I just don't get it...
06-20-2006, 10:12 PM
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Re: I just don't get it...
Originally Posted by RussStang
The 3rd gen didn't exactly start out on a light platform either. Dan's point is that the car could be inexpensive to make light if it wasn't based off of a Caddy platform, and he is probably right. GM likely saw that Ford could make a successful Mustang off of a Lincoln LS platform, and they followed the example.
but if you were the supreme ruler of GM what platform would you put the Camaro on?
06-20-2006, 10:34 PM
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Re: I just don't get it...
Originally Posted by HAZ-Matt
I see where you are going and in a way I agree...
but if you were the supreme ruler of GM what platform would you put the Camaro on?
but if you were the supreme ruler of GM what platform would you put the Camaro on?
06-21-2006, 10:25 AM
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Re: I just don't get it...
I hope I'm wrong, but it sure sounds like a lot of folks on this message board and in the F-body community in general WANT this car to fail. When have Camaros ever been fly weights? The later 2nd gens certainly weren't. The big block 1st gens weren't exactly light. Do you want a 5th gen that weighs in like one of the lighter 3rd gens? Better get ready for some of those 3rd gen amenities then, like hand crank windows, no power door locks, and forget XM and Onstar. And a 500hp model? Why? So it can win some meaningless magazine showdown with the Cobra (or not, depending on gotta have factor)? Give us a LSX that's not impossible to turn wrenches on and the aftermarket can make it as fast as you want...till your money runs out.
06-21-2006, 03:20 PM
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Re: I just don't get it...
Originally Posted by shadydavy 95 TA
I hope I'm wrong, but it sure sounds like a lot of folks on this message board and in the F-body community in general WANT this car to fail.
When have Camaro's been flyweights?
The big block 1st gens weren't exactly light.
Do you want a 5th gen that weighs in like one of the lighter 3rd gens? Better get ready for some of those 3rd gen amenities then, like hand crank windows, no power door locks, and forget XM and Onstar.
And a 500hp model? Why? So it can win some meaningless magazine showdown with the Cobra (or not, depending on gotta have factor)? Give us a LSX that's not impossible to turn wrenches on and the aftermarket can make it as fast as you want...till your money runs out.
If *I* were supreme ruler of GM?
I would make a line of mid to small (by today's standards) rwd vehicles. A sedan (Nova? Chevy III? no good names come to mind), a coupe/hatch (Camaro), a 3-door wagon (Nomad), a 5-door wagon, and maybe even a 5-door hatch a la Mazda 6. All in the ~2700 - 3300 lb. weight range, with 4-cyl, 6-cyl, and 8-cyl models scattered throughout in some fasion.
If I were limited to today's platforms for the Camaro, I would've started with the Solstice/Sky (I would've delayed those models if necessary to make the platform shareable with other vehicles).
When do I start?!
Oh yeah, and I'd make the Solstice Coupe!
Last edited by Dan Baldwin; 06-21-2006 at 03:24 PM.
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