My problem with it is the orange too. I love the flow of the doors to dash as you said. I dont like the big shiny 57 Belair headlight gauges in it. It shouldnt extend the dash pad. Theres so much bling you cant tell what it really looks like. I like how the seats are with how the seat belts guides on the bottom are but dont like the 80s buckle. It should be more 69 with C6 mix as far as the dash is concerned. Loose the 4th gen bulge in the bottom. Orange counsole gauges dont look right. The white looks great. Im wondering what Camaro they got the sterring wheel from.

 

That's my only real issue with it. Lose the orange and I think the interior would look a lot better. I just HATE the color orange in or on a car.

 

I LOVE the instrument layout of the interior of the concept, but the color scheme was a bit
................actually the colors were a lot

I think if they went with colors a bit more subdued and less "in your face", they wouldn't have had so many negative opinions of the retro interior.

 

OP here,

Alot of ya'll are commenting on how illegible the speedo is. I personally have not seen the interior in person and i cant really tell from the pictures. Are the speedometer and tach really that hard to read? I thought GM would of gotten kudos for putting the two primary performance gauges directly in front and as big as clocks. Not only is this convenient for drag racing, but this will also let your passengers and any admirers know that this is a performance vehicle and not some grocery-getting granny (alitteration abuse anyone?) coupe.

Also, i think i would like to commend GM on stepping outside of the box and pushing the boundaries, especially with the secondary gauges. And whose to say that performance/retro gauges cant be a deletable option? I mean, the 4th gens can have there freakin roof deleted (for t-tops) and how popular was that! Not to mention the gobs of aftermarket gauges made for 3rd and 4th gen F-body's. Anybody agree with me here, or am i all alone!

 

Quit complaining. The interior is fine. If you don't like it, go buy a Mustang.

 

I saw the interior in person...outside of the seats and the center gague cluster, IMO there was nothing to like...

 

That's a very asinine response...

Now is the time TO complain...if we don't, then the car is going to get that retro-tube of an interior it has right now. Have you seen the friggen thing in person? Something tells me no...

 

How progressive.

The interior is not a "major" thing to redesign. I'd buy the "go buy a Mustang" comment if I hated everything about the concept. I most certainly don't. I think most people would prefer a serious interior tweak. Are you going to tell them all to go buy a Mustang?

As the Guinness guys would say.....Brilliant!

 

For some reason it reminds me of something out of a cheesy 50's Sci-Fi movie. I too, am hoping for a modern interior. Love the exterior/dislike the interior. To echo the sentiments from a post above... NOW is the time to state our likes and dislikes.

 

It is just a concept interior. It isn't very practicle and is just for show. I don't expect the production car to look anything like that.

Not a big deal, I'll wait for the real interior before I pass judgment

 

I agree. Well put. Those console gauges are an accident waiting to happen the way they are in the concept. I can just see the lawsuits now. "I was trying to read my gas gauge, which is the whole way down on the console, and I ran off the road." Sounds stupid but it would probably happen....and they would probably win...and we would all have to take our Camaros into the dealer for a massive recall to move the gauges or something absurd like that.

Overall, I like the look, but I'd have to sit in the seat and see it in person to make a final judgement. Lutz even said in the one walk-around interview that the production interior wouldn't have all the billet almn stuff so as to save cost in building...SO I would imagine there will be other things that will go...including the luminescent orange dash/door panels. Maybe they'll have a "dress-up" option group to add some frosting for those who prefer.

 

LandonElf, you could make an interior of automotive perfection, and you'd still have people whining about this, hating the car for that, or swearing they won't buy the cars because of some issue or another, when they aren't going to buy anything but a used 5 year old car after they graduate highschool and get that raise at Wal-Mart.

An oversimplified reaction on my part? Another case of my being a little prickly? You betcha!

If people are going to slam something, they should offer constructive criticism.


Personally, I have only 2 issues with the interior.

First, those console guages. I see what the designers were trying to do in evoking the '69 interior. However, those of us that drive long distances and do alot of desert driving, tend to watch the fuel and tempreature guage, as I'm sure so do track racers. These 2 need to be up where they can easily be viewed, instead of down by the knees. Subsituting HUD is simply using a high tech (and unnecessary expense) to fix what is a bad but easily fixed styling idea. Having the other guages like the alternator and oil pressure down there is fine.

The secon, and only other issue I have with the interior is that it's a simple design that looks fantastic in the concept because of attention to details, the chrome shifter and surround, the wraparound color trim that looks like it was crafted, even the special "GM" seatbelt buckles. But you just KNOW none of those things are going to translate into the production car, and that's the problem.

Mustang's interior has plenty of cheap material, but because the interior boarders on being overstyled, Ford can get away with that. The Camaro's more restrained interior styling needs the colored stitching, the interior chrome, & the unusual intracate subtle details to pull it off. Start pulling that stuff out because of cost, and the interior is going to look as inviting and modern as a 1980 F350 commercial truck.

The concept has the public's (and GM's) attention and focus. However, although the new Camaro can "make" GM (in that they are serious about creating well made cars that don't feel cheap in a timely manner), the Camaro can easily be GM's undoing.

Though I like the concept, given GM's (and in all fairness, all car companies) history how interiors translate over from concept to production, I'm a bit concerned.

 

guionM, yea, i would have to agree with you and thanks for the good post but you wanna hear something really really freaky? My best friend just bought a 5 year old camaro SS, graduated highschool only three years ago, and works at wal-mart........creepy......

 

I'm starting to freak myself out. I made a post on how Pontiac needed a version of the Cobalt. Guess what happened a couple of days later?

(...and no, I didn't know it was coming.)

 

The interior doesnt bother me that much I kinda like. Maybe some changes on the guages but the rest is fine for me.