Now let's see how these familial cars compare, starting with the Camaros. Musclecar collector and former actor Ken Funk is first and foremost a Mopar guy, but he couldn't resist this rare Rallye Green '69 SS396 when it came up for sale four years ago sporting all the drag-racer goodies: L78 solid-lifter 375-horse big block, M22 "Muncie rock-crusher" four-speed manual, front disc brakes, and even the rally gauge package down by the shifter, which has been replicated in the new car.
As is generally the case with retro-redux cars, the new Camaro dwarfs the old one, stretching nearly a foot longer, a half-foot taller, and 1.7 inches wider. We've carped plenty about the new car's bunker visibility, and climbing into the original cabin validates our point. Its delicate A-pillars and lack of B-pillars provide an airy greenhouse, albeit one that wouldn't slow a moose down significantly or preserve much headroom if you turned it turtle. The rest of the interior is quaintly finished in shiny plastic, vinyl, and oh-so-fake wood. The new Camaro is no paragon of intuitive controls, it's infinitely better.