King Moose SS

Okay so I know a lot of you remeber the article on motortrend about the z/28 (http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...rns/index.html) GM has everything pretty much set for the car. They just need to pull the trigger.



But of course the bailout, gas mileage and such are in the way. I'm wondering.......... could GM could sell the Z/28 by parts to a 3rd party. Then that 3rd party creates the car because then techincally GM is not selling the car, the 3rd party is. Then GM wouldn't be responsible for the car even though it was GM's idea.

I don't know of any other loop-holes. I know Ford has Saleens & Roush for the Mustangs and F-150's. But those cars (under Saleen and Roush) technically are not Fords even though most of the parts are Fords.

metal

maybe, 89 Turbo trans AM's were built by PAS and sold and serviced through Pontiac Dealerships.
The Vin's were not Pontiac 1G2 Vin numbers, they had new vin numbers that started with 1G5

2010_5thgen

if your gonna sell parts to third party, you might as well build your own z28 for a hell of alot cheaper and maybe get more power and have whatever looks you want for it.

King Moose SS

I was afraid of that arguement, and afriad that it would be selling out the Z/28 name.


But.... It'll still be GM's design, and there LSX. Just they won't be putting the parts together. Hey... they should strike while the Irons hot, if they wait, it could just end up as just another picture.

ChrisL

it could be done if GM chose to pursue a Tier 1 arrangement like they had with SLP who did the finaly assembly for the 4th gen SSs.

GM had no intentions of going that route. whether that changes in the future, we'll have to wait and see. the way things are going now for GM, who knows.

2010_5thgen

i hate to say it, but i think there is no chance for the z28 withing the next year or even 2. i would love to see this car and possibly have one. but i dont think they are going to take their chances for it. even though its already finished and ready to go, supposedly. another reason i hope it doesnt come yet, is because i would want to buy one. i wouldnt want to trade my new camaro in on it, but i would want to buy one of those too.

HuJass

The last bit of that article says that one option is for GM to build the car in VERY low numbers, number each car, and then sell them at a price to ensure a profit.
That means very few cars at an exorbitant price made specifically for rich collectors.

2010_5thgen

you would think they might be price competative with the gt500. but i can understand about making it a "collector" and marking them up and selling them to whoever has the money.

HuJass

If they go that route, I'd bet they'd be asking between $50K and $60K for it.

2010_5thgen

i dont see if being more than a cts-v(65,000) but i dont see it being too close to the gt500 45-50k. i would bet around 55k.

King Moose SS

55k?, wouldn't that put it in corvette price range... That goes agianst all GM rules. Remeber the z/28 isn't a "special" edition, its a model.

jg95z28

It was originally an RPO.

SSPORT10

$55K would be WAY too high for that car, but if it were a "limited edition" then I would agree that it would probably be somewhere in the 50's...I would take a nicely equipped Vette for that price or even for a few thousand more you could get a new C6 Z06 with all the discounts now.

Logansneo

Not no mo'!

And why is 55K such a hard pill to swallow? Everybody keeps bringing up the GT-500 but has everyone forgotten that the KR went for 80K! And if GM were to give the interior of the Z28 a more luxurious treatment why not ask 55-60K?

King Moose SS

It's a hard pill to swallow because its completly new.

How many times have people argued which is better the Z/28 or the SS? A ton... putting this car at 55k, probobly would show that the Z/28 is better. And here at camaroz28... we like arguement

the Z/28 is not a GT500.

The z/28 is for a hip stylish man, who get all the ladies.

The GT500 is for an old bum, who hates the world, and buys the car to show off. But because no one like him, he weeps in his car.