old news, but thanks for posting the article

 

whoever wrote that article must of been reading this site. cause we've known....for years

 

Johnny Hunkins wrote the article. He used to be editor for GMHTP. He is now the editor for PHR. He has many inside sources at GM. We also have inside sources so therefore the information is somewhat of a duplicate.

 

Haha, don't get me started in that one.....

He is famous for not listening to his inside sources in the past to be honest....ala LS2 in the 02 Special Edition SS's

 

We've known only from very good sources. Late last year & early this year items went out for bidding, meaning solid proof.

It's one thing having people actually working on the car tell you. It's a bit more exciting when you actually have the assemblies actually going out for bids.

I still think Johnny is a year off though. I believe the Buick may be out at the end of 2005, but unless Camaro is being made on the same line (which it very well may be), it won't be out till 2007 as a 2008. Plenty of sources say otherwise, but looking at plant schedules, I just don't see it yet.

Then again, I just may be loosing my touch.

 

I like Johnny's stuff...and he seems like a nice guy.

But the last time I remember him posting here, was when he wrote that open letter to Bob Lutz....wanting the Camaro to return on the cheapest possible platform....with a live rear axle.

 

With the axle hop problem on the CTSv & the GTO in some instances (even my T-bird SC occasionally had that problem on a sustained burn-out), the apparent amout of 'snap' Cobra's IRS adsorbed, and the fact that the C5's IRS couldn't outrun a Z28 on a track leads one to believe that perhaps a live axle isn't exactly a bad thing.

People talked bad about GM's devotion to pushrods for V8 engines when everyone else including Ford & Chrysler went OHC.

 

Getting off topic at blistering speeds.... I really hope IRS is at least offered on a 5th gen. I can't see me owning another live axle car. I would be one (of very few I'm sure) that would take a hit elsewhere to have the better road manners of IRS. I'm not a drag-strip kind of person, so I don't just communicate in 1/4-mile times. I would really like to see a more rounded Camaro. More of an all-around performance coupe than just the straight-line performer it's known as now. As a matter of fact, I would hope that GM would play up it's handling and roadworthiness (yes, making up my own words now) rather than just basic performance.

Yeah, I'm a dreamer... what of it?

 

Dreamer? You just described every Z-28 since day 1.

 

Since 82, the Camaro has been made to be an all around performer not to mention the Z28's of the first and 2nd gens.

 

You've got your wish.
A live rear was never seriously considered for the 5th gen.

 

In 1982, the Z/28 was being called "The American Ferrari"....by people like Dick Gulstrand and Car and Driver Magazine.

I hope the 5th gen can have such an impact.

 

Really? That's good to know, my '86 was a poor man's ferrari

 

hehehhe...very poor.