Gold_Rush

Well, i'm not as big a GM diehard as most guys here. I have nothing against buying a Ford, Dodge, or even IMPORT product assuming it fits my wants/needs. So the way i see it, GM will have to earn my sale just like everyone else, so they had better pull all the stops on the 07/08 5th gen coupe, and it had better be called "camaro".

BigDarknFast

Too many people confuse loyalty with simple, logical expectation. I could sell my 95 Formula and get an 05 Mustang (my wife gets a supplier discount and even asked me if I was interested in the idea). I like the new Stang (despite the goofy gauges ). But I'm holding off - to see what GM is coming out with. I wouldn't say I'm waiting out of some kind of 'loyalty' or 'duty' like a maiden waiting for her honey to come back from battle... instead it's because I expect the cars coming from GM to be very cool, based totally on their past design achievements. I thoroughly enjoyed the 99 LS1 Formula I had, the 97 GTP, and the current 04 CompG I'm driving now. All were/are great automotive designs and great performance values. So I'm eager what's coming next from GM and am willing to wait and see.

Bad AZz Z28

Yea I'm not saying the new car would suck because I personally cant take it new and race car it that same week. I think it would suck as a Camaro bc I could never do that, it would just be so out of touch with what I want in a Camaro. I dont believe that I am the target market for a Camaro, but I am that extreme edge of its target market. If they build a car just to satisfy me, there arent enough of me to support it, a la 4th gen. But that doesnt mean I should be left out in the cold, $ in hand either.

I dont sell my Camaros, and I probably wouldnt buy 1st day on the showroom new. Id look to catch a 2008 Camaro just as the 2009s are rolling out or slightly before, and snag a good price on a Z28 6 speed 1LE. And I would own it forever, so losing warranties, adding cages + mods dont matter. Plus there is a good chance it would turn into a shop car that we took to car shows and races, so it would need to be modded.

As far as Camaros being those upper middle class weekend cruisers, I agreed, and I think that is why they arent made any more. Having a top model SS with everything and IRS blah blah for those guys is fine, or having an entirely different car for them is better (chevelle), but Camaro has left its main market hanging out to dry, with mustang and the import crowd gobbling it up.
Corvette gets all the loving, as it should, and that car comes in light with everything, a great bang for your buck car. If those weekend cruisers are out there, why dont they get a Vette or a high model Camaro and leave us with something other than FWD crap to buy as well.

I think a market for a camaro exactly as the Mustang is (moderate weight, good price on a V8, good marketing, higher $ specialty versions, with v6s carrying the line) would make a killing.

SFireGT98

I'd say the situation looks pretty bleak. Seems like we could get a car thats not a Camaro or else wait even longer for a Camaro. Pretty shoddy situation if you ask me.

I want a 5th gen Camaro badly, but if it doesnt come out or if GM fudges it up, then a used Corvette or new Mach 1 would fit the bill nicely.

Big Als Z

I think there is just too much good stuff coming from GM to just leave them. Right now, I have a lease, and I hope that with all the future product coming out, that GM will have at least ONE car out there for me. Be it a used GTO, new GTO, or a Grand Prix/G8.

Meccadeth

I concur.

The only thing I'd get that GM doesn't offer or GM doesn't offer something as good, would be a Honda Accord, a hybrid, and if I could afford it - an exotic of some sort (yes, I'd still take a Mercialago over a new Z06 for the exclusivity factor mostly). Other than that, there is no reason for me to jump ship as GM offers every thing I could possibley need. Its not a matter of being "brand loyal", as I am anything but that. GM just really has has the best products for me right now.

IZ28

What's the current situation?

Well, I think we are still in the same place we always were right now. Fact is, we now know that there is a Zeta Chevrolet Camaro due to sell at least 100,000 cars or so in 07 as an 08 model. We even know the code for the car. We've basically known this for a few years now from another upcoming products list. The thing is, we can't know if this IS going to be the Camaro or not. People are questioning if it is best to call it a Camaro or not. If they decide not to, that leaves us with nothing unless they decide to use Torana. Nothing has really changed much, unless that Chevy Zeta Coupe is going to be called Camaro that is.

Meccadeth

Well...what has changed is our certainty that it will not be a "niche" vehicle and we know what platform it will be on and we will have more than one Chevy Zeta Coupe

On that scale it showed it as being 75Kish, not 100 and on '08 CY, so probably as an '09 MY.

IZ28

IIRC the only Chevy Zeta Coupe on there was the "Camaro." The sell number was the color for 100,000, I checked twice.

Z284ever

The Monte Carlo was the other Chevy Zeta coupe, with a sell number of over 100,000 also. It will come out a year after "Camaro" in CY '09.

I guess they'll have to make them look different....huh?

BTW, eventhough it was deleted here, it's still posted ALL OVER the internet.

IZ28

Ah yes, forgot about that. All these cars on the same chassis still says to me that we aren't getting a true Camaro and maybe not even a car named Camaro.