Top 10 reasons why Camaro is dead
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Top 10 reasons why Camaro is dead
A friend of mine sent this to me.
10. Camaro is a French word. Everyone hates the French.
9. GM dealers forgot the Camaro existed years ago and now wouldn't recognize one if it drove right into its service bay.
8. CAW wanted to negotiate for St. Therese employees a case of Labatts 50 ale and a carton of Export 'A' plains per week per employee.
7. The Camaro is a real man's car. There aren't enough "real men" left in our sensitized society to support a real man's car. That's why Mustangs sell so well.
6. Since mullets went out of style in the 80's, the death of the Camaro is probably 15 years overdue.
5. Advance reports of the '03 Cobra sent shockwaves throughout GM, so they decided it'd be easier to just give up rather than compete.
4. Corvette owners are just plain tired of being stomped at the track by half priced wanna-bes.
3. Marketing is all about image. GM doesn't want to dilute the performance image of the Monte Carlo SS.
2. GM has a really kick-*** replacement, but it's so secret they don't even know what it is.
1. GM executives don't speak French.
10. Camaro is a French word. Everyone hates the French.
9. GM dealers forgot the Camaro existed years ago and now wouldn't recognize one if it drove right into its service bay.
8. CAW wanted to negotiate for St. Therese employees a case of Labatts 50 ale and a carton of Export 'A' plains per week per employee.
7. The Camaro is a real man's car. There aren't enough "real men" left in our sensitized society to support a real man's car. That's why Mustangs sell so well.
6. Since mullets went out of style in the 80's, the death of the Camaro is probably 15 years overdue.
5. Advance reports of the '03 Cobra sent shockwaves throughout GM, so they decided it'd be easier to just give up rather than compete.
4. Corvette owners are just plain tired of being stomped at the track by half priced wanna-bes.
3. Marketing is all about image. GM doesn't want to dilute the performance image of the Monte Carlo SS.
2. GM has a really kick-*** replacement, but it's so secret they don't even know what it is.
1. GM executives don't speak French.
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Originally posted by jrp4uc
Isn't Camaro Spanish?? For "friend" or something along those lines?
Isn't Camaro Spanish?? For "friend" or something along those lines?
Finally, the car was introduced to the press as the Camaro, considered to be a good name because nobody knew what it meant. Chevrolet produced an old French dictionary showing that the word meant "friend" or "companion", but Ford found an alternate meaning in an old Spanish dictionary-"a small, shrimp-like creature."The automotive press had a good laugh over that, and an even bigger one when one journalist found yet another meaning-"loose bowels." It didn't take long for the laughter to stop after the introduction of the stunning 1967 Camaro!
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You'd think they would have at least looked up the meaning before they named the car.
That's actually funnier than the time GM first sold the Nova in Mexico. "No va" means "no go" in spainish (Actual translation: No it doesn't go).
That's actually funnier than the time GM first sold the Nova in Mexico. "No va" means "no go" in spainish (Actual translation: No it doesn't go).
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