I'd say that's true..........for right now. What that one structure might morph into though, will be interesting to see.

 

It counts for both kinda.

Anyway, GM needs new designers, it doesn't matter who they are anymore LOL.

 

There was no model year 1983 Corvette, but the anniversary's didn't change.

It'd still be the 40th anniversary of the Camaro's birth if it happned.

 

Call me crazy, but I think we will still see an '07 Camaro. I think it will be a very short production run like the 2003 SSR with full production for the 2008 model year. I think we might see a showcar in 2006 - if GM doesn't want to wait and spring the production version on us first.

 

Correctamundo.

I think somebody needs to look up the definition of anniversary.

 

If I got divorced from my wife after five years of marriage and had five years of being single, then suddenly found love again in my exwife and remarried - would I be celebrating my 10th anniversary on the same year?

I think not, it would start over again at 1.

I know..........they won't do that though - it's much more exciting to have a 40th ann.

The Impala didn't have a 50th ann. edition in 2002 though........how many years in broken production does it take to stop the flow?
Five? Ten? Twenty?

Apparently there is no number........it can be arbitralily called at any time.

I really doubt the GTO will come out with any ann. editions - but why shouldn't it then if the Camaro is going to?

 

The 2004 Pulse red GTOs are the 40th ann. version of the GTO. These are the last 792 '04s built. 40th ann. badges were planned ,but cancelled for some reason. The interior color,stitching, color of the "GTO" on the seats, and the exterior color all made production - but the emblems didn't. Another owner recently found a tag under the rear seat cushion which labeled the part as "40th ann. GTO". I've been trying to find out what the rest of the package would have looked like. Yeah, I own one.

 

From http://www.dictionary.com
A date is a fixed moment in time. Even if you miss an anniversary because of divorce, death, or production hiatus, you still count the number of years from the date of the initial occurance.

 

2004 GTO's had a limited run in a special Pulse Red color. It was to be called the 40th Anniversary Edition, but they called it off at the last minute for whatever reason.

Pulse Red car owners have even found build sheets behind their back seats that read ANNIVERSARY package.

In short... even if they never make another Camaro , 2007 will be it's 40th anniversary, 2017 will be it's 50th anniversary and so on.

If you don't want to go along with that, that is OK, but you better email Chevy and tell them they better do something about the 1988 35th Anniversray Corvette, the 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette, and the 2003 50th Anniversary Corvette...

 

I'm not about to do that....

I understand what you are saying about the ann. title, although most people would think of it as the number of years of consectutive production, which has a much stronger reason to put some badgeing on a car.

So, the arguement with the GTO was: They were going to do it - but didn't?
That's kinda weak.

Where's all the other car's ann. editions?
Monte Carlo?
Impala?
Malibu?
And I say again......GTO?

I guess what it comes down to is this - I don't want to see a 40th ann. edition Camaro because I don't think there should have been a break in production at all and I'm angry over that. I just think it would be a slap to those who know and cherish Camaro heritage.

 

I think the reason me never saw anniversary editions of Monte Carlo, Impala, or Malibu was because, frankly, no one would really care all that much.

GTO was all planned out, but they didn't call it "anniversary" in the end... I really don't know the reasoning why. Perhaps because it was the first year the car was back, and it wasn't really needed, not sure.

I can all but guarantee you that if Camaro is around in 2017, there'll be a 50th anniversary edition.

 

You're not wrong, I too can see them doing it.

I agree with you, I just wouldn't agree with it.

 

I really see where you are coming from too... sigh... if there were no "hiatus", we wouldn't even be thinking about this kind of stuff.

 

Don't look at car "anniversaries" as "anniversaries", look at them as "birthdays". It's dumb to call a 2007 Camaro the "40th Birthday Camaro" so the word Anniversary gets used. That's really what it would be, a special package commemmorating the 40th Birthday of Camaro.

 

Well since we're splitting hairs here...

the "true" 2002 35th Anniversary package Camaro was based off a Z28 with the SS package. Neither the SS or Z28 were available over the entire life of the Camaro. Therefore, was the 35th Anniversary package assigned to the wrong trim package?

Additionally, since the Camaro was introduced at Chevrolet dealers in September of 1966 as a 1967 model, when exactly will the 40th anniversary occur?

The bottom line is, even if GM launches a Camaro in June of 2007, its their choice on whether they call it a 2007 or 2008 model. They'd be stupid to not take advantage of the 40th anniversary if it is at all possible.

Furthermore, let's say the Camaro comes back as a 2008 model. If you believe in not counting the "hiatus" years, that means the 2012 model Camaro will be your "40th Anniversary" model. There's no way in he!!, GM calls that a 40th anniversary model, because then the buying public would be confused and some people would think the first year the Camaro was sold in was 1972. That would mean a whole generation of Camaros never existed.

No my friends, 2007 is the 40th Anniversary of the Camaro. Whether or not a 2007 40th Anniversary Edition Camaro ever exists is entirely up to GM.