bossco

I see plenty of stuff out there that will could be a next gen hotrod or classic, In 4 years the S-197 will be a 9 year old car and I can understand GM guys seeing it as nothing more than a rolling pile of ****, but Mustang guys might not see it that way, same I'd wager for the various 3rd/4th gen F-bods, C+ vettes, various G-body cars (hell I guess you could even include cars like old GTIs, Civics and Celicas) ect.

Hotrods and Classics aren't solely the province of a bunch of old rich white guys (despite what J/B wants people to believe) from the 50's, 60's, and 70's, those cars are steadily becoming the dusenbergs, and 250 GTOs of their day and increasingly disconnted from the average guy (or kid) out there, ergo what people consider nothing more than junk today becomes the hotroding material and classics of tomorrow.

Z28x

$30B/$5000= 6 million new cars

Bob Cosby

Sounds like another government entitlement program.

The constitution would take another bath.

FUTURE_OF_GM

Horrible idea...

(That people like SEMA and AACA will hopefully never let happen)

Z28x

Think of all the Plymouth Neons, Toyota Camrys, Dodge Caravans, and old Ford F-150 that future generations won't be able to mod.

I'm against this idea, but it would make a lot more sense than giving Billions $ away in bail outs and unpayable loans.

FUTURE_OF_GM

That's not the issue... And i think everyone knows it. FWIW, Germany ALSO technically outlawed classic cars (last year)

ad356

how many clean chevy performance cars from the 80's would fall victim. how many camaros, caprices, chevy trucks, monte carlos and other really great cars would get scrapped just to collect more than the car is worth in value. im saying this shouldnt be allowed to happen. classic car fans should be rioting in the street if this every happens. if these people had it their way no one would ever know the joy of owning a v8. even a 305 is entertaining.

SCNGENNFTHGEN

Yes it is. Let's hope you're right about that! Do I really need to bring up Project Crusher Camaro....again?

SSbaby

Why would it be a bad idea? I'm sure there would be a few Aztecs lying around that would approach 9 years since birth.

Anyway, who would scrap a potential classic? The cupboard is quite bare when you look back the past 9 years for instant classics at GM. I dare say the scrap idea would help GM more than it would peeve the enthusiasts.

km9v

If the govt. wants to give me money towards the purchase of a new 2SS, that fine by me.

R377

You never know what's going to be a potential classic. Lots of cars that were considered POSs in their day now have a cult following. And if you're getting $5000 for something that may be banged up / rusted / not running, it's doubtful you'd get that kind of cash from a collector even if it had a few good parts on it.

Here's an idea to make this program more helpful to the domestics: make it a rule that you have to trade your rustbucket in for the exact same brand (with perhaps special dispensation for Olds, Plymouth, Eagle, et al). Since GM had a much higher marketshare back then, they would reap more of the potential trade-ins