100+ pounds later. Yes, they could be fast… but never warmed to the looks, and the build quality continued to be questionable. Not to mention the ungodly interior- next to impossible to get comfortable in.
1st Gen – 1969 Firebird.
2nd Gen – 1970 Camaro.
3rd Gen – 1989 Turbo Trans Am
4th Gen – 1996-97 Formula WS6
I personally never need to see another first gen Camaro ever. They are the Toyota Camry of ponycars. Yes, they are great, but everyone has one and are on the cover of muscle car mags every month. And this coming from a guy who owns a 65 Mustang… So I’ll take a 68 Firebird as my top choice, followed closely by a 77 Trans Am for gen 2, then I’ll switch to the Camaro for gen 3. 4th gen Camaro looked like a bloated Geo Storm, so I’d go back to the Firebird for them, but not really a fan of either honestly. Can I pick a Mustang for 90s up? ?
I agree about ’69 Camaros being common.
They are the current “mid life crisis” car. Usually, someone who never turned a wrench, just “has to have one to be like the cool guys in HS days”.
As someone said, “there’s more red ’69 Camaros now then built”.
Gen 1; non – RS ’67 Camaro. Keep it simple.
Early Gen 2: ’70 1/2-73 Camaro RS.
Late Gen 2: Can I mix and match? I like the ’77-78 Firebird’s face but it’s hard to pass up the essential *taillightness* of the ’78-80 Camaro taillights with their big amber turn signals.
Gen 3. Hard to choose between the two.
Gen 4: Early Camaro by a mile.
Generation 1 and 2, the Camaro seemed like the all American high school quarterback but the Firebird seemed like his bad ass twin brother that would get you high and get you laid. Generation 3, though not as great, were right for the times. Generation 4, Uhmmm, there shouldn’t have been a generation 4.
As absolutely shit vehicles as they were, give me a third-gen Firebird. I’ll figure out a way to get it to stop squeaking and groaning.
A question close to my heart as I currently own a few of these…
1st Gen: Little interest in these, but I’d take a 69 T/A just because you only ever see 1 for every 100 69 Camaros out there.
2nd Gen: Firebird for sure; but I don’t think I could decide between a white SD-455 or a Red with silver vinyl interior 77/78 T/A. I’d probably go with the SD only because the Bandit references on the later car would drive me nuts.
3rd Gen: I’ve owned a half dozen or so of these and currently own a white 84 base model Camaro v6 (my dad was the first owner) and an 85 T/A in Silver/Charcoal two-tone with a red interior. I love the T/A to death an have driven it all over Ontario and the US, but I think I’d take an 87-89 Iroc convertible with a 305 TPI in white as my ideal 3rd gen (convertible never came with a 350 from factory).
4th Gen: Surprised at all the hate here. Definitely not the best looking cars, but very capable, reliable (in my experience owning multiple 4th gens) and easily the best build quality since the early 70’s. My wife has a red 96 Firebird (3.8) that she’s had since highschool and drove it daily all through university and a number of years after that for total of about 10 years in daily service as our/her primary car year round here in Toronto. Eventually life happened and she now drives an Escalade and keeps the Firebird as a nostalgic toy.
I currently own a 97 SS 30th anniversary Camaro (white with white leather and orange stripes). It is, in my opinion, the 4th gen to have as I absolutely love the color combo and sleek pre-facelift bodywork but it gets the updated interior which is way better than the 93-96 cars.
Oddly though, I think generally the 93-97 Firebird and T/A are the best looking 4th gens in that the design is the most cohesive and flows the best. The 97 SS anniversary Camaro only wins for me because of the way the color combo sets off the look.
BTW: Whoever said the 4th gens (or even the 3rds) were not comfortable is crazy. I’ve spent 10’s of hours non-stop driving in the 96 Firebird…Never a complaint. Now, the passenger’s side with the humped floor is another story, but that’s the passenger’s problem 🙂
Pic of 3 of them from last summer.
The 85 T/A at Trans Am Nationals 2016…..It showed OK for a DD.
And my 84 Camaro. Truely a COAL. My dad bought this car new and drove it daily (commuting into Toronto from the burbs) from 84-06. I was born in 89 and the Camaro served as our primary family car for many of those years. It’s the car the got me interested in cars, and some of the best memories I have are from working on this car with my dad. It’s currently got around 325,000kms…and most of those hard salt-belt commuting kms; but obsessive care from my dad and I over the years kept it alive. Original paint and all major components, and still runs/drives like day one.
“BTW: Whoever said the 4th gens (or even the 3rds) were not comfortable is crazy. I’ve spent 10’s of hours non-stop driving in the 96 Firebird…Never a complaint. Now, the passenger’s side with the humped floor is another story, but that’s the passenger’s problem”
No… not crazy. My 3rd Gen’s fit me like a glove- without a power seat. The 4th Gen had a Pwr Seat, which went every way but comfortable. Visibility was awful (front ends like driving a minivan- where does it end?), my knee kept bumping the console… I could go on. What I was REALLY upset about was that I had sold my ’91 when I got the invoice for the ’93, so I was pretty much stuck at that point. Drove the ’93 for a few days, decided we weren’t going to get along, and ran over to our Ford store and bought a T-Bird. Which I loved… almost as much as the Camaro I had sold.
I should add I drove the T-Bird until ’03, and had a chance to grab a V8 manual ponycar that I could fall in love with. Drove this one until ’11 when the youngest needed her first car.
Firebird, in every generation
G1: ’69 RS grille, Firebird’s rear taillights
G2: ’70 RS split bumper tie w ’73 400
G3: Kitt, IROC-Z white and orange
G4: no thanks
1st gen: The Firebird. I find it more appealing to the eye, whereas the Camaro is very generic. Though the 69 Firebirds aren’t as appealing.
2nd gen: I’ll be honest, I’ve never like the 70-73 Camaros, I’ve always found the front end clashes with the rest of the body and that jutting beak and single headlight look is off-putting. Not that the Firebird was any better in that regard. As for late 70s, 77-78 Firebird in Trans Am garb easily, the Camaro isn’t bad, but it just lakes the coherence and flow of the Pontiacs.
3rd gen: That’s tough. Overall, I prefer the Firebird, particularly in Trans Am garb as again, it looks more sleek and coherent. The Camaro is very attractive, and in the right trim is on par with the Firebird, but I’ve seen enough of them in battered condition that it kind of ruins the effect for me.
4th gen: Is neither good? Between the Catfish-Maro and the Firebin, both look like the rolling hunks of low grade plastic they are.
First gen? Camaro. If I have to choose. I’m not a fan of either really. The only example I ever drove was a 307/PG car with manual drums all round. Ick.
Second gen? Camaro. My favorite being the 79-81 Z-28. Why? I don’t know.
Third gen? Firebird all the way up to the “Batmobile” refresh. More plastic was not the key. The Formula 350, GTA and Turbo cars were awesome. Especially the Formula cars.
Fourth gen? Camaro, I guess, if I have to.
Camaro reboot? Awful. Just awful.
Really alarmed people prefer the plasticky, underpowered, poor-wearing third gens over the fourth gens; not that I don’t like both of them.
Gen. 1 – Mustang? They’re both boxy and plain, but I’ll go with Firebird
Gen. 2 – Camaros look awful, especially the ’70 that looks like it’s brushing its front teeth. Can’t imagine anyone who thought that would look good going down a track. The Firebirds of most years are gorgeous, however
Gen. 3 – Really close; the Firebird is more what I wanted a sports car to look like when I was 6 , but I always liked the Camaro too. I’ll go with Firebird, just because…
Gen. 4 – When the ’93 Camaro came out I thought it was the most gorgeous looking car I’d ever seen (at age eight.) Bubble canopy like a Pontiac Banshee; it was like a smoothed-out, better looking version of the third gen Camaro which already looked awesome. I’ve owned two; my first car was a ’98 V6 5 Speed, and I just bought the attached 2000 so I guess I’m biased… (Firebirds look a bit goofy in these years, but if it’s not evident the 4th gen. Camaro is my pick.)
Sort of surprised people don’t like these more, especially when the LS1 launched these really represented the Camaro being ‘back.’ Magazines loved them, regular people hated them and bought Mustangs. For those who say it’s fat, park it next to any modern car (new Camaro included) and it looks light and sleek.
First generation – Camaro, especially the 1969 model.
Second generation – the “Smokey and the Bandit” Firebird.
Third generation – this one is a bit tough as I like them both, but the 1989 Turbo Firebird and the IROC Camaro.
Fourth generation – The pre-facelift Camaro.
I owned a gen II Camaro (’77), it was crap on wheels. Never had any interest in the succeeding generations.
I would have to say that the gen I (’67-’69) of both the Camaro and the Firebird are my favorites – probably more a nod to the Camaro. That said, back in 2004, I test drove a ’68 Camaro convertible, 4 speed manual transmission, with the initial intention of a purchase. It just didn’t feel right, for whatever reason, so I passed.
First generation-Camaro
Second generation-Camaro (70-73) Firebird (77-81)
Third genration-Camaro
Fourth generation-none, these were horrible styled in my eyes. And poor quality. Worked at a GM dealership in my german hometown around 2000. And these F-Bodys were so badly processed.
’67 to ’69 Firebirds, thankyouverymuch. As for Camaros? No thanks, I have no use for those mulletmobiles.
I was at a peak pre-teen car fanatic stage when the 1st gen Camaro came out. After two years, the 1969 facelift/restyle seemed to be a disaster; the lithe coke-bottle shape had evolved into something portly and awkwardly detailed. The 2nd gen was a stunner, in my opinion only slightly corrupted by plastic bumpers, wraparound rear window etc … to the point where I actually (briefly) owned a 1981 Firebird. The 3rd gen seemed appealing at first, with its chiseled shape and hatchback practicality, not that there was much room under the hatch, and later fuel injection and 5 speed power trains. Final gen, meh. Pudgy and cheap feeling. Anyway, why this rundown? Because today, after all the intervening years, I find the 1969 body, in Camaro guise, the most appealing F Body of all. Go figure.
For me, it’s kind of a mix of preferences within each generation as the years go on, but the preference rundown is like this (and I am basing this more on looks than performance, although that does play a part with a few of my favorites)…
ok, disclaimers out of the way, here we go. ?
First Gen: Camaro all the way. From 1967 to 1969, it looked just right, while the Firebird looked like a forced afterthought.
Second Gen: When I first saw the 1970 Camaro, I was a 9 or 10 year old kid when my Dad pointed out the car to me in the parking lot of the Eastpoint Shopping Center in Dundalk, Maryland. Dad asked me what I thought of it compared to the old one (I really liked the orange and white RS at the time), and I recall saying, “It looks bug eyed to me.” Still does… sorry fans of this year…. but the Firebird to me at the time, was the one to have. I especially liked the white ‘71 or ‘72 T/A with the blue racing stripe.
As the second generation progressed (seemingly endlessly as I was old enough to drink by the time it was over), I flip flopped on this depending on trim level. For example, I love a ‘76 thru ‘78 Trans Am, but that redesign of the Firebird beak in 1979 definitely pushed me back into the Camaro camp. And the new Mustang was just weird to me in ‘79, even though I bought its sister car, a Fairmont Futura, which I had no idea that the time was a platform mate to the ‘stang, but I digress….
Third Gen: I didn’t quite know which I liked better here in ‘82… The Berlinetta was nice, but by the time we got to ‘86, styling-wise, the Trans Am was the better looking car than the Z-28 “Mullet Mobile” as some of you call it. But after driving a buddy’s IROC-Z, I could certainly see the appeal. Of course I was driving a V6 Aero Bird at the time, so the Z was a LOT faster which made it fun. I wouldn’t have wanted it as a DD though.
Fourth Gen: Firebird all the way. In this case, the Camaro simply looks like it’s missing something. It’s just too plain. I was next to an SS one time when the light turned green; me in a ‘94 4.6L T-Bird. This dude smoked me, and that T-Bird was fast. I thought it was just a plain-jane V6 Camaro as there was nothing special looking about it. Talk about a sleeper. Yeah, I got schooled. But while the Camaro just got lamer looking as time went on, the Firebird and Trans Am (especially that W56 or whatever it was called), got better and better looking right up ‘til the end. These get so much hate here, but I’m sorry, I like the one with the extra nostrils on the hood. It still looks cool to me.
Fifth and Sixth Gen: I’m sorry, but a Retro-Stang looks much better to than a Retro-Camaro, (biased opinion – natch), but it would’ve been nice for Pontiac to go on, to see what GM would’ve done with a Retro-Firebird. That aftermarket one you can buy REALLY looks like a forced afterthought, as it was in the beginning….