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The COPO Name Returns to Camaro
Just released on the GM Performance Parts page, the COPO Name is back...
https://www.camaroz28.com/content/wp...amaro_COPO.jpg RE-INTRODUCING: COPO PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR THE 2010-2011 CAMARO While the punch cards and pocket protectors wielded by the wizards behind the classic COPO Camaro are a distant memory, the passion for Camaro performance and technology still burns white hot. And it's why GM Performance Parts is introducing a complete line of COPO%u2122 parts and accessories for the 2010-2011 Camaro. For the enthusiasts and racers of the fifth-generation Camaro, GM Performance Parts COPO program offers new counterparts to the classic hardware of yesteryear %u2014 engineered, tested, and proven for your 2010 and 2011 Camaro. All-aluminum 427 LS7 block? Check. High-flow lightweight rectangle-port LS7 aluminum heads? Check. Race-proven ignition system? Check. 2010 Camaro body-in-white? Check. In short, it's putting your authorized GM Performance Parts Center at the leading edge of Camaro performance all over again. Take a look at the following parts. And start making your list. Because your time machine awaits. http://www.gmperformanceparts.com/Parts/copo-camaro.jsp What do you think of this name being brought back in the form of new Camaro performance parts? |
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I think it's crap. COPO meant one thing, and this is nothing related to that original meaning. It's just the cheapening of a cherished part of Camaro history for the sake of short term marketing.
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Re: The COPO Name Returns to Camaro
Originally Posted by Jim85IROC
(Post 6669493)
I think it's crap. COPO meant one thing, and this is nothing related to that original meaning. It's just the cheapening of a cherished part of Camaro history for the sake of short term marketing.
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it would be different if it were offered off the assembly line.
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Re: The COPO Name Returns to Camaro
Originally Posted by Jim85IROC
(Post 6669493)
I think it's crap. COPO meant one thing, and this is nothing related to that original meaning. It's just the cheapening of a cherished part of Camaro history for the sake of short term marketing.
Originally Posted by 2010_5thgen
(Post 6669558)
it would be different if it were offered off the assembly line.
:( i got excited when i saw the thread, but now im sad again... |
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I was just thinking... ok, I have to sell my car..... then :mad:
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Eh it's nice they offer performance parts. Sad that they throw the COPO moniker onto them. If you could go down to your Chevy dealer and order the car with those parts on them that would be a bit different.
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So when you order the body-in-white, do you get just the metal shell?
Because technically, that's what a body-in-white is. And if that's true, how is it shipped? In a big crate? |
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...was o.k., maybe even a little enthusiastic about ZL-1. Not so much on the COPO label being slapped on parts.
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its a bad call. thats just the LS7, LS7 heads, and high performance ignition system.. all have been available for a few years from GMPP.
lets start making some actual performance options on the car from the get-go. ... |
Re: The COPO Name Returns to Camaro
Originally Posted by HuJass
(Post 6669811)
So when you order the body-in-white, do you get just the metal shell?
Because technically, that's what a body-in-white is. And if that's true, how is it shipped? In a big crate? |
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COPO = Central Office Production Order.
A corporate ordering process by which special, non-standard packages could be accomodated by the factory. Fleet orders, special delivery trucks, special applications, etcetera. However one can't deny that COPO is mostly famous for being used by Berger and Yenko and others for the creation of some wicked factory hot rods. One thing it hasn't been in the past, from what I can tell, is a "brand" for the marketing of high-performance factory parts, like Chrysler's old "Direct Connection" , or Ford's SVO. We've already got GM Performance as the brand outlet for the GM authorized performance parts. I do not see COPO as anything but a redundant brand name for a subset of GM Performance. If GM wants to make COPO really special, they will set up an office by which special vehicles are created at GM, using the components available through GM Performance, which are then delivered to dealerships for sale. COPO would then be a "special products division", which could cover all sorts of things from Camaro drag cars, to ZR1 based trucks, to factory racers for use in various production road racing & autocrossing venues. |
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^^^^ What He said^^^^
And those before him- it's a cheapening bastardization of the C.O.P.O. acronym |
Re: The COPO Name Returns to Camaro
Originally Posted by 68 RS/SS Ragtop
(Post 6670984)
it's a cheapening bastardization of the C.O.P.O. acronym
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Re: The COPO Name Returns to Camaro
Looks like another way to squeeze a buck out of a already great backing for the car.
COPO once stood for something. Not the way they are trying to force feed it to us. |
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