Not too sure about the Velite as the basis for the 5th gen.
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Re: Not too sure about the Velite as the basis for the 5th gen.
Originally Posted by SGT Posaune
..Doesn't the Kappa use the IRS from the CTS or was that just the concept Solstice. IIRC it at least uses parts from it to help reduce cost.
Actually, the whole rolling chassis (inner structure without external body panels attached) is a 2/3 scale spitting image of the Corvette.
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Re: Not too sure about the Velite as the basis for the 5th gen.
Originally Posted by guionM
Kappa's IRS is a near spitting image of the Corvette's.
Actually, the whole rolling chassis (inner structure without external body panels attached) is a 2/3 scale spitting image of the Corvette.
Actually, the whole rolling chassis (inner structure without external body panels attached) is a 2/3 scale spitting image of the Corvette.
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Re: Not too sure about the Velite as the basis for the 5th gen.
Originally Posted by 91_z28_4me
Sure about that one Guy? I am pretty sure that Corvette is a rear mounted tranny/transaxle using monoleaf springs and Sigma is using a 5 link rear suspension like Kappa.
Vette does have a rear transaxle, and I think Kappa has coil springs. I heard the rear suspension is otherwise similar.
I need to get a better view to be 100% instead of 75.
chassis:
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front suspension:
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Re: Not too sure about the Velite as the basis for the 5th gen.
Originally Posted by guionM
Either Camaro's 1998 restyling was a resounding failure, or the public suddenly got sick of Camaro's hugh size.
OR, a lot of that could be attributed to the '97 30th anniversary special models. Didn't they cut sales short in '96 and '98 a little bit to sell more '97s? I thought I remember reading that somewhere.
Even then though, '96-'98 sales are still much less than '93-'95...Which, if compared to Mustang sales, you have to take into account that the 4th gen was more of a no-apologies racer than a more "appeal to the masses" type car like the Mustang. I wouldn't attribute much of the drop in sales purely to a resounding failure in styling or even the Camaro's huge size. Although if you couple those together I'm sure they made a small dent.
Insurance and other factors like the C5 being such a huge success made a more immediate impact on sales. 20somethings having their parents cosign on fbodies was a much easier thing before insurance companies started finding out that these 4th gens were monsters in the HP department. And with the C5, I think more older people started to pass up on the "poor mans Corvette". That and the SUV craze made it harder for people to afford a secret weapon like a Camaro. Couple all those things together and I think those make much more impacts on Camaro's sales in '96-'98 MUCH more than the Camaro's size and styling....IMO.
Last edited by Meccadeth; Aug 31, 2004 at 06:51 PM.
I hate it too guys 
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