Here's a fast way to start a flame war.

Camaro SS Sedan as speculated by Edmunds.com





This is probably nothing more than wishful thinking, but the G8 is too great of a car to let die. Maybe it should be an Impala SS?

 

As far as names...Camaro? No.

The following, yes...

Impala
Chevelle
Caprice
....hell...even call it a Biscayne for all I care...

But NOT Camaro, and I don't expect there to ever be a 4-door Camaro so thankfully not all dreams (or nightmares) come true.

 

If you're listening GM, DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT repeat the GTO mistake and call the G8 a Chevelle. Like the GTO there is way too much emotional bagadge tied to the name. I agree with the other posters, the G8 is too nice of car to let die and should be brought under the Chevrolet umbrella of cars.

 

Yea DO NOT rename the G8 a Camaro or Chevelle.

I think the car would deserve a new name. Maybe a C8??

 

Impala would be a perfect name for the G8 once Pontiac is done next year IMO.

 

Its in discussion. I hope they have a flex fuel version, and of course an SS........

http://www.thegmsource.com/index.php...articleid=1136

 

You're acting like Chevelle was never a 4-door sedan or a station wagon... which it was. GTO, I agree with since it was always a two-door, but Chevelle does not hold the same distinction.

Personally, I don't see what is wrong with Lumina, since it is already sold as such in the Middle East.

 

I thought Pontiac did very well with the new GTOs.
Call it an Impala, that brands already used to being bastardized anyway.
Or may even a Buick Skylark.

 

The larger mailslot should come in handy for business mailings.

 

Totally disagree. I realize that the Chevelle was offered as a four door and never implied that it wasn't. Don't forget, there were plenty four door Dodge Chargers, and look at the stink that caused. Again, the issue is the name and the emotional bagadge with that name.

The new GTO was so very close to the original DNA of a GTO it was scary, and yet people made up any reason in the world to hate it. For example, I have heard MANY times, that the original GTO looked nothing like anything else Pontiac made at the time. How is that possible when it was a Tempest/Lemans to begin with? Again, reality and memory are two very different things...

If I was someone making decisions at GM, I wouldn't risk a failure to launch on something like the name...

 

I'd toss in BelAir--a good storied Chevrolet model name that has not been sullied or ill-used...at least not in 40 years.

 

BelAir was a slightly upscale Impala.

 

I thought the Impala name was tied to it's plant which would leave that one out.

I don't really think Chevelle really needs to come back. Lumina is not bad, perhaps better than Caprice.

 

It would make a good next generation Impala. I would hate to see the G8 fade away. That car never got enough exposure to let the general car buying public know it even existed. I would not mind having a G8.

 

Why not just leave the G8 name? Dodge did it with the Neon (Dodge, Plymouth).