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Old Dec 15, 2004 | 09:37 AM
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Re: 5th gen and future vehicles thread...FINAL (you may want to read this)

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I don't think the C5 looks outdated.
You will. Especially, if you see them next to each other.

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Old Dec 15, 2004 | 09:54 AM
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You will. Especially, is you see them next to each other.
Eh, it's a matter of opinion.

I think the C4 looked outdated next to the C5 (and I was a big fan of the C4)... but I honestly don't think the C5 looks dated next to a C6 (yes, I have seen them together).

I think the rear of the C6 looks nicer... I generally like the profile of the C6 better... but I still like the front of the C5 better...

I think the INTERIOR of the C5 looks a little dated when you compare, but I think the layout and choice of materials for some of the C6 interior is a little "clumsy" as a counterpoint... again, just a personal opinion, though...

Regardless, I don't see any of the C5 as looking "dated" so much.
Old Dec 15, 2004 | 10:05 AM
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I agree. I also liked the later C4's.

I'm liking the C6 Z06 though. There's alota Corvette's that are nice but not "Camaro nice" to me.
Old Dec 15, 2004 | 10:09 AM
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There's alota Corvette's that are nice but not "Camaro nice" to me.
I know what you mean. Crazy, isn't it?
Old Dec 15, 2004 | 12:36 PM
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A GTO? And pay $10k more than you should? Dude a MUSTANG GT is under $25k. Yea, go buy a GTO and play into GM's bean counters antics. The more GTO's they sell at $35k the more reason there is for the bean counters to "unite" and charge $40k for a Camaro.

Get real.
In the southeast regional Auto Trader there is a GTO for 25K with your name on it.

Mustangs are still being built just as cheap as ever. It may look neat but the materials used are still just as exuberant as a Honda CRX.

EDIT: Here a cheap one

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Old Dec 15, 2004 | 12:37 PM
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Regardless, I don't see any of the C5 as looking "dated" so much.
Could that be related to the fact that the newest C5 is a 2004 model?

Something needs to be dates to look dated, right?
Old Dec 15, 2004 | 12:40 PM
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Could that be related to the fact that the newest C5 is a 2004 model?

Something needs to be dates to look dated, right?
I see what you are saying a bit, but I thought the 1996 Buick Century looked dated when it was being produced... and really, like 6 years before it stopped being produced.
Old Dec 15, 2004 | 02:34 PM
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I see what you are saying a bit, but I thought the 1996 Buick Century looked dated when it was being produced... and really, like 6 years before it stopped being produced.
Actually the new Buick LaCrosse or Allure looks so 90s... After guion said it looks like a bloated Taurus, the car got very old all of the sudden.
Old Dec 15, 2004 | 03:56 PM
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I drove home today behind a silver C6....both the car and the female driving it were 10's.
C6 is so damn sexy. I loved the C5, and the C6 just takes it to another level. It looks like the C5 went on a weight training program, lost some weight, and gained some serione tone and chisled body.
Lord save anyone is the Z06 is priced below 70k. Best Sports Car Evar.
Old Dec 16, 2004 | 03:26 AM
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The C6 is cool. The Z06 will be incredible.
Old Dec 16, 2004 | 05:30 PM
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I finally saw a C6 in person today. It looks really nice. Not a huge jump from the C5 though. It looks like someone took a C5 and refined it a bit. Nice car.
Old Dec 16, 2004 | 05:41 PM
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The only C6 I've seen so far on the road, I couldn't even tell it was a 'Vette until it was 30 yards away or so. I could have sworn it was a Viper at first. IMO, looks wise its as much of a jump from a C5 as the C5 was from the C4.
Old Dec 16, 2004 | 05:50 PM
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I drove home today behind a silver C6....both the car and the female driving it were 10's.
C6 is so damn sexy. I loved the C5, and the C6 just takes it to another level. It looks like the C5 went on a weight training program, lost some weight, and gained some serione tone and chisled body.
Lord save anyone is the Z06 is priced below 70k. Best Sports Car Evar.
Do you remember what road exactly? I've yet to see one, and you know I'm from central Jersey
Old Dec 16, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Do you remember what road exactly? I've yet to see one, and you know I'm from central Jersey
Yep. 35 south when going from Eatontown to Ocean. I was on my way back from one store to my store. It was silver, with a blonde hair chick.

There is also a red one parked up front at the Historical Music building every day on the same road.
Old Dec 18, 2004 | 12:36 PM
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The one thing i have to complain about is when people say oh dont worry 2008 a new rwd coupe is comming, well if that coupe is not called camaro then we dont have a new camaro. not that it isnt something to look forward to and it might even be worth buying but what most people here want is a new camaro not a rwd coupe called Chevelle that we can sit back and kidd ourselves "Its called a chevelle but it is really the new camaro"

i think we dont have a camaro because of mismanagment

you needed a new platfrom for the camaro build one, instead of wasting money on rebadging ugly daewoos, there is a reason they flopped they are plain ugly. i dont beleive they were losing money on the camaro, so no reason to kill it there, you make less not selling it at all. and if all that contractual stuff is true and is part of the reason the camaro was killed ill attribute that to mismanagment.

im not going out to buy a GTO, a mustang, or anything else im supposed to believe is something that is going to tie me over till the new camaro comes out. i have a camaro right now it will cost me a lot less then 25K to keep this til a replacment comes out. until then GM is not getting my money



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