A note from Scott:

Good afternoon, all --

I announce this with very, very mixed emotions............

I've had many, many requests over the past year from fellow enthusiasts
asking to purchase the last Camaro off the line at Ste. Therese. The last
car off the line will be a bright rally red Z28 convertible that will go
into the Chevy Historic Collection for the public to enjoy for generations
to come. The "next to last" car off the line is a matching Trans Am
Convertible....also going into the Pontiac Historic Collection.......

With that said......we are offering the public the chance to bid on the
"Last Saleable Camaro in the United States" -- with all proceeds going to a
very worthy cause -- "Students Against Violence Everywhere."

This car will be sold at Kruse Auction in Auburn, IN on Sun. Sept. 1st, 2002......anyone wanna' go with me? I need to be there to see it all end......

This is a HUGE pic (sorry) http://www.indycamaro.com/images/lastcamaro.jpg

 

A sad, sad day to say the least.

Pray we look at the ashes from which the Phoenix will rise...

 

It's the last one....for a while. At least it BETTER be just for a while!!!!

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Mark

94 Z28, Red, A4, 3:23
Lone Mods--LPE CAI, !Lapeer Dragway.
(Hey, I'm a college boy I can't afford gobs of bolt-ons!)

Best time: 14.658 @ 95.1
with SES light on and Driver off! (First and only time at track)

The F-body will NEVER die.

 

Kind of sounds like an obituary. Last camaros and firebirds available to the public? going into historic collections?

Why does that sound like the end of the line?

 

If ever there was a reason to cry, September 11th, Dale Earnhardt's death and when the last Camaro rolls off the line.

Its more than just a car. Its more than just a name. Its more than steel, glass, and rubber, its the collection of all the joy and love the owners and enthusiasts have ever bestowed upon the single subject, the car, the vehicle, the feeling. CAMARO

you'll never be forgotten.....

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2002 Z28 white/neutral A4 3.23
13.33 @ 104.7 - 650 miles
286rwhp/311rwtq - 1300 miles
STOCK for now!
Gone but not forgotten,
1999 Silver SS 6M #3956
1997 Black Z28 A4 3.23
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Ryan S.

 

So is assembly over with yet then? When is/was the last day?

 

Yep. Ever since I was a kid I've loved Camaros. You could always count on a beautiful new Camaro in your Chevy showrooms each year. The auto industry just won't be the same to me....

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Mark

94 Z28, Red, A4, 3:23
Lone Mods--LPE CAI, !Lapeer Dragway.
(Hey, I'm a college boy I can't afford gobs of bolt-ons!)

Best time: 14.658 @ 95.1
with SES light on and Driver off! (First and only time at track)

The F-body will NEVER die.

 

A sahloutte to you my friend..Camaro


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This may not make any sense to you guys, but for me and the Z28(s) ive own(ed) it makes all the sense in the world...

The the *Camaro*-You brought me happiness in awful times, and joy in even worse, for that i owe you my life my friend.

-You will always live on in my heart

~Mike



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1993 Z28:
Dax's SPECIAL
6 speed,!!T-top!! Conversion,355 C.I.D LT1,Street ported heads,Hooker Longtubes,LT4 *HOT* Cam,Port&Polished LT1 intake,Centerforce DF clutch,Modded air dam/Ram air

Z28
"she's almost awake...Ohh **** run its almost the summer of 2003"

Debuting officialy July 2003!!

 

Is there a pic for the last firebird?




Figuers. The world will have new VW beelte's but no Camaro's of Firebird's...how lame.

 

I am at a loss. How could they sink millions into horrible things like the azztek, 'that nobody wants', and other gutless front wheel drive cars. And not give a rats *** about the Camaro or Trans/Am. Ford is laughing all the way to the bank. Why GM?

2000 Ram Air T/A
92 Firebird
79 Z/28

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THE Z-MAN

 

Surely you don't want an empty farce like the new Beetle applied to the Camaro...

Basic super-economy automobile -> Expensive nostalgia (Beetle)
Powerful touring coupe -> Family sedan ? (Camaro)

 

If they try to bring back the Camaro after its hiatus as something other than its original formula (affordable, powerful sports coupe), it's no use. It's like with VW - the Golf rightfully got passed the torch; seen the commercial?

 

The Asstek sells almost as many units as does the Camaro, but because of its shared platform with the minivans, is more profitable. It's still a failure, but at least GM tried something different, and they aren't losing as much money as they are on the f-bodies.

I would disagree with that statement. The Golf, especially the GTI, is not true to its roots. It's become a bloated, soft, slow shadow of its original self. But the point is, VW positioned it where the market is *now*, not where it was 20 years ago. Chevy needs to do the same with the 5th gen Camaro. If that means OHC and IRS, well, then progress is a good thing. We already know from the 4th gen sales that adhering to 30-year-old paradigms does not equate to success in the marketplace.

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2000 Z28, Arctic White, Ebony leather, A4, 2.73, RS-A, 13.3 @ 105.9 stock

 

Whether or not it's "true to its roots" (I don't think it's that far, personally...), it evolved directly into what it is now. The Beetle just came back to appeal to people who didn't actually own a Beetle before, but thought they were cute. It's just too expensive and luxurious (and too 'complicated' as opposed to the original Beetle design) to be anything other than a nostalgia styling appeal.

In my opinion.

 

I couldn't agree more. In fact Camaro may actually need a hiatus for awhile to smoothly formulate and present a new paradigm for the car.

Maybe too much modernization needs to take place between the 4th gen and 5th gen to let one replace the other seemlessly with no time gap.

As far as OHC engines...I think I got that out of my system when I saw how well the genIII smallblock performs and packages.

I would imagine future genIII's and gen IVs will be equally impressive.