I am really excited about the 5th gen,
but I'm also worried about getting the 1st year production only to find out the 2nd year could be faster, or better optioned like it was done to the 04 GTO to the LS2 05 GTO.
Any news about this?

Pat

 

Won't happen.

 

i would bet that the first year or two they wont change anything performance wise. Will it be better, probably, because there are almost always some little quirks that they get worked out in the first years of a car. This might not be the case for the new camaro. But i am hopeing and betting on a "top dog" camaro after a year or two, so that would be a change in performance, but the run of the mill v8 camaros probably wont change too much

 

I wouldn't be so sure.

I totally agree with Vlad on this one.

I'm just basing my opinion on the 4th Gen F-Body from '93-'95 and the 1st to 2nd year runs of the C4, C5, and C6 Corvettes.

 

Ok guys...we can guess untill the cows come home....but no one knows for sure as of right now...its all guess work right now....I say buy the first year if you can........

 

don't forget 98's...such a pita in so many ways

I won't buy the first year....of any car for that matter, hate to be negative about it, but to me its just not the smart thing to do. Not from a performance standpoint, thats an easy fix, its the little things.

Just my opinion, if any of you differ, hey feel free everything needs guinea pigs

 

ill get the first year. I think the second year will be faster, but i don't care. It wont be more than 50hp. If you want it to be a race car, put a damn cam in it, and wa la. its gona look the same, thats all i care about.

holla

 

If you look at most introductions of a new model and compare them to 2nd year versions--there are very rarely any engine/hp changes. Plus the car is being built at the best plant in NA for qaulity.

 

I am going to try to wait until the second year

 

I had posted this same concern on another board. I think I came to the conclusion that if the Camaro is released with the LS2 then I am certainly not buying it as that will be around the time they put that engine to sleep. As much as part of me says that 400 HP is plenty, the other part is always saying.... but there could always be more!

 

There are sometimes small tweaks between years. Often 1st year model run problems/oversights are discovered and corrected by 2nd/3rd year in production.

I used to work in the auto industry (probably will return soon) and saw it happen all the time.

 

I'm waiting until we know for sure (one way or the other) that something special is coming in year two or three to make my decision.

 

If that's your concern, then never buy a new car.

Someone else came up with this concern once, and it's downright ridiculous. Cars are always going to get better and quicker barring something that restricts it, so worrying that the car the year after you buy is going to be faster is really pretty stupid. Especially when that 1st year car is still 2 years away.

2004 GTO LS1 owners aren't fretting over 2005 LS2 owners. I liked my 97 285 horse LT1 as much and probally even more than my 2002 340 horse LS1.

Again, worry about this is pretty lame. Buy a car that you like & enjoy it. If you're worring about the next year being quicker, or the year after, or the year after, then you shouldn't be buying a new car.

This is like worrying that your neighbor has a bigger sized "unit".

 

I don't think it is a stupid concern at all. I would be mad if I bought a '04 GTO, why do you think you can get one w/ 4k for 20 grand?

I was disappointed when I just bought an '06 truck then like 3 weeks later they announced the 5yr 100k warranty on 07 "classics"

With that said I don't think this will happen with the camaro, Maybe the next year one will have 500hp but will cost a lot more I'm sure....

 

I can't come up with an example where the next year wasn't better than the year before. Sure little changes will take place based on comsumer input, but that happens every year. Every year Colorado has been better than the last ('07 got a bigger engine), but I'm still glad I got my '05 when I did.

As long as the Camaro you want doesn't have an engine that has been around for 7 years (like with the LS1 GTO) then you shouldn't have to worry about year two being better. You can bet that if the Camaro has an engine called LS3, it will still have that engine in the 2nd year.