Base model camaro (or the RS).... Beefed up V6.. Mabie even a blown 4.3..

Z28...Stock LS2

SS...Slightly beefed up LS2, (cam differences, like the LS1 Z28/SS differances)

Leave the LS7 to the Vette. To darn expensive. Mabie even make it special order. Only 500 made type thing. Chevy HAS a supercar, the ZO6 w/ the LS7.

A lot can change by the time this car actually hits the production lines. I hope they make it a little lighter... Chevy has a rep (in my book) for being a bit on the heavy side. Never know. I'd like them to do something w/ the interior. Too retro for me. That steering wheel'd be the first to go. More of a driver oreintated cockpit type...

 

RS Package with a hide away light package kind alike on KrisH's photshop. That would be sweet.

Have the RS option include the head light option, more upscale trim than the base and make it available to be combined with an SS package and a Z/28 package.

Would be cool to have a modern RS/SS

SS package of course.

Z/28 Package to finish it off.

 

Base: V6 N/A starting $18995
RS: Turbo/supercharged V6 starting $22500
Z/28: 5.3 L V8 starting $25000
SS: 6.0 LS2 V8 Starting $28995

Add $800 to T-Top
Add $1500 for Convertible

I Would also love to see Chevy do something like Ferreri does with Challenge cars that they do. Chevy could make a LOW volume stripped Camaro with BIG engine for those who want to "race it". This should be a limited to 250 examples at a $10000-15000 premium over the SS.

 

Sounds like a perfect engine for a 5th Gen Z28! I'd buy one of those in a heartbeat.

 

I would think it would be best to have about three versions like the Mustang has and not get carried away with too many options. I think Chevy needs to be realistic with the car for the average consumer.

Camaro: basic V6 car

Camro SS: V8 car to go up against the GT Mustang and it would fall in line with the SS thing they have been doing.

At some point the Z28 comes in so you can have one at the Shelby level. Higher HP, better suspension, etc.

Besides, the Z thing fits with the Z06 and says "I am the king."

I never liked how on the last gen the SS was top of the line and not the Z28, but thats just me.

Of course hardtop and rag top versions also need to come out.

My buddy and I were talking about this the other day, what if they only come in one flavor...a Camaro...like the GTO does right now?

 

Won't happen. The camaro NEEDS the v6 sales to be succesful.

 

Id say:

Base Camaro - V6

Then maybe a RS or Berlinetta Option to the Base Camaro that gave a Supercharged V6 or 5.3L V8 with lots of options doesnt sound bad.

Of Course the Z28 with the LS2

 

i've avoided this thread since it started. i feel like i gotta jump in.

me and a friend were talking cars last night. he asked me how many models would the Camaro have. i said 3 possibly 4.

then he said something i almost forgot about. the Mustang has the base V6 and the GT right now. the Shelby is on it's way. and from what he's heard, and from things i've heard around here, there are a FEW more performance Mustangs on the way out.

i know 3 models with 3 engines sounds like alot to us now, but hhow many performance models will the Mustang have out by 2009?

 

It will be the other way around

 

Lets let this car get off the ground before we start worrying about special models

GM wont allow special models until the car is a proven seller and they need an “interest car”

Thus don’t expect a special Camaro till atleast 2011 or later

Late 2008 as 2009 models expect a V6 base car and a mid level SS

Late 2009 expect the convertible and then about another 6 months we should see a top model Z28 as a 2010

After that who knows, but I expect to see some sort of special cars

Depending on the actual launch of the car move this time frame….

Just don’t expect GM to throw everything on the street all at once

 

Three models- a Rally Sport, a Super Sport, and a Z/28

Give the RS a V6 with about 250HP, similarly priced to the base Mustang
Give the SS the LS2 with 400HP, priced similarly to the GT Stang
Give the Z28 the LS7 with 475HP, priced similarly to the GT500

To hell with all of the options also. As far as options go, give people one choice- cloth or leather. Everything else comes standard.

 

i totally agree! the Mustangs performance models are just starting to come out a year and a half after initial launch.

rememeber the 18 month wait someone hinted to for the "performance" model

 

It seems a lot of people are skipping the entry level V8.

With 330 hp, the last gen was almost impossible to insure unless you were over 25. If you were under you paid the same amount for insurance as you did for the car. I saw it.

With 300hp, you will be at the same level as the Mustang.

By making a more affordable, easier to insure V8, you are guaranteed to increase sales.

Even if it had 275 peak hp but 350 lbs of torque all over the board, I would be all over it.

I don't want a V6. I want a V8, but I don't need 400 hp. Get what I'm saying?

While I am taking this more personally, as someone who studies market trends, productions numbers and so on, starting with a V6 and then only offering Hi-powered V8s, you will run into the same problem as the last model.
Low end car was impractical as a 4 seat car, V8 models were expensive and much harder to insure. There was no in-between. Dropping the 305 was a big numbers killer.

I'll have to check on insurance prices, but I know even for me at 28, there will be a big difference.

I don't like insurance companies, I don't want to pay a huge payment to insure a car, where if anything does happen, it will cost 1/4 of what I already paid in (to fix), I'll have to pay 250 bucks of it, and they will drop me or increase my rates after wards, no thanks.