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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 09:07 AM
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40,000 Camaros this year....

Is what Mark LaNeve expects first year Camaro production to be.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 09:09 AM
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4400 a month?, how many can the factory produce?
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 09:11 AM
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I'm not sure if he means CY or MY.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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That'll be about where it settles too.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 09:26 AM
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That'll be about where it settles too.
I wonder if an internal number exists at GM where the 5th gen would be considered a success or failure?

Certainly, 100K + units per year is now a pipedream.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 09:37 AM
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I wonder if an internal number exists at GM where the 5th gen would be considered a success or failure?

Certainly, 100K + units per year is now a pipedream.
Other than the Malibu, 100K+ for any GM car is a pipedream. At least in terms of retail sales.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 09:45 AM
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Other than the Malibu, 100K+ for any GM car is a pipedream. At least in terms of retail sales.

At least for now.


I just hope whichever incompetent government bureaucrat who ends up calling the shots for GM in the near future, realizes that.

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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 10:02 AM
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4400 a month?, how many can the factory produce?
According to an Oshawa insider on another Camaro (camaro5.com) site the plant is currently running over 200 cars per day with 400+ a shift being the goal.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 10:08 AM
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According to an Oshawa insider on another Camaro (camaro5.com) site the plant is currently running over 200 cars per day with 400+ a shift being the goal.
5 days a week?
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 01:07 PM
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5 days a week?

6 days
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Z284ever
Is what Mark LaNeve expects first year Camaro production to be.
Who is Mark LaNeve?
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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4400 a month?, how many can the factory produce?
From what I've heard, the factory can produce three times that (500-600/day) without even affecting Impala production at all.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 01:50 PM
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Who is Mark LaNeve?

He has this gig where he kinda runs the entire sales and marketing operations for all General Motors North America..... That's all.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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Production should be in line with demand. In an American economy that only supports selling 10 million units it would be hard to believe if a Camaro was at or over 1 percent of total vehicle sales.
Old Apr 20, 2009 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by 99SilverSS
Production should be in line with demand. In an American economy that only supports selling 10 million units it would be hard to believe if a Camaro was at or over 1 percent of total vehicle sales.
I really don't find that so hard to believe. Optimistic, yes, but far from implausible. I think 0.5% to .75% is perfectly reasonable.



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