More GTO news....
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Re: More GTO news....
Originally Posted by Z28Wilson
However, hiding roughly 16 feet with some slick sheetmetal is too tough a task.
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Originally Posted by Z284ever
The key...I suppose....is choosing dark colors and avoiding horizontal stripes. It worked for Roseanne....didn't it?
) and guess that is meant as a rhetorical question? 
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Re: More GTO news....
Originally Posted by Red Planet
Remember.......we're talking 'affordable performance' here. As to Solstice, I'm not an engineer.....but I don't see how you could do a 4 seat V8 car off of that platform for anyone of any height........
What about the Saturn Curve concept car that was built with a back seat on the kappa platform with a lengthened wheelbase. The concept didnt have a v8 though.
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Re: More GTO news....
Originally Posted by Z284ever
The key...I suppose....is choosing dark colors and avoiding horizontal stripes. It worked for Roseanne....didn't it?
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Re: More GTO news....
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Originally Posted by Z28Wilson
When and where has it been proven that a smallER Camaro won't sell? I hear what you've been saying about the new Mustang being the "proper size"...ok fine it has proven it will sell well, but does it sell well because of its size or in spite of it? To be frank, the Mustang has no direct competition now, so even those pony car enthusiasts who would prefer a tighter package and a better suspension have no alternative. No one is advocating a Miata-sized Camaro!!! But it's important (IMHO) to understand that there is a real opportunity to package a pony car better than Ford has, with less chunky characteristics...heck there's an opportunity to make a better pony car, period, and Chevy must do that...but again we ain't talking about a car that's 170 inches long here....
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Originally Posted by holeshot
And a Chevy copy showing up 4 years later will sell just as well.
..........Yeah, good luck with that!
..........Yeah, good luck with that!
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Originally Posted by 91_z28_4me
A more fuel efficent, more space efficent, differently designed 'copy' may not take all of Mustang's sales but it will give people a choice.
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Re: More GTO news....
Originally Posted by muckz
Yet somehow, GM, knowing that it would be cheaper and much more desirable to design a lightweight Camaro decides not to do it...
(OK.....got the gasoline........now where's the match........)
to my esteemed friend in the windy city.....laser-like vision is one thing when you're talking $40K+++.....another thing entirely when you're talking affordable performance. Don't forget where I've worked.
As to some of the other comments........
This is just amazing.......no one has seen the car and already it's DOA...........
There's nothing wrong with passion.......and yes, we value your opinions.....but once again.....look where this thread has gone........Rand McNally himself couldn't find his way out of this entanglement!
Calm down!
You're getting your blood pressure up for nothing right now.......TRUST ME ON THIS.........(more about that later........a few months from now)
I know most of you are passionate about Camaro and Firebird.......and I share that passion. I can tell you that when and if a car is made with the Camaro nameplate on it, (and I see the nameplate as 'hallowed' by the way......) you can be sure that there are custodians that want this car to be something we can ALL be proud of.
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Re: More GTO news....
Originally Posted by Red Planet
to my esteemed friend in the windy city.....laser-like vision is one thing when you're talking $40K+++.....another thing entirely when you're talking affordable performance. Don't forget where I've worked.
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Originally Posted by Z284ever
Well, like I said before, Hill may not be a friend to the Camaro (IMHO), but boy he sure seems very focused and detail oriented on Corvette. I hope the guy that WE get is just as big of a ball buster.
Red, please don't misunderstand me, personally I do have faith that Chevy "gets it" with regards to the next Camaro. I have never declared anything DOA. I'd just like anyone who'll listen to know where I'm coming from.
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Wow! What a way to spend a lunch hour and a half. Interesting stuff! For the record I think I'm most pleased with Z284evers' vision for the 5th gen 
My fear is that by building a "mainstream" aka "Mustang" Camaro intended to be more appealing to the "common" man and woman will bring us a car that will be hard pressed to run with the 4th gen SS at Spring Mountain. That's why the convertible gets the replacement nod over the 1LE.
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By the way....anyone who thinks the 4th gen SS was a pig......meet me at Spring Mountain Motorsports Park....and let me show you what one of these 'pigs' can do...........and how many much higher priced cars they can put to shame.......THREE YEARS after they went out of production.
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