[Frosty]

Originally Posted by 1QWIKBIRD

The LSA......not missing it at all. But guess what? That kills the idea of keeping the price down....so now your talking about a 50K+ Z28? And how many people are gonna drop that kinda coin on a Camaro? Not a Vette, not a Caddy, but a Camaro?

What would be outright hilarious is if they did an iron block version for the Camaro so the CTS-V crowd would still feel exclusive.

With the exception of the original Z28, the Camaro has always gotten a watered down motor from the Vette. Why can't the Z28 be a car unto itself. No borrowed motors, no trying to please everyone with gadgets and ubber refinements. Build a bad mofo car, keep it simple, keep it clean, give it the HP, the suspension and good seats and let it rip. If it kicks the base Vette's rear end, then the Vette team needs to up the ante.

Who is the target demographic again?

Then you can make the argument the GT500 is a waste as it's the upper echelon of it's model. How cheap do you want a car? I mean really. Power costs money. Like I said a million times, the days of stripped out, no optioned high powered cars are dead...building a car like that caters to a VERY select few people. Yes, we're all motor heads here and want to go fast with doing very little work...but guess what? The average Joe doesn't need or want a car like that. They want a car with bells and whistles that has a good amount of power. He/she wants a car that they can hop in and drive anywhere and listen to their XM radio with the sunroof open. THAT is what sells a bunch of cars...not the small demographic we consider ourselves.

Why do you think the V6 models sell so well?