Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
I couldn't agree with you more Chris. I have had a feeling for a while that with everything Guy has been saying and the hints Scott drops, that it's much, much further along than anyone knows.
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by Chris 96 WS6
This makes me wonder if all the delay in the "official" announcement isn't because they're trying to shock everbody by saying "not only is the car headed for production but its almost done" and blow everybody away that is expecting MY2009
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by meissenation
I'm betting on a 40th anniversary edition still. Take it as a grain of salt, but a guy on my website made a side comment about a month ago that his company is receiving the tooling for a "RWD Chevy coupe" He said that normally they get the tooling 1 year before it's released. I think GM knows all too well how much of a media storm they'd cause by having a 40th anniversary edition camaro, just in time to also make it for the 100th anniversary the next year... that means two special edition camaros that can be limited production and sell like hot cakes.
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
I couldn’t get Scott to spit out a date.......but my guess is still some time around early 2008 (before summer).....or late late 2007(but I think its a stretch)...
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by greg_nate
I am betting on the 40th anniversary too. I have no insider info whatsoever to support my bet. Total hunch. Its just that I can't see GM passing up an opportunity such as a major anniversary for a majorly hyped car.
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by stars1010
I couldn’t get Scott to spit out a date.......but my guess is still some time around early 2008 (before summer).....or late late 2007(but I think its a stretch)...
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by 95nicotineZ
The body was black under the camo, the size looked just right and the interior had the dual cockpit look to it, like an old Vette. Of course there was test gear all over the dash The back end was wide, like the concept and the front had a downslope, like the concept. The proportions looked right for a "musclecar". The exhaust note definitely said V8, sounded like my dad's 1999 C5. The exhaust had a flat top and round bottom. much like the concept. The lights were LED in the rear, as noted by the brakes being applied. Tires were wide and on some black wheels like the Malibu or Monte Carlo has, with no centre caps. BIG discs like the CTS-V.
The Avalanche tester that was in front might have been the 2500 model, but who knows. Didn't notice if they were 8 lug wheels. The grille was different from the 2007 model that I've seen pictures of. Maybe a 2007 Silverado?
Dave
The back end was wide, like the concept and the front had a downslope, like the concept. The proportions looked right for a "musclecar". The exhaust note definitely said V8, sounded like my dad's 1999 C5. The exhaust had a flat top and round bottom. much like the concept. The lights were LED in the rear, as noted by the brakes being applied. Tires were wide and on some black wheels like the Malibu or Monte Carlo has, with no centre caps. BIG discs like the CTS-V.The Avalanche tester that was in front might have been the 2500 model, but who knows. Didn't notice if they were 8 lug wheels. The grille was different from the 2007 model that I've seen pictures of. Maybe a 2007 Silverado?
Dave
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by greg_nate
I am betting on the 40th anniversary too. I have no insider info whatsoever to support my bet. Total hunch. Its just that I can't see GM passing up an opportunity such as a major anniversary for a majorly hyped car.
Although, if scott was giggling we need to just get him drunk maybe?!?!?!
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by Chris 96 WS6
This makes me wonder if all the delay in the "official" announcement isn't because they're trying to shock everbody by saying "not only is the car headed for production but its almost done" and blow everybody away that is expecting MY2009
I had a estimated production date that was conditional on when final approval was expected. But since then (last month), Bob Lutz publically said they weren't going to wait for final approval (exact words were "we're continuing as if it was an approved program"). Also, final approval seems like it's going to happen ahead of schedule. I'm guessing that's why a certain person has been riding a wave of sunshine lately.
The only issue I see is Oshawa's tied up with the high volume W cars till at least the end of the 2008 model year, and I don't see GM shortening the production life of 200,000 Lecrosses and Grand Prixs for 2 troubled car divisions to make 100,000 Camaros just for Chevy.
That's why although it seems everyone and their brother are saying Oshawa for the entire Zeta line, including Camaro, I'm sticking with Wilmington as the place for Camaro till I hear otherwise. The timeline that's being thrown around right now, and the likelyhood Camaro will be out ahead of the Zeta sedans and big coupes and that there's a pretty good sized refurbishing budget planned at Wilmington, though I may ultimately be wrong, leads me to still believe that's the place.
By the way, how long till the New York Auto Show?
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by guionM
Camaro most certainly will be out before the naysayers think. It wasn't too long ago that some in the industry were swearing to us that there was no way it'd be out before 2010 at the earliest. 2010 as in calendar year!
I had a estimated production date that was conditional on when final approval was expected. But since then (last month), Bob Lutz publically said they weren't going to wait for final approval (exact words were "we're continuing as if it was an approved program"). Also, final approval seems like it's going to happen ahead of schedule. I'm guessing that's why a certain person has been riding a wave of sunshine lately.
The only issue I see is Oshawa's tied up with the high volume W cars till at least the end of the 2008 model year, and I don't see GM shortening the production life of 200,000 Lecrosses and Grand Prixs for 2 troubled car divisions to make 100,000 Camaros just for Chevy.
That's why although it seems everyone and their brother are saying Oshawa for the entire Zeta line, including Camaro, I'm sticking with Wilmington as the place for Camaro till I hear otherwise. The timeline that's being thrown around right now, and the likelyhood Camaro will be out ahead of the Zeta sedans and big coupes and that there's a pretty good sized refurbishing budget planned at Wilmington, though I may ultimately be wrong, leads me to still believe that's the place.
By the way, how long till the New York Auto Show?
I had a estimated production date that was conditional on when final approval was expected. But since then (last month), Bob Lutz publically said they weren't going to wait for final approval (exact words were "we're continuing as if it was an approved program"). Also, final approval seems like it's going to happen ahead of schedule. I'm guessing that's why a certain person has been riding a wave of sunshine lately.
The only issue I see is Oshawa's tied up with the high volume W cars till at least the end of the 2008 model year, and I don't see GM shortening the production life of 200,000 Lecrosses and Grand Prixs for 2 troubled car divisions to make 100,000 Camaros just for Chevy.
That's why although it seems everyone and their brother are saying Oshawa for the entire Zeta line, including Camaro, I'm sticking with Wilmington as the place for Camaro till I hear otherwise. The timeline that's being thrown around right now, and the likelyhood Camaro will be out ahead of the Zeta sedans and big coupes and that there's a pretty good sized refurbishing budget planned at Wilmington, though I may ultimately be wrong, leads me to still believe that's the place.
By the way, how long till the New York Auto Show?
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by Z284ever
The car seen was not a Camaro mule. It was something else.
As In???????????????? WHAT!!!??? Common, you cant leave a guy hanging like that!
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by ADV1
As In???????????????? WHAT!!!??? Common, you cant leave a guy hanging like that!
I'm just saying that that car was not a Camaro.
