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Originally Posted by nighthawk355x
No disrespect Al, but are YOU looking at the same car?! To me it's all of the MANY subtle differences that add up and subtract from the car's overall look. Let's go through the list, and this is just from the angles we can see in these 2 pics...the rear is, from what I remember a whole different bag of crap next to the concept...
-Height = HUUUUGE DIFFERENCE, it was expected to an extent but still...  |
Hight is still low, lower then the Mustang IIRC
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-fender flares are WAY less pronounced on the production model 
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Looks great from this angle. Maybe its the paint color..
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-every single body line on the concept was either dulled down or deleted for production 
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Like what body line?
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-the front grill is larger, goofier, and much less aggressive than the concept
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Looks the same. Maybe the grill is not as pronounced, but it sure is taller to allow more air to enter.
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-no wicked halo headlights 
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Uh...yes there are. Halo headlights are part of teh RS package, which is available on the LT and SS Camaro models. The SS you see above is NOT equiped with the RS package. RS package also darkens the rear tail lights, darker shade onthe wheels, as well as turns the SS badge to red.
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-no ventilated brake ducts like the lower front lip of the concept 
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Concept fun stuff, but larger lower grill area to allow for brake cooling.
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-wheels are like HALF the size of the concept...fine on a V6, but the SS is top shelf, it should have really sick wheels 
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Um...20's are not half of 21/22. that would be one to two inches smaller.
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-overall length of the car is shorter than the concept 
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Its actually longer. By a few inches.
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-flare on the bottom of the body before the rear wheel is dulled down
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Ok, another small reduction for production, but it still very pronounced.
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-NO roof crease what-so-ever, which was stupid. They did after all raise the height of it, so why not keep the crease? It looked badass. 
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The Mohawk is still there. Most pics taken so far are with the optional sun roof.
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-top of the front bumper is much more rounded off and less aggressive than the sharper, more blunt one of the concept 
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Changes for production, but very minimal.
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-side view mirrors are bigger than the concept...but we won't even count that because the concept's mirrors are small as hell.
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Duh
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So even if I forget that one thing, it's a different car. Like I said, they took the overall design and tamed it up for public consumption. It's like a bloated version of the concept. YES, it's "basically" the sameonly not. 
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Tamed it up? Jesus...says the guy that gets excited about a 98-02 Camaro.
If an LS1 Camaro can visually get your blood pumping, maybe you need to take some sort of heart medication
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If you hand me the keys to the concept, it'd stay in my garage FOREVER. Hand me the keys to the production model and I'd sell it in a week to get a 4th gen.
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Well, I guess thats whats different about you and me. I would never ever buy a 4th gen. Ever. If I did, it was to grab the engine and trans.
To me, the 4th gen is the most bloated, boring looking car every to wear the Camaro name.
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And I don't know how anyone could say the 98-02 4th gen's weren't some of the baddest ass looking cars on the planet.
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Now you know someone.
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As for the Chrysler thing, you say tomato I say tomotto. The Chrysler concorde with similar headlights came out the same year as the revised 4th gen camaro, so is it the camaro that looks like the Chrysler, or vice versa.
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Guess that makes you feel better. Still looks boring. Nice, but boring.
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Say what you will but if you see an 98-02 SS or WS6 in your rear view, you tend to pee a little. With this new camaro...I don't even think it'd raise the hairs on the back of my neck. It's a DUD.
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It raised the hair's on theback of my neck Jan 6th 2006 at Cobo Hall, and It will surely raise the hair all over my body come Sept 19th.
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And like I said, this is just my opinion...only sales numbers will tell for sure. Wait until the initial excitement dies down and then we'll see where Camaro's future is in a few years...
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That we will, but right now the 5th gen has a lot mroe going for it right now then the 4th gen ever hoped it could have.