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View Poll Results: Which future Camaro configuration would you plunk down your hard earned cash for?
Reasonably priced and blazingly fast, limited content Z/28 (a la Z06)
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Screw the budget....I want a fully loaded SS convertible with auto and power seats.
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Don't want to spend too much money...a stripped V6 coupe will do.
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I don't want anything "new and improved"...just bring back the 4th gen.
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Which future Camaro would you buy?

Old Nov 5, 2002 | 10:20 AM
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just make the Z28 affordable performance again,pretty please.Isn't that what it started out as/meant to be?!
Old Nov 5, 2002 | 08:27 PM
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Hrrm.....I don't think there is much to argue w/ the results of this pole...

I don't think there is any arguement in that if there is 5th Gen, the basic formula absolutely must stay the same...ie: V8 in top models, RWD, affordable, edit: manual transmission...

we could argue all day about what the next fbody should entail..but bleh...im tired...

My Formula is a toy. I don't really care about creature comforts, road noise, ride quality etc... It is pretty damn quick and handles rather well especially considering the relatively low amount of money I've spent on it... If there is a 5th gen that ends up in my driveway...it'll be merely a toy. Honestly, if I want a comfortable driver, I'll get a truck or something.

Honestly I want my next car to be more along the lines of early RT/10 Vipers...if you've ridden in one, you know what I mean and whether or not its an Fbody, we'll see...

Pure and simple, I like going fast and I don't like spending a ton of $$
Old Nov 5, 2002 | 11:00 PM
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Originally posted by WJH'sFormula
If there is a 5th gen that ends up in my driveway...it'll be merely a toy. Honestly, if I want a comfortable driver, I'll get a truck or something.

I probably fall into the same category....except for the truck part.

If Chevy ever makes a 5th gen Z/28 that I want to buy...I'd doubt that it would be my daily driver either.

I really don't need 23 cupholders, power seats, steering wheel mounted volume controls and a bunch of gizmos to have fun with it.

I do, however, insist that it is well built, well put together and well engineered and gives me some sense of quality.
Old Nov 5, 2002 | 11:30 PM
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The misconception that many people have is that for a car to have quality it must have buttons, 50 seat adj. ect....... Just not true. Make it fast, make it handle, make it stop, make it not sqeek and i might buy......
Old Nov 6, 2002 | 07:31 AM
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Originally posted by Z284ever


If Chevy ever makes a 5th gen Z/28 that I want to buy...I'd doubt that it would be my daily driver either.

Quite the opposite for me... when the 5th Gen Z28 comes out, it will be my daily driver.

That's why I want it to be RWD, V8 and sporty so bad... so I can drive iit and enjoy it all the time!!


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Old Nov 6, 2002 | 08:43 AM
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I'd drive mine on all the weekends and couple times during the week. Not in the rain though.
Old Nov 6, 2002 | 09:51 AM
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Originally posted by Darth Xed
Quite the opposite for me... when the 5th Gen Z28 comes out, it will be my daily driver.


Who knows.....if Chevy plays it's cards right...I may buy two.

One as a toy and one as a daily driver.
Old Nov 7, 2002 | 12:23 AM
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......and maybe even convince other people to buy one.
Old Nov 8, 2002 | 02:35 AM
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They need to make the car affordable for the people that really want them. Thats how you get sales.
Old Nov 8, 2002 | 09:36 AM
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Just curious on what you consider "affordable".
Old Nov 8, 2002 | 11:05 AM
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LOL, not $34-$35,000 top models thats for sure!! The car has to be made for people in their 20's and 30's to afford, thats where the real market is, and the whole import thing would become an even bigger joke if they could buy them.
Old Nov 8, 2002 | 03:11 PM
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LOL, not $34-$35,000 top models thats for sure!! The car has to be made for people in their 20's and 30's to afford, thats where the real market is, and the whole import thing would become an even bigger joke if they could buy them.
Well, how much then? The 4th gens were going for that (and more). And I really don't think you were getting good value for your money on anything over $25K, for a 4th gen.

If we want the 5th gen to be a substantially better car...which it must...what are we willing to pay?
Old Nov 8, 2002 | 03:27 PM
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IMO

$22-25K tops for a fully loaded Z28 and $30K for a fully loaded SS.
Old Nov 8, 2002 | 03:39 PM
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If we want the 5th gen to be a substantially better car...which it must...what are we willing to pay?
about the equiv of a 4th gen.. So $25k should get you a Z28 with a 6 speed thats decently loaded. Maybe a little more cause of inflation..

$20k for barebones..

I'd be surprised if they release a V8 under $20k.. Even if they did, insurance would kill any teenager.
Old Nov 8, 2002 | 03:56 PM
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I'd be surprised if they release a V8 under $20k.. Even if they did, insurance would kill any teenager.
... j/k Some people wouldn't agree with me but I was actually thinking(or wishful thinking) that they would have the price range closer to what the 3rdgens were but not the same.My '91Z was $18k new so take in consideration with today's inflation you have the $22-25K for a loaded Z28 and maybe $18K for a bare bones Z28.

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