Why isn't the camaro 98-02 with the LS1 engine considdered the 5th Gen and the 93-97 LT1 the 4th Gen by it's self ? What does it take to make the Gen jump ?

 

Because it is the same car, just with a different engine. Do you think the V6 cars should be 6th Gen? 93-95 had the 3.4L, 95-'02 had the 3800 series II.

 

As stated above, it was the same car, just an exterior/nterior revision and a different engine. Everything else was the same..

 

Updates were so few and far between people think it's a whole new car when something changed!

 

Geesh! Let's see here, using the slight cosmetic and/or engine change means a new generation logic...

1967: original Camaro
1968: vent window delete
1969: New fender ribs, gills, different nose & tail, lights, interior.
1970: New body style
1973: Goodbye Big Block, goodbye "SS"
1974: New huge chrome safety bumpers
1975: Goodbye Z/28
1977: Z28 Returns mid-year
1978: New plastic safety bumpers and ground effects
1980: New hood scoop (for Z28 only)
1982: New body style
1983: 350 cid no longer available
1985: IROC-Z arrives
1986: 350 cid returns in IROC-Z!
1987: the drop-top returns, 350 cid leaves again
1991: 350 cid returns, IROC-Z goes
1993: New body style
1996: "SS" Returns
1998: LS1 and nose update

By golly if we follow that logic, then we should be on talking about the 20th Generation Camaro!

 

You CAN'T be serious, right?

 

Declaring 98-02 to be the 5th gen does not actually solve our problem, it just renames it.

 

Don't forget 1997 got a new interior, tail lights and rims gen 21

 

I thought the L98 (350ci) was available 1988-92 with the auto only.

 

If we're really getting picky, the 350 dropped out around 1980 or so. Wasn't available again until the '87 model I believe, but I seem to recall it was introduced while still in the '86MY, I'm probably wrong though. Was indeed A4 only....and no t-tops either as I recall.

 

Actually, if you all wanna be dicks about it, then it'd be 6th gen..
Cause some people will consider the early 2nd gen -> Tear drop lights a different style, too

 

No need to laugh, this is a very common question among enthusiasts.

 

Well the body is a bit different, headlights mostly, and there is a different engine. So to those that aren't familiar with "platforms" i can see the confusion. Think of it like this, the f-body got a new engine, and a new body. so to alot of people it can be seen as a different car. I mean, what really counts as a generation change. new frame? new everything?

 

Actually the 350 was available in 1980 and 1981, only not in California.

As for the rest....

http://www.camarosource.ca

 

Generation Change = Clean Sheet Redesign. Thats why some people used to call the fourth gens 3.5s... Kinda like the C5.5s...