Its based off the LX Charger chassis. And with all the safety engineering and power door lacks, power windows, traction control, yada yada. Well you see. Its not a muscle car of the 70s, this one you can drive all day and still be comfortable. Believe me I know, driving my 70 will wear you out So with all that leather and motor nannies for comfort you add alot of weight to the beast. The Camaro is built from scratch and still hits the scales at almost 4000 lbs. But if you look at the performance of both cars they beat their older brethren. They out excellerate, stop and handle the older cars. But I still love the older ones more