Bel Air, Camaro Concept NAIAS
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Re: Bel Air, Camaro Concept NAIAS
Originally Posted by formula79
Wonder if Bel Air got delayed a year or so...or is getting another name.
It's not delayed. Bob Lutz has a new stated policy best described as "Shock & Awe". He's not going to be doing anymore consumer clinics unless GM want's to try a way-out design (think the old Pontiac Trans Van concept that became GM's minivan line 15 years ago).
Bob Lutz is also going to be basing alot on reactions of selected people being brought into GM's design studios. Much like that gaggle of press people that were brought int GM Design earlier this year.
Expect the Belair to be shown to the public much like the Saturn Sky and Aura were. Unexpected, out of left field, and just a year or so before production.
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Re: Bel Air, Camaro Concept NAIAS
Originally Posted by mastrdrver
Guy, how close is the suspension design from the 4th gen is likely to show up on the 5th gen, less the solid axle?
Read the caption below the VE pictures for a good clue.
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/s...threadid=21184
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Re: Bel Air, Camaro Concept NAIAS
Originally Posted by Z284ever
"BelAir" is nothing more than just a possible name making the rounds, another possible name is Impala. The car itself is clipping along, without any new delays.
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Re: Bel Air, Camaro Concept NAIAS
Originally Posted by formula79
I like Bel Air the most of all the posible names. Impala does fine as it is, Caprice makes me think of an ugly cop car, and Chevelle should stay a 2 door.
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Re: Bel Air, Camaro Concept NAIAS
Originally Posted by Z284ever
Has nothing to do with it whatsoever.
Read the caption below the VE pictures for a good clue.
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/s...threadid=21184
Read the caption below the VE pictures for a good clue.
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/s...threadid=21184
Also, I guess it can safely be assumed that by going back to a strut arrangment, the front end of the car will be taller and not as sleek as the 4th gen.
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Re: Bel Air, Camaro Concept NAIAS
Originally Posted by guionM
Expect the Belair to be shown to the public much like the Saturn Sky and Aura were. Unexpected, out of left field, and just a year or so before production.
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Re: Bel Air, Camaro Concept NAIAS
Originally Posted by formula79
I like Bel Air the most of all the posible names. Impala does fine as it is, Caprice makes me think of an ugly cop car, and Chevelle should stay a 2 door.
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Re: Bel Air, Camaro Concept NAIAS
Originally Posted by Chewbacca
I guess I can compromise and accept a properly done front strut arrangement if it means that freakin' solid axle is gone in favor of a modern 5 link.
Let me put it like this....I think alot of you know how strongly I feel about this subject....but this is a solution that I think I can live with. Actually, I think chassis dynamics will be a high point of this car.
I just hope my re-assurances about size and weight turn out to be true.
Last edited by Z284ever; Oct 14, 2005 at 10:58 AM.
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Re: Bel Air, Camaro Concept NAIAS
Originally Posted by Red Planet
Hate to burst bubbles, but:
SS concept had nothing to do with Camaro....it was a design study using varioius SS themes over the years. Nothing to do with Camaro. There were four or five proposals.....and one of them had a nose that was strikingly similar to the late 4th gen Camaro.......but that's it.
No Bel Air at NAIAS or New York. Forget Bel Air ......at least for now.
SS concept is still being shown at various auto shows..(next stop is Seattle) ...but I don't think you'll see much of it in anything (meaning new product) in the next couple of years.
If you really look at the SS concept and the Sixteen, they're almost cariactures of automobiles.....they're carried to the extreme. While they're great looking cars, I can already hear Consumers Reports (and some on various 'unnamed' enthusiast sites ) wailing that there's no head room....hard to get in and out of the back seat......too heavy.....too large........yadayadayada.........
Sooooooooo....pay off the bets now, gentlemen.
SS concept had nothing to do with Camaro....it was a design study using varioius SS themes over the years. Nothing to do with Camaro. There were four or five proposals.....and one of them had a nose that was strikingly similar to the late 4th gen Camaro.......but that's it.
No Bel Air at NAIAS or New York. Forget Bel Air ......at least for now.
SS concept is still being shown at various auto shows..(next stop is Seattle) ...but I don't think you'll see much of it in anything (meaning new product) in the next couple of years.
If you really look at the SS concept and the Sixteen, they're almost cariactures of automobiles.....they're carried to the extreme. While they're great looking cars, I can already hear Consumers Reports (and some on various 'unnamed' enthusiast sites ) wailing that there's no head room....hard to get in and out of the back seat......too heavy.....too large........yadayadayada.........
Sooooooooo....pay off the bets now, gentlemen.
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Re: Bel Air, Camaro Concept NAIAS
Originally Posted by 97z28/m6
that's why GM should grow a pair and produse that thing-it's too bada@@ to only have one of them.
