Reason I ask is we recently moved to Anchorage where it wouldnt have been particularly wise to purchase the new Camaro, even though I've been waiting for years. So I went with an '08 Silverado. That being said, my tour here is 4 years.

If the worst happens to GM, is there any guarantee that the Camaro will be built a certain number of years?

Just curious. Thanks.

 

The absolutely worst case scenario:

GM can't work out a deal with bondholders, the government pulls the loans, and GM stops all production and files for bankruptcy protection April 1st. Only a couple thousand lucky people get their Camaro.

More likely: GM limps along for many more years and the Camaro stays in production forever.

 

Worst case senario is GM liquidates, gets bought out and Camaro remains.
Why?

-There's no reason to pull the plug regardless of who owns the tooling/buildings etc.

-Camaro will be a success

-Oshawa car plant is a new Flex plant capable of producing various platforms

-Liquidations means a car company gets everything for pennies on the dollar


So worst case senario is it doesn't get renewed for a 7th gen. or a corporation with more money and better marketing than GM is able to generate increase sales.

Some of GM's biggest problems are not because they lack competitive exciting new models but rather they lack the marketing budget or marketing know how. A new management team with money can change all that.

 

There's no other auto company that would want to produce a Camaro. I'm not sure why people keep saying that.

 

Also the auto industry is way over capacity as a whole, I doubt Oshawa (and it's surly union) are going to have many interested buyers.

 

It isn't just a matter of some other company, or even GM wanting to produce the Camaro.

The Camaro is going to have to prove not only that it can turn a profit but that it can turn enough profit to justify its continued existance.

Assuming GM survives in some form, there is no guarantee that the Camaro will - the general public buying lot's of them is its best hope for survival.

 

Best case scenario people can hope for is 5 years. If it lasts longer than that I'd be surprised.

 

i hope it does
the third gen lasted 10 years, the second gen lasted 9 years. i hope this new car is popular and goes the distance. i also hope that when the production finally ends that we will get a 6th gen camaro. all hopes

 

I am hoping it goes on for at least 5 or 6 years and then a new 6th gen. I hope it gets round tailights in the process (like the 70-73) I still dont like the tailights but I love the rest of the car.

 

Camaro can easily be around till at least 2018 or so, when Holden plans to end production of the Zeta (and supply Camaro's Zeta-unique subsystems).


But going back to your thread title:

What's the worse case scenario regarding how long Camaro will be around?

April 1st 2009...... about 13 days away.

You asked.

 

With all the talk of models getting stagnant after three or four years without revision, I'd hate to see the talk if the fifth gen Camaro were to go another ten years unchanged.

On a car that is almost entirely square and angular, how would round taillights make any sense?

 

How 'bout Forever! - gotta be upbeat about this stuff

 

Why not? Wasn't the Charger AND Chalenger created and planned during the time Daimler was a majority owner???

 

Roughly only half of GM's current plants are flex plants so even if there is overcapacity, which plants do you think would close?

And I think you're giving the CAW too much credit.

 

you cant be serious! The only company I could see not doing it MIGHT be not interested in this car is Ford to kill the competition.