quickchicken

do you think the 5th gen will create the same popular wave the 4th gen did?

Melee Penguin

When I can get a 5th gen Z28 for 10k then I'll get one

otherwise...for Chevy I do hope that the new Camaro is a hit. The consumer population isn't about fast cars nowadays though.

Heck the last Top Gear said it best driving the new V12 Vantage...

"...Cars like this will soon be consigned to the history books..."

Rob94hawk

GM took too long and in this economy people rather save their money rather than take out another loan.

johnny6

And why is it outselling it's other 2 competitors then?

Camride

This.

It's actually been selling really well from everything I've heard.

95Z28DROPTOP

The 4th gen f-body was not a popular car.

ztalon

I didn't think so either. Other than the fact that the used prices make them popular now.

The 5th generation does seem to be a hit, but I don't think this song will be at the top of the charts for long. Chevy has come in a bit late to a pony/muscle car market that most likely will be shrinking in the near future. I just hope that the Camaro can stick around this time.

Mikes 1994 z28

The bar is set low for the 5th gen

quickchicken

what im refrring to is when i came into the scene i could go to events like the national F body event held here in mem, bowling green and atalanta and attendance as huge and ruled by mainly 4 th gen owners and the drive was strong, will that happen with the 5th gen car ya think?

Kris93/95Z28

THIS.

The 4th gen wasn't popular. It's sales peaked in 1995, and fell off after that. By the late nineties, I recall reading on this board, that there were many in GM's upper management that wanted the car DEAD. The story was that the 4th gen was lucky to have lived until 2002. Sadly, the Corvette was outselling the Firebird by then, and the very close to outselling the Camaro as well.

IMO, the reason that the 4th gens are going so well in the used market is they are still a good performance deal for the money. Due to the weight bloat of most newer performance cars, a 3,4xx lb 4th gen with a good running stock LS1 is still a factor in today's world. As well, with a plentiful market of parts (both replacement and performance), and relatively few major changes year to year, the cars should hold people's interest for some time to come.

WhiteHawk

I hope they don't make the same wave, because it was the wave goodbye of a cancelled program.

-Geoff

ChrisL

LOL... my thoughts exactly! good one.

Ed 2001 SS

While I love my 4th gen, I couldn't agree more with this statement. I hope the 5th gen beats the pants off the 4th gen in terms of popularity.

poSSum

I think that was as much a phenomenon of the coming of age of the internet, message boards and SLP's marketing of the SS and Firehawk.

2010_5thgen

i think its going to be more of a hit than the 4th gen was.