Camaro is coming back to America

[BigAls87Z28]

Originally Posted by WayFast84

You win man. People don't want to put the options they want into a car, they want to pay over 3k more for a trim level with stuff they don't want or will never use.

You're right, who the **** wants Brembo brakes and a limited slip diff standard? People aren't made of money, AMIRIGHT?

[Blackbirdws6]

Happy to hear production is moving to the US. There is a lot of chatter about the additional engine options which I think it pretty interesting. Any idea how it will look or will it be much of the same (since it's been a success) but just smaller?

[The_Bishop]

I hear they're going back to the third gen look.

[NastyEllEssWon]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

You're right, who the **** wants Brembo brakes and a limited slip diff standard? People aren't made of money, AMIRIGHT?

you can put the best and the coolest technology into anything you want...but when it goes into something as hideous as the new ''camaro'' then it doesnt really matter. this is probably the reason they killed the G8 in america for a few years. who in their right mind would buy a new camaro when its the same thing as the g8, and the g8 looks better and has way better interior room.

[Mezzy]

I never cared for the new design. It's not based on the F body platform which I've come to love. Being built off an Australian design just doesnt say USA muscle to me. It's like GM is saying they really never wanted to design a new camaro. They just used an existing platform and raided the parts bin. I think the 5 gen front looks great, while the back looks like a bad attempt at a retro look of a 67 or 68. Just plain ugly back there. I love the 4 th gen look the best by far. They should continue where that left off. Anyway, this thread is way off topic. Isn't it about the car being made in the good ol U.S. of A.? Not if a rustang is cheaper than a maro,lol .

[Mike]

Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon

you can put the best and the coolest technology into anything you want...but when it goes into something as hideous as the new ''camaro'' then it doesnt really matter. this is probably the reason they killed the G8 in america for a few years. who in their right mind would buy a new camaro when its the same thing as the g8, and the g8 looks better and has way better interior room.

They didn't kill the g8. They killed Pontiac.

[BonzoHansen]

Originally Posted by Mezzy

I never cared for the new design. It's not based on the F body platform which I've come to love.

you know that makes no sense, right? There is no such thing as an "f-body platform". that is just internal gm designation. the first 4 gens are all f-bodies but they share little in common. actually the 3rd & 4th share rear suspension and floor pans, but that is about the extent of the 'shared platform'.

[NastyEllEssWon]

Originally Posted by Mike

They didn't kill the g8. They killed Pontiac.

wouldve been just as easy to toss the mid east lumina ss front end on it and call it a chevy product. they chose not to because it would easily outshine the camaro. this is pretty obvious

[Mezzy]

All I meant was I prefer what's considered to be a F body car over the new design that's not.

[WildBillyT]

Originally Posted by Mezzy

All I meant was I prefer what's considered to be a F body car over the new design that's not.

It's just a designation.

"X-body" meant a 396/375 Nova SS at one point, and a Chevy Citation at another.
"A-body" meant a 454 LS-6 Chevelle SS, and later on an a 4 cyl FWD Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera.

The F platform was laughably dated at the end. You know that "cat hump" in the passenger floor? It was put there in 1974, and stopped being useful well before 2002.

If that's not a bad enough example, look at everything that 4th and 3rd gens can share. Do you really think it's acceptable for two cars, seperated by 20 years, to share the same parts?

[The_Bishop]

Some people are going to bitch about change, no matter if it's for the better. I'm all for progress; you show me a factory stock car with 400+ horsepower and a 100,000 mile warranty from the 'muscle car' era that gets over 20 miles to the gallon and runs clean.

[Squirrel]

Originally Posted by The_Bishop

Some people are going to bitch about change, no matter if it's for the better. I'm all for progress; you show me a factory stock car with 400+ horsepower and a 100,000 mile warranty from the 'muscle car' era that gets over 20 miles to the gallon and runs clean.

[The_Bishop]

I said "muscle car era' meaning late 60's to early 70's.

[Squirrel]

Originally Posted by The_Bishop

I said "muscle car era' meaning late 60's to early 70's.

oh... but no car had a 10 year warranty then, and if it did make a real 400+ hp, it probably didnt get 20 mpg**

**afaik, i wasnt alive then

[jam01]

while im glad they will be producing the camaro here in the USA, im not sure if that is a good or bad thing only the future will tell. since some of you seem to think the new camaro is ugly or to much plastic or whatever, that is a matter of opinion. i don't like that i cant hang my arm out the window in comfort, but i do know it is better than driving any foreign piece of garbage. having owned numerous camaros of all years, i like my 4th gen the best not that it is perfect or anything but it has decent power its comfortable for me. i also like my chevelle even better, what it lacks in power ( for now ) it has styling that i like. another point is warranty, dodge actually needs there lifetime along with hyndai and most manufactures today being that parts are being made so cheaply today. i really do not get why people are bashing a car to be produced here that more than likely hasn't even gone through a final design. i do not like cookie cutter cars, i miss the days when you could tell what kind of car was coming, even by it's headlights.

[BigAls87Z28]

Originally Posted by Mezzy

I never cared for the new design. It's not based on the F body platform which I've come to love. Being built off an Australian design just doesnt say USA muscle to me. It's like GM is saying they really never wanted to design a new camaro. They just used an existing platform and raided the parts bin. I think the 5 gen front looks great, while the back looks like a bad attempt at a retro look of a 67 or 68. Just plain ugly back there. I love the 4 th gen look the best by far. They should continue where that left off. Anyway, this thread is way off topic. Isn't it about the car being made in the good ol U.S. of A.? Not if a rustang is cheaper than a maro,lol .

Bonzo tore the fbody argument apart, but let me pee in your corn flakes on your "doesn't say American muscle".
First off, Australia has a longer and stronger history of muscle cars than American has. Think of Australia as America if the 70's didn't happen. Ford, GM(Holden), Nissan all have rear-drive, V8 powered cars, including coupes, sedans, wagons, and utes. America? Home of the pick up truck and the Camry.

As for not-American-made, the Challenger would be based on a modified version of an old Mercedes chassis and the Mustang can trace its origins of development from a joint-venture with Jag.

Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon

wouldve been just as easy to toss the mid east lumina ss front end on it and call it a chevy product. they chose not to because it would easily outshine the camaro. this is pretty obvious

Ahhhhhhhh....yeah. We will see how Camaro's sales dip when the SS gets here I guess.

Originally Posted by Mezzy

All I meant was I prefer what's considered to be a F body car over the new design that's not.

what's considered an F-car? Realize that a 67 Camaro has very little in common with a 77 Camaro, not to mention an 87 or 97? If you want to talk about design, that gets even worse! No generation Camaro looks like the previous Camaro. If ANY generation looks like an "fbody car", it's the current one.

If you don't like it, that's okay and I understand. But your logic is flawed.

Originally Posted by WildBillyT

It's just a designation.

"X-body" meant a 396/375 Nova SS at one point, and a Chevy Citation at another.
"A-body" meant a 454 LS-6 Chevelle SS, and later on an a 4 cyl FWD Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera.

The F platform was laughably dated at the end. You know that "cat hump" in the passenger floor? It was put there in 1974, and stopped being useful well before 2002.

If that's not a bad enough example, look at everything that 4th and 3rd gens can share. Do you really think it's acceptable for two cars, seperated by 20 years, to share the same parts?

As a third gen owner, I think it's perfectly acceptable.

Originally Posted by Squirrel

oh... but no car had a 10 year warranty then, and if it did make a real 400+ hp, it probably didnt get 20 mpg**

**afaik, i wasnt alive then

That's what he was saying. We are living in the best time to own a performance car in the history of the automobile. There is a 662hp Mustang that doesn't have a gas-guzzler tax on it, it didn't come from some high-end tuner shop, and it has a warranty.

Life is good my friends.

[LTb1ow]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

Bonzo tore the fbody argument apart, but let me pee in your corn flakes on your "doesn't say American muscle".
First off, Australia has a longer and stronger history of muscle cars than American has. Think of Australia as America if the 70's didn't happen. Ford, GM(Holden), Nissan all have rear-drive, V8 powered cars, including coupes, sedans, wagons, and utes. America? Home of the pick up truck and the Camry.

As for not-American-made, the Challenger would be based on a modified version of an old Mercedes chassis and the Mustang can trace its origins of development from a joint-venture with Jag.





Ahhhhhhhh....yeah. We will see how Camaro's sales dip when the SS gets here I guess.



what's considered an F-car? Realize that a 67 Camaro has very little in common with a 77 Camaro, not to mention an 87 or 97? If you want to talk about design, that gets even worse! No generation Camaro looks like the previous Camaro. If ANY generation looks like an "fbody car", it's the current one.

If you don't like it, that's okay and I understand. But your logic is flawed.



As a third gen owner, I think it's perfectly acceptable.



That's what he was saying. We are living in the best time to own a performance car in the history of the automobile. There is a 662hp Mustang that doesn't have a gas-guzzler tax on it, it didn't come from some high-end tuner shop, and it has a warranty.

Life is good my friends.

Only argument here Al is, if I wanted to drop a 100k on a car, I would get a non muscle car, that 625hp stang, whats the price tag..?

[BigAls87Z28]

65k. Sure, not everyone is with 65k is going to buy a Mustang, but the car exists.

For 65k, I think I'd go with a ATS4 3.6, 335i xdrive, or a Jag XF.

[LTb1ow]

65K is cheaper than I was expecting, but, still, thats a lot for at the end of the day, owning a mustang.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

65k. Sure, not everyone is with 65k is going to buy a Mustang, but the car exists.

For 65k, I think I'd go with a ATS4 3.6, 335i xdrive, or a Jag XF.

Grand sport coupe

[V]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

65k. Sure, not everyone is with 65k is going to buy a Mustang, but the car exists.

For 65k, I think I'd go with a ATS4 3.6, 335i xdrive, or a Jag XF.

sad part is, an ATS4 3.6 fully loaded is just shy of only 56k, lol
For 65k, I'd just get a CTS-V with standard options.

[NastyEllEssWon]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

Ahhhhhhhh....yeah. We will see how Camaro's sales dip when the SS gets here I guess.

That point is moot right now since the last few years the camaro was the cheapest option to own a car with an LS motor in it. I'd actually love to see what the trade in rates are on new camaros once the new SS comes in...that is if they do it right with an aggressive styled front end on it like the middle eastern lumina ss....but most likely theyll just drop it with the corporate boring front fascia

[Squirrel]

I think it would be awesome if they brought a 2 door ME lumina here

[NastyEllEssWon]

Originally Posted by Squirrel

I think it would be awesome if they brought a 2 door ME lumina here

you can buy a gto then. last lumina coupe i remember seeing around was based off that. the one im talking about is a 4 door coupe like the g8 with a chevy front end and awesomely sporty spoiler. they need to bring this badboy here.

[BigAls87Z28]

That's an "aggressive" front end to you? Yikes....

The NASCAR car distorts the look to much, but it will look more "aggressive" than the VF Commdore/Lumina you posted.