Bob Cosby

You forgot to include the diametric opposite....to wit...The "I'll buy it no matter what it looks like/runs/costs/weighs so long as it says Camaro" Club.




LOL. That's funny. "My way or the highway!"

Not that it matters what anybody says at this point in the game.

Fbodfather

I don't for one minute believe that you want to resist forming an opinion until you see the final product..... -- you have never held back on forming an opinion --

.......and that's all I'll say for now.

99SilverSS

Care to elaborate on this point. Do you know that this is a Z/28 spec interior as opposed to a SS or V6 interior? I would ask that if the guage pack is moved from under the radio on some models where would it go and what would be in it's place?

0toinsanein5.4sec

that or the fact that weve already seen what it is pretty much going to look like for years but were told the interior was going to change the most. It was the thing we had all been dieing to see.

And if people are like me, and im guessing there is a decent amount of them. They are just so disheartened by the design, NOT the fit and finish, that they almost dont even care anymore. Ive been waiting for this car for years, and been wanting it for so damn long. when i saw the leaked red camaro the couple days before it was released i nearly shed a tear because i thought it was so damn good looking. I couldnt have asked for anything better. but then i saw the interior. didnt like it but thought it was ok - i could live with it. over the years i started to not dislike it as much (still never fond of it) but i think its so much worse now.

the vents are ok
i dont like the steering wheel and the squared gauges behind it but i can deal with it. but thats about all i can deal with.
i hate how the auxilliary guages are down where they are. i look at those gauges all the time. not only is it an inconvenience but as alluded to before, its dangerous. if it comes with HUD where u can get all the same information on or if the area between the main guages has a screen where u can get the information then fine, but i would rather see that space used in a better way, like a slot to put things.
i seriously hate the radio/ac setup and look. i dont like how it sticks out. i dont like how its round. i dont like how parts stick out from it even more than it is already sticking out.

im going to wait and see it for myself in person to reserve final judgement, but im not too optimistic.

Z284ever

By far, the scariest faction because....


Although vocal on boards like this, they'll never buy enough of them to make or break the car, IF they buy that is....and IF they buy new or used.

BigDarknFast

100% Agreed. I'd forgotten about some of those dramas

Z284ever

Oh yeah Scott, believe me, I'm holding back - BIG TIME!

Bob Cosby

This thread has certainly livened up this forum.

Emher

*sigh* I did not say that. I said that anyone thinking it will look exactly like this in production are deluding themselves.

And yes, it doesn't matter. So we'll just ahve to wait and see

Z284ever

Wonder if it'll have an e-brake button instead a handbrake.

Rampant

The concept interior worked because it really played the clean/minimalistic card. I am not so sure the preproduction interior design works since they had to add so much other "stuff" we need in modern cars (radios, etc.).

The main problem, as I see it, is the interior doesn't quite know what it wants to be and doesn't look like it shares any common design elements with the exterior. The exterior has sharp creases and a very sporting appearance. The interior looks overly rounded and bloated (especially with the AC control area "overlapping" the radio). It makes everything look a bit pudgy. Add to that the huge vents that do not share any lines with the stack below it and it creates for a very busy center section, next to an almost completely empty area in front of the passenger. It just seems to be confused. Very clean/empty in some parts/busy in others; crisp exterior/rounded interior, etc.

Then, you add the tall, thin, squared off gauge pods and it further adds to the "disjointed" design feel (at least to me).

Too bad to, because I think this interior could have looked great (and there is no denying it will look better when finished).

Who knows, maybe it is just the pics, and maybe I will like it better in person, but my "anticipation meter" just dropped a few notches.

The interior of the Mustang kept me from buying it, and it could happen again. Bummer to, because I love everything else about this car (so far).

Though, I am really glad to see the exterior shots -- they look great!!!

notgetleft

The get rid of the retro interior dealbreak crowd has existed since the concept was frst introduced. This guy sums up how i feel pretty well...

A lot of those deal breakers are from hardcore people who want a camaro exactly their way. The public at large doesn't care about weight, or live axles, etc. The mustang is selling pretty well even with it's almost as bad retro dash, but it will have been out for 5 years and will probably be refreshed by the time this even more retro and esoteric layout comes to market. Maybe the public accepts it, maybe they don't. People need to keep in mind that camaro doesn't have nearly the name cache of mustang though, it needs real conquest buyers, and i'm not sure a retro interior is going to make it in a field of sporty coupe and sedans with modern looks and amenities.

I just don't get it. When the concept came out, great pains were taken to quash all talk of the 5th gen being retro, it was to be a *heritage* design, not a retro facsimile of an old car. And i agree with that about the exterior. But why, oh why, did they have to go over the top caricature retro on the interior.

Fbodfather

Chris -- great post.

Fbodfather

I don't agree -- because the very people you're talking about are the same people you keep telling us we must appeal to -- those who see the car and just have to have one.........

I think Chris got it right -- this board has too many people claiming 'deal-breaker' --

01pewterz28

People just need to keep an open mind and wait until the finished product is shown at the end of the summer/fall **wink wink** as Scott would say.

I can say that I was sold on the car 2 years ago