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Originally Posted by SteveR
thats something to think about, but the motor already exists and is legal in the ZR-1, so it cant be that hard I dont think. I personally think that that right there would swing buyers over from the Challenger, Mustang, etc. Just imagine rolling up to a light next to a nice shiny new V6 Camaro, only to have it molest you in a cloud of smoke and leave you there sucking your thumb.
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First off, I understand what you are trying to say, but we are talking MILLIONS of dollars.
1) The cost of doing this, to have GM spend the money to engineer, build, design, and implement an engine like the LS9, over the additonal cost of building a few more, would make a LS9 Camaro cost more then a Z06 vette, and GM would still take a hit
2) I dont want to piss in anyones corn flakes or stomp on thier dreams...but COPO cars sold like ice in Alaska. Whats his face orded 50 of them (since NHRA said 49 needed to be produced in order to consider it for whatever super stock class) and he sold 2. The other 48 cars sat on his lot.
Why? Who in thier right minds would pay 8 grand for a Camaro that, loaded with a 375hp Big Block convertable, might have came in under 4-5k?
Or a Vette big block that was priced around 6k?
8 grand for a Camaro that had zero options, no ac, no radio, nothing...but an engine.
That **** wont fly anymore. What will fly are people like Mallet who threw LS2's and LS7's in Solstices.
People like Lingenfelter who can pick up your Corvette at BG, ship it to the shop, built it up, and drop it off at your house.
SLP who back in the 80's offerd financable performance products for Fbodies and Vettes that would be dealer add ons.
GM is also doing that with the accessories, so is Ford, so is Dodge. Everyone remembers the "ricer" Red clay Camaro picturs that had the big wing, wheels, and all that stuff. A lot of that stuff will be customizeble for Camaro. GM will offer aftermarket Corsa exhaust, CAI's, as well as wheels and interior parts to make the car yours.
As for the original poster, eh...I can see where you are coming from. I think it has to do with the overall mystical era of what cars were, to what cars are now. IMO, I dont think cars were any more special back in the 60's then they were today. Only now, its more precise, its measured, its calculated. Performance is expected, no longer just a cool model. When Mustang came out, it wasnt popular cause you could get a 428 in it? It was popular because it was a cool car, something above average.