im ready to be shot down....PRICING?!?

baddboy1705 · 07-30-2008, 04:24 PM

ok so ive been doing some extensive searching all over the web to try and answer a question that i have but im having no luck.

I know that the car isnt going to be released until the 1st quarter and blahh blahh blahh..., but when will we be able to know what the true price or the car/ options? Everything Ive read is all about what the pricing is "supposed to be",or an opinion of the prices. Dosen't GM release the price tag before the car is actually out? or is it the other way around? Either way im just as excited as anyone to see thing thing roll on the streets again!

JasonD · 07-30-2008, 04:29 PM

They don't release price until just before the car comes out. There's a lot of reasons for this, but one thought is that during the initial build process, production costs are clarified and that has an effect on the outcome of the car. Plus or minus forecasted costs divided by X amount of cars scheduled to be built sways the car pricing in one direction or another. Just off the top of my head, I might be incorrect. Someone else may be able to chime in.

However, they can't even start anything without a business case, which determines how viable the car will be in the target price range. People's jobs are on the line to stay close to that target goal. Mustang pricing is that target, and from what we all know so far, it is going to hit that target. We are expecting to know sometimes after the first of the year.

FS3800 · 07-30-2008, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JasonD

Mustang pricing is that target, and from what we all know so far, it is going to hit that target. .

should clarify that we arent going to be getting a LS for $19,735 like the base mustang v6 is priced, and you arent going to get an SS for $26,425 like the Mustang GT starts at.

GM has said they will price the Camaro to match what they feel is a comparably equipped Mustang.. and since the Camaro comes with more standard features than the Mustang, it's base prices for the v6 and v8 will be higher than those above for the Mustang

FAD1 · 07-30-2008, 07:07 PM

If the price is right for the average consumer to purchase, I dont think selling 80 - 100K cars a year is going to be a problem. The bigger problem will probably be to make enough to meet demand. For that I hope this brings GM back where it was before.

TrickStang37 · 07-30-2008, 07:56 PM

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I forgot about the volume of Camaros GM plans to make, does anyone know the amount of G8's made (imported) because those come in at just under 30k and they move no where near the volume that the camaro is supposed to move...

could the 80k-100k camaros that GM is supposed to build help get the cost down closer to the mustang price???

the G8 is over 30k now, atleast, from what I last heard.

GoCamaroGo · 07-30-2008, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TrickStang37

the G8 is over 30k now, atleast, from what I last heard.

I bought an 08 G8 GT IOM. The 29995 was for the GT with no options. The 09 G8 GTs (no options) bumped up to over 30k. But other GM cars also got bumped up for 09 due to sluggish truck sales.

http://www.leftlanenews.com/chevrole...-for-2008.html

baddboy1705 · 07-30-2008, 11:02 PM

so to answer my question, there is no "SET" date on when the actual price will be told. correct? i mean not even an insider who works for a chevy dealership will know? it just dosent make sense that, well i guess it does make sense, have the car first then sell it, not sell it then build it. sheesh what was i thinking....

Fbodfather · 07-31-2008, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by baddboy1705

so to answer my question, there is no "SET" date on when the actual price will be told. correct? i mean not even an insider who works for a chevy dealership will know? it just dosent make sense that, well i guess it does make sense, have the car first then sell it, not sell it then build it. sheesh what was i thinking....

Dealers do not get the pricing much before pricing is announced to the press -- simply because there is no such thing as a secret anymore!

The pricing will be announced shortly after the new year --

Meanwhile -- I can tell you that it will be very competitively priced. I've seen any number of 'experts' say that the car is going to be $35,000 to $45,000 -- they could not be more wrong..............

AdioSS · 07-31-2008, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Fbodfather

Dealers do not get the pricing much before pricing is announced to the press -- simply because there is no such thing as a secret anymore!

The pricing will be announced shortly after the new year --

Meanwhile -- I can tell you that it will be very competitively priced. I've seen any number of 'experts' say that the car is going to be $35,000 to $45,000 -- they could not be more wrong..............

oh crap a fifty thousand dollar Camaro!

I don't doubt that dealers will initially ask outrageous prices for the Camaros.

Here's another Pontiac dealership rant: The local Poncho dealership has had a V6 G8 sitting in the same spot for over a month now. They won't let anybody test drive it unless they go ahead and write up all the paperwork, run your credit, etc.

TrickStang37 · 07-31-2008, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by AdioSS

oh crap a fifty thousand dollar Camaro!

I don't doubt that dealers will initially ask outrageous prices for the Camaros.

Here's another Pontiac dealership rant: The local Poncho dealership has had a V6 G8 sitting in the same spot for over a month now. They won't let anybody test drive it unless they go ahead and write up all the paperwork, run your credit, etc.

that's funny. i had some 20 year old salesman practically begging me to go on a test drive on a new G8 when i told him i just wanted to look at the interior and rear suspension (checking up on quality and what to expect from the Camaro). I told him that was my only intention and how I use to work in the sales end of the business as well and He still kept trying selling tactics

christianjax · 07-31-2008, 06:20 AM

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that's funny. i had some 20 year old salesman practically begging me to go on a test drive on a new G8 when i told him i just wanted to look at the interior and rear suspension (checking up on quality and what to expect from the Camaro). I told him that was my only intention and how I use to work in the sales end of the business as well and He still kept trying selling tactics

I had a similar experience this past weekend. I was out tooling around on my Busa and pulled into a Chevy dealer to look for Aqua Blue. (no luck) Found a Jetstream Vette, and explained to the "vulture" that swooped in on me that I was ONLY looking at colors because I AM getting the new Camaro when it comes out next year. He understood and was actually pretty cool.
Then I went down the street to the Pontiac dealer to see if they had a Brazen Orange Solstice around that I could see for color. They didn't, but they did have an Ignition Orange G8 (v6). Ick. That color is nasty. Anyway, the vulture swooped in and didn't get that I was JUST looking at color for a CAMARO. It's amazing how little salespeople know about the products they sell. This salesperson (an older female) told me that GM uses the same colors and just change the names for different cars. And that the Ignition Orange is probably what they are going to use. I of course informed her that GM is ALREADY using Brazen on a few models, including one that SHE sells. Idiot.
When I pulled myself free from her talons, I noticed gaggle of vultures circling my Busa. Another interesting exchange of information insued. Funny, how they knew more about the Hayabusa than they do about Pontiacs. Surprising as the one asking the most questions had to be in his 60's. I was shocked he even knew what a Hayabusa WAS.

Bradl1982 · 07-31-2008, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by AdioSS

oh crap a fifty thousand dollar Camaro!

Yep, and that's probably for the v6 model.

97z28/m6 · 07-31-2008, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by FS3800

should clarify that we arent going to be getting a LS for $19,735 like the base mustang v6 is priced, and you arent going to get an SS for $26,425 like the Mustang GT starts at.

GM has said they will price the Camaro to match what they feel is a comparably equipped Mustang.. and since the Camaro comes with more standard features than the Mustang, it's base prices for the v6 and v8 will be higher than those above for the Mustang

a 300hp mustang starts at $26,495 and what do you think the 300hp camaro will start at?

FS3800 · 07-31-2008, 09:44 AM

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a 300hp mustang starts at $26,495 and what do you think the 300hp camaro will start at?

pure conjecture.. but i'm guessing less than that

97z28/m6 · 07-31-2008, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by FS3800

pure conjecture.. but i'm guessing less than that

why?
they said the camaro will be more than the mustang. not much more but more none the less. i'm betting on 28k for the base camaro. 34-35k for a SS.