Eric77TA

And that's $54,771.50 in 2008 dollars!

Still, the TTA was a performance wonder for its day.

Logansneo

I live in San Jose, Ca. and also was VERY interested in the 2002 SS Camaro at the time, but I clearly remember pricing for a 'base' SS with leather and standard equipment stickered in my area for $37,000 on average, rocketing to $41,000 with Anniversary stripes and wheels pkg!

Now lets compare available power/spec figures:

2010 SS


HP - 422
TQ - 408
1/4 mile - low 13/high 12(est.)
0-60 - 4.6 sec (GM)
60-0 - 109 ft.(est based on GXP)
Lat. G - >.92(above GT500KR)
Curb lb. - 3860
IRS
Styled after 67/69 Camaro
Interior - Modern Chic


2002 SS

HP - 325
TQ - 350
1/4 mile - 13.5@101.9
0-60 - 5.1 sec
60-0 - 120 ft.
Lat. G - .87
Curb lb. -3730
Live Axle
Styled after /StingRay3 concept cars
Interior - Plastic Rattlebox


For it's time the 2002 SS Camaro was a great car and a lot of fun, but where I lived it was quite expensive and I never really dug the styling. See I own a 67 Camaro with over 400HP and whenever I came up against an 02 SS I thrashed it. The Z06 was much more competitive, though walked away from me with less weight and more gears, obviously.

So being a Gen 1 owner I naturally adore the 2010 SS and it's cost/power/option ratio is simply unbeatable! If those track numbers I derived from numerous Motor Trend, Car and Driver, Automobile Mag articles hold true then for the roughly $80,000 price of a fully loaded Shelby GT500KR, which I suspect the SS could at least match in most respects if not outperform in others, you could get 2 fully optioned 2010 SS Camaro's plus 2 complete extra sets of wheels/tires for them for that ridiculous amount!