It was brought up in a different thread that Camaro has a poor percieved image by certain people.

Even that some Camaro enthusiasts have a poor percieved image of certain Camaro models' owners.

What can be done to shake this lingering image?

 

A world class 5th gen Camaro.

 

Uh huh.

An interior packaging marvel - no converter hump, only semi-useless rear seats as opposed to the recent totally useless rear seats... come to think of it... don't worry about the rear seats... I only put people I don't like back there anyway.

First-class interior materials, sharp, ergonomic, simple design.

Exterior lines that make young girls swoon and old ones feel like they're 21 again.

Window regulator motors with enough reserve torque to decapitate you... but the rather prudent addition of anti-pinch technology... just in case.

A rear axle/IRS that doesn't make me wonder if my AAA membership is paid up when I go to the track.

A clutch that looks you in the eye and says:
"Go ahead ********, make my day."

A shifter that gleefully announces:
"We're in third and I'm going STRAIGHT to fourth at redline, second doesn't even EXIST as far as I'm concerned."

A 3-4 shift fork make out of a steel so robust, so unbelieveably strong that you have to check with the Navy just to buy it BECAUSE THEY MIGHT NEED IT FOR BATTLESHIP ARMOR PLATING.

Syncronizers with the little Superman "S" stamped into them... and they keep breaking the stamps.

Forged rods. Forged pistons. Hrumph.... I feel like I've said this before...

Nightmare valve springs that can launch middle-range payloads into space when compressed and aren't afraid to use corporal punishment where valves are concerned:
"You even THINK about hitting that piston and I'm gonna WHIP YOUR ***."

A take-no-prisoners horsepower monstrosity with the suspension and chassis to take on anything anyone makes within $20,000 and humiliate it.

 

...and priced at $26,999.

 

Adjusted for inflation up to... say... 2007 dollars.

 

Exactly. Price it like that and follow PacerX's formula and say goodbye to the hick/mullet man rebel flag in our windows, living in a trailer plague we are left with after the 3rd gen era. GM has the ability to stay near the price point the previous LS1 4th gen left off at with a new world class Camaro and set the pace once more. They can do it and the question more or less is....why wouldnt they want to do it? Just put the right people in charge.

About the backseat though, I dont see whats so small about them for the type of car the Camaro is. You can fit normal sized human beings and oversized human beings back there too. I've sat in the back to just see what its like and think there is plenty of space. At least its not the Mustang with the back seats that can only accomodatea 5 year old but still be cramped.

 

$2,007?! I'll take eight!

 

A bullet proof drivetrain is good and so is an attractive price.

But it will need more.

Exterior proportions which are not from the late '70s.

Really nice interiors...GM, it's worth spending afew extra bucks here.

Gorgeous......and I really mean drop dead gorgeous styling goes a long way.

Switchgear and controls that really feel top notch when you use them.

An impeccable chassis with no bad habits.


You've really got to make a splash here. Not only with Camaro enthusiasts....but with people who would N_E_V_E_R consider a Camaro.

If I said it needed to knock people's socks off....that would be an understatement.

 

,,,,and a shifter with the same slick action as a Miata's and steering that feels like a BMW.

 

....and it needs to hover. 6" off the ground at all times.

 

Simple, people need to grow the **** up!

 

You got it 91Z. And this supposed "image" or "images" that some morons buy into was a later 2nd Gen thing, not a Third. And I honestly never hear BS like that about any Gen, every1 here just thinks Camaros/musclecars are cool, even the ricers. Thirds were looked at as the American Ferrari (matter of fact those words were stated by Guldstrand) in their times and are still timeless today. Nothing looked as cool on the road, not even the Corvette. (nothing stil does IMO ) If they made a 5th have kick a$$ looks the way they did, they might see some success like that again.

 

Which people?

 

I won't go there.

The styling is probably the most important aspect of the formula. I think the GTO is a pretty good example. Not too flashy but mean looking at the same time. Especially in Black. This is a car that is gonna appeal to many different buyers. It's 2003 not 1979 IMO we do not need fake or semi-fuctinoal hood scoops, screaming multi-colored stickers on the side or dare I say it even the twin stripes that made the Z28/SS so famous. It's time to move on to bigger and better things.

 

It's there guys. And the further north of age 20 you get...the more you see it.