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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
so if you look at history in itself and look at the evolution of the Trans Am this is pretty much the natural progression for it.
First and Second gen - own model on same platform
Third and Fourth - Camaro in fancy clothing
Fifth - Camaro with body kit
edit: since its introduction the firebird/trans am has been continuously diminishing in terms of what makes it so. this is only fitting. |
The last years of both the Firebird, and camaro all sold about the same amount of units. Combined only were selling about 60-69,000 units per year. Ford was selling 400,000 units per year on the mustang. Its why they were BOTH retired in the 1st place they werent selling. The Camaro was not any better then the Firebird in sales. Second There were plenty of differences in the firebird in the 80's. What Camaro had the Turbo from the factory? Even our 4th gen cars you cant confuse a bird to a Camaro. To totally different styling cues that shared the same underpinnings. it was a matter of a persons taste of what he wanted. It was the sharing of these platforms which allowed them to stay reasonably priced for us to buy. Its why I bought mine brand new. GM shared platform with many models. Who remembers the Olds Toronado, Buick Riviera, Caddilac Eldorado. All shared the same exact underpinnings since the beginning.