the 2009 was actually released as a 2010 model. even so the 2010 gt had 315hp. and yes the mustang now finally stepped up to the plate and the v6 now has 300. My point being it isn't Chevy who is trying to catch up. Its ford.
dude......the camaro's been playing catch up for over 40 years.
in 2010, the 5 liter was in testing......
on race tracks, before being released. the 4.6 liter was never released in normal production with high horsepower, although they could have. i really don't know why they didn't. but the fact is that the 5 liter was on the tracks hammering nearly everything out there, living all day at 6k to 8k rpm. now it's on the streets. the 3.7 liter i think was still being tested too.
so....we have a 5 liter mustang that easily out runs the 6.2 liter camaro, and it gets better gas mileage. it will out turn the camaro too. then we have the 3.7 liter mustang that will also easily out run the 3.6 liter camaro, while still out turning it. seems like ford's out front to me. makes it hard to "catch up", if you're out front, eh? oh yea.....the so called power increase for 2011 from 300hp to 312 on the camaro? it's a numbers game. nothing was changed, except the numbers and where they read them from.