Old 06-24-2002, 11:16 AM   #1
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Post Solstice - possibilty articel from autonews.com

The following article sheds some light on the Solstice's possible production. If I remember correctly that was linked to the Camaro platform before in this forum... something about being a checp RWD platform that is NON-Sigma... but i can't remember anyhow here is the article...
http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=2610

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Old 06-24-2002, 02:13 PM   #2
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">From above article:
Reuss added that GM will introduce several small and mid-sized rwd concepts at next year's Detroit auto show that could share a platform.</font>
Mid-sized RWD concepts huh? C'mon GM, shock the world!!!

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I know i know i'm ignorant but what class is the Camaro?? can the camaro be spun off from this platform??
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Old 06-24-2002, 03:13 PM   #4
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first they said the Solstice would be "under $20,000", and this latest article says there's a "base price of around $25,000" meaning top models would reach $32,000 or more

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ced8:
I know i know i'm ignorant but what class is the Camaro?? can the camaro be spun off from this platform??</font>
If one is, it would likely be Cavalier sized.

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