The car we now know as the SS V6 will be the LT in 2005.
http://media.gm.com/chevrolet/cars/m...rlo/index.html

Impala SS will be supercharged only:
http://media.gm.com/chevrolet/cars/impala/index.html

The LS2 Corvette officially goes 186 mph,does the quarter in 12.6 seconds at 114 mph, is the fastest production Corvette in history and has a base weight of 3179 lbs:
http://media.gm.com/chevrolet/cars/corvette/index.html

And finally, there will be a 2005 Cavalier!:
http://media.gm.com/chevrolet/cars/cavalier/index.html

Note this media stuff is dated for August 2004, so if someone can save this stuff before the link is yanked, I'm sure the rest of the community will appriciate it.

 

GOOD LAWD!

 

It just...wont...DIE!!!

 

I thought it was supposed to be 3100lbs At least that's what I thought was the official # from awhile back. It doesn't sound too much lighter than the current Vette.

 

So the base C6 is going to be 3,179 pounds? I wonder how much lighter they'll be able to make the Z06.

 

this is all :lastweek: stuff. There will be no non-supercharged SS monte or Impy.

 

The current Z06 is 3117lbs. The base C5 is about 100lbs. heavier. Sub 3100lbs. is the target weight for the next Z06


I'm glad to see the Cavi around one more year. That way it can handle the fleet sales and it will make all those Cobalts look that much better when people go new car shopping.

 

I really dislike the idea of putting the old models into fleet sales. For a lot of people, the only time they ever drive a GM vehicle is when they rent one at Avis. And if all they have to rent is old crapboxes, their opinion of GM is never going to improve. GM should be putting their best cars into the fleets-- it's almost like having tonnes of potential customers pay to test drive your vehicles.

 

 

I used to think the same way about rental cars too, but rentals drive down the resale value of the cars for regular owners.

 

I read a quote by Bob Lutz...which I can't seem to find now, but went something like this.....

"I want BMW owners to get into a Buick or Pontiac rental and say--holy mackeral, I didn't know GM cars were getting this good".

 

I read on one of those links that the Cavalier would cease production in August 2004. No need to worry about old models being sent to the rental car farms. It will die after the 2004 model year.

Dave

 

http://media.gm.com/chevrolet/cars/cavalier/index.html

 

I wonder if all this means is they're having production problems with Cobalt?

 

Dave, you really ought to actually read the link and look at ithe source it came from.

http://media.gm.com/chevrolet/cars/cavalier/index.html