The car to be unveiled at the NAIAS is a....chevelle?
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Re: The car to be unveiled at the NAIAS is a....chevelle?
One other thing:
Much of the naming issue also depends on the status of GM's agreement with the city of Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, where the company used to build Camaros and Firebirds. GM agreed not to use the names Camaro and Firebird for a period of time following the discontinuation of those models.
I have heard this crap before, but how long do they have to wait?
Much of the naming issue also depends on the status of GM's agreement with the city of Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, where the company used to build Camaros and Firebirds. GM agreed not to use the names Camaro and Firebird for a period of time following the discontinuation of those models.
I have heard this crap before, but how long do they have to wait?
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Re: The car to be unveiled at the NAIAS is a....chevelle?
Originally Posted by TOO Z MAXX
One other thing:
Much of the naming issue also depends on the status of GM's agreement with the city of Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, where the company used to build Camaros and Firebirds. GM agreed not to use the names Camaro and Firebird for a period of time following the discontinuation of those models.
I have heard this crap before, but how long do they have to wait?
Much of the naming issue also depends on the status of GM's agreement with the city of Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, where the company used to build Camaros and Firebirds. GM agreed not to use the names Camaro and Firebird for a period of time following the discontinuation of those models.
I have heard this crap before, but how long do they have to wait?
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Re: The car to be unveiled at the NAIAS is a....chevelle?
I still like http://www.CandGUnderground.com GM would own if they made a set of vehicles such as the Undergrounds Chevelle work.
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Re: The car to be unveiled at the NAIAS is a....chevelle?
Originally Posted by TOO Z MAXX
One other thing:
Much of the naming issue also depends on the status of GM's agreement with the city of Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, where the company used to build Camaros and Firebirds. GM agreed not to use the names Camaro and Firebird for a period of time following the discontinuation of those models.
I have heard this crap before, but how long do they have to wait?
Much of the naming issue also depends on the status of GM's agreement with the city of Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, where the company used to build Camaros and Firebirds. GM agreed not to use the names Camaro and Firebird for a period of time following the discontinuation of those models.
I have heard this crap before, but how long do they have to wait?
Pretty sure that expired this October or something?
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Re: The car to be unveiled at the NAIAS is a....chevelle?
I forget who said it... but someone said there was going to be 2 vehicles with high anticipation, and the only one we could figure out was the camaro...
the other one was supposed to draw a bigger crowd but be less expected...
but the Camaro is a Sigma-light... not Zeta-light
so if the Zeta is bigger... Camaro and Chevelle again
the other one was supposed to draw a bigger crowd but be less expected...
but the Camaro is a Sigma-light... not Zeta-light
so if the Zeta is bigger... Camaro and Chevelle again
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Re: The car to be unveiled at the NAIAS is a....chevelle?
Originally Posted by NewbieWar
I forget who said it... but someone said there was going to be 2 vehicles with high anticipation, and the only one we could figure out was the camaro...
the other one was supposed to draw a bigger crowd but be less expected...
but the Camaro is a Sigma-light... not Zeta-light
so if the Zeta is bigger... Camaro and Chevelle again
the other one was supposed to draw a bigger crowd but be less expected...
but the Camaro is a Sigma-light... not Zeta-light
so if the Zeta is bigger... Camaro and Chevelle again
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Re: The car to be unveiled at the NAIAS is a....chevelle?
Originally Posted by stangitr
i thought the other one was a buick variant of some sort?
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Re: The car to be unveiled at the NAIAS is a....chevelle?
Originally Posted by Doug Harden
Uuuuhhh yeah....Chevy just invited 250 Camaro & Firebird enthusiasts to NAIAS to see a Chevelle....riiiiiiight.............. 
, just not negatively.
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Re: The car to be unveiled at the NAIAS is a....chevelle?
Originally Posted by edmunds
"All the magazines are assuming they're going to copy the '69 Camaro, and I think that's highly likely," a well-placed source told Inside Line. "But there's also a chance they could copy the '70 Chevelle, in which case they'll call it Chevelle."
btw, its not the Camaro - its the Camette
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Re: The car to be unveiled at the NAIAS is a....chevelle?
Originally Posted by TOO Z MAXX
One other thing:
Much of the naming issue also depends on the status of GM's agreement with the city of Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, where the company used to build Camaros and Firebirds. GM agreed not to use the names Camaro and Firebird for a period of time following the discontinuation of those models.
I have heard this crap before, but how long do they have to wait?
Much of the naming issue also depends on the status of GM's agreement with the city of Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, where the company used to build Camaros and Firebirds. GM agreed not to use the names Camaro and Firebird for a period of time following the discontinuation of those models.
I have heard this crap before, but how long do they have to wait?
*GM has either found other employment or is paying pensions to all former Ste Therese workers.
*GM has provided grants to various universities there.
*GM has added WAY more jobs at Oshawa than they cut at Ste. Therese, making the main CAW guys happy.
*GM doesn't have to pay back the loan it was granted for about another 10 years.
*And finally... the plant that had the "Exclusive Mandate" to make the Camaro & Firebird is not much more than a strip of land with a Home Depot on part of it.
GM as trademark holder of the Camaro and Firebird names could have used those names anyway they see fit. Outside of a promise to keep Ste. Therese open till 2001 unless their product's sales dropped before then, and repaying the loans granted, GM could have done anything they wanted.
However, there would have been all hell to pay at negotiating time.
Have you noticed how much of a change there's been regarding Camaro since the CAW contract agreement and the UAW agreed to reopen their contract on health care?