Read the Forum that you clicked on to post this it says "2010 Camaro General News & Discussion"

 

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? OH EM GEE IM NOT GUNNA BUY A CAMARO CAUSE THEY ARE CALLING IT A 2010, THATS MAKING IT LIKE A YEAR NEWWAR!! WTF STUPID GM!!! ITS NEVER GOING TO COME OUT, MAYBE IT WILL BE A 2020202020 MODELD!!1!?!!?



ugh....seriously, the title of the forum is 2010 Camaro Fourm. We know.
And for the OP, to cut you off at the pass when you finally get around to looking at pictures, the headlights on the preproduction cars you see in the spy shots are NOT going to be production.

 

Translation, fall-winter launched convertible. right when everybody wants them!

Not wanting a short model run of 09s is a pretty dumb excuse considering how wildly popular the short model run 08 challenger is. Not to mention a '10 camaro is 5 (model) years behind the retro mustang, and 2 (model) years behind the retro challeneger, just making GM look that much later to the party. Especially when the '10 mustang is rumored for a redesign/refreshing. I can see the mag headlines already, "2010 pony cars: retro camaro goes head to head vs. the *new* modern mustang"

On the flip side, by having a LONG model year run for '10, they can generate a larger total cars sold number (serveral of camaro's best sales years were extended model runs), and maybe make it compare more favorably to mustnag's sales figures. Could be an important tool for fighting bean counters in the company to keep it around.

 

I think it has more to do with the fact that someone else posted a link to the same story yesterday.

 

Honestly, so many people have been reporting it as an '09 that I'm glad that we get more confirmation. Maybe people will finally start reporting it properly now.

 

+10000

 

But wait.. the 2009 camaro is going to have those nasty headlights??

:notheadlights:

 

Correct. It was NEVER going to be an '09. Where the press got this idea I have no idea.

 

It's cool. We finally are starting to get more info than can be captured in a few minutes. People will naturally overlook things, nothing to jump on people over and we should start getting used to it happening. No big deal, though.

I merged the two threads together.

 

Seriously Guys, He admitted his oversight and apparently has a good sense of humor as well... I don't think its necessary to go all Howard Dean '04 on him!

 

 

I don't see why releasing it as a '10 model instead of a '09 model is a plus? If anything it's just more bull**** naming. If it's built in '09, it should be the '09 model. Same with '10 or '08.

 

Huh? Current '08 models began production last year and some were sold last year as well. Are you suggesting they should have been labled "2007"?

 

Gosh, I guess the original first gen. '67 Camaros should have been '66s since many of them were built in '66 and released to the dealers in '66.
Clyde

 

It's one thing (and bad enough) that next model years are being built in late Q3 of the previous calendar year. But pushing that line back to Q1 of the previous calendar year is just ridiculous.

The more i think of it, the more i'm sure this is being done so they can boast how the '10 camaro outsold the '10 mustang, while ignoring the camaro had a 6+ month longer model year.

It's the only remotely logical reason i can come up with. Has there ever been a car released in Q1 of the calendar year prior to it's model year?