A thought from long ago...

Darth Xed · 06-21-2002, 09:05 AM

I know this is old, but it STILL looks great, IMHO...

The 1989 Stingray III concept car... while I never thought fit the Corvette look, I always felt it would make an excellent Camaro... obviously, it'd have to be made into a 4-seater, etc etc, but I always thought it had a strong "Camaro Look", at least the front and sides. Very modern (even today) and agressive... I love it!

http://www.caranddriver.com/xp/Caran...nd.xml?&page=3

Sixer-Bird · 06-21-2002, 12:18 PM

I think that car had a DOHC V6. I never thought it looked much like a Corvette either.

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Z284ever · 06-21-2002, 02:57 PM

When the Stingray III came out I just thought it was awesome...and I always thought it would have made a better Camaro than Vette also.

...it would have made a great 4th gen...but for a 5th gen...I think I'd like some fresher styling.

99SilverSS · 06-21-2002, 03:02 PM

Yea it was designed in GM's Cali studio. I thought it would have made a fugly Corvette but as a Camaro I think it would look good. It seemed to have lots of F-body style looking like the concept Banchee and the Camaro concept "Z" I think. Very angled but smooth lines and sunk in flush headlights. When I worked at GM Design I had a picture of the Banchee and the Sting Ray III over my cubicle. They were taken in our courtyard with the styling dome in the background. Wish I could've taken them with me!

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98 Blue Formula · 06-21-2002, 05:50 PM

I agree. I think the Stingray III looked more like a Camaro than the California Camaro concept did.

Darth Xed · 06-21-2002, 07:03 PM

Wow. 4 responses... all positive!

Maybe this is a direction worth looking at for GM... it would be a good stepping stone anyway...

ckt101 · 06-21-2002, 07:54 PM

That's neat. I remember looking at this car about a year ago and thinking that the lights look kinda like the california iroc concept, and then looking at the rest of the car and thinking it would make a great camaro.

jrp4uc · 06-21-2002, 09:18 PM

I'm going to have to break the streak and say I don't care for it that much. I was never a big fan of the Stingray III or Mustang Mach III. It does seem similar to the California Camaro concept, which heavily influence the 4th gen. I didn't care much for the IndyVette of the same time period. I really like how the C5 turned out though.

morb|d · 06-22-2002, 06:18 AM

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Wow. 4 responses... all positive!

Maybe this is a direction worth looking at for GM... it would be a good stepping stone anyway...

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In this case, I think its best to let the past stay in the past.

Darth Xed · 01-13-2003, 12:53 PM

I wanted to dig this out of the Thread Dungeon and dust it off after we got a look at this years Concept Cars...

I still think that the Stingray III would be a very nice place to start (styling wise) for a 5th Gen Camaro....

IMO, even moreso than the SS Concept.

Z284ever · 01-13-2003, 02:34 PM

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Originally posted by Darth Xed

I still think that the Stingray III would be a very nice place to start (styling wise) for a 5th Gen Camaro....

IMO, even moreso than the SS Concept.

No doubt about it!

RiceEating5.0 · 01-13-2003, 03:44 PM

From that side profile, i see a little bit of c5.

Other then that front end, i kind of like it. For an 89 design, it's really sharp. But i don't think it'd have made a nice 4th gen camaro. I don't know about you guys but i don't see "camaro" in that design, and i think a car like the camaro has to have a distinctly recognizable design. You could see some strong 3rd gen cues and influences on what later on became the 93-97 4th gen camaro's.

Ken S · 01-13-2003, 03:52 PM

the front end looks like a 98+ fbod front end stretched back by the edges..

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Originally posted by RiceEating5.0
From that side profile, i see a little bit of c5.

Other then that front end, i kind of like it. For an 89 design, it's really sharp. But i don't think it'd have made a nice 4th gen camaro. I don't know about you guys but i don't see "camaro" in that design, and i think a car like the camaro has to have a distinctly recognizable design. You could see some strong 3rd gen cues and influences on what later on became the 93-97 4th gen camaro's.