IS it true that.....

[BigAls87Z28]

The agreement was made back in 1987 that Ste.Therese would have exculsive rights to the Camaro and Firebird build as long as Ste.Therese was there. It was extended again back in the 90's, to 2005. But, as of March of last year....guess what happend to Ste.Therese?



All the jobs that were taken away were added to the Oshawa plants, as well more jobs were added and GM put tons of money in local colleges, CAW scholorships, and updated the other Canadian plants.

As for these "SS" and "WS6" pictures, I have personaly never seen them. I have seen misshapen Holden cars that look a little odd and poorly put together, and it was LHD, but never have I see thoes pictures.
And there is a very small chance that the Twin Turbo 3.6 will make it into a Camaro, or that SS will be top performance model.
Engine's will go something like this...
3.9 VVt making 240-260hp
5.3 V8 making 320hp
6.0 making 390hp
6.2 making 430-450 range.

As for what the "dealer" said, I would take that with a grain of salt. LS7 will never make it into a Camaro.

[Ant'sWS6]

......dear lord Al!!!! How do you remember all that stuff!?

[12secondv6]

New F body....
FWD... 4 cyl.... SCREW YOU GM!

[Fasterthanyou]

WTF, why can't GM just stop naming the new cars with old names? I don't like it, never did, never will.
The Camaro isn't dead, it's just not produced anymore. The Mini was the same way and honestly, I'd have more respect for BMW and the new Mini if it wasn't a "Mini" and instead some other name. It's insulting that people can't come up with creative names for the nice cars but have no problem putting names like cobalt, or max on the econo cars. What's wrong with new names? NOTHING. It's insulting from my perspective.
What's the future hold when we are all flying around in a "Camaro" bah, it's stupid. If a production run is killed then let the name die with it. I don't even like how they called the 94-96 Impala's. Why couldn't they still be a Caprice but a Caprice SS or Caprice Z30?

[BigAls87Z28]

Well, some agree with you Jon, but most people are downright pissed that GM isnt playing the name game.

People are pissed at GM for letting such great names as Grand Am, Century, Regal, Cavi, Bonnie, and then totaly bringing in Alphanumeric names like CTS, STS, SRX, DTS, and G6. Bringing in new names like Luceren, LaCrosse, and Cobalt.

Its just one of many things GM has to take into consideration. Will people hate on the car by the name? I mean, look at the GTO. It befits the GTO name IMO. But to others, no scoops, no tripple carb, not a GTO.

As for remembering....eh, its not that hard. And that is just the tip of the ice burg. There is so much going on right now, that it makes my head spin. GM wants to do so much, but are losing so much ground.

[matt98ls1]

bringing this thread back for a little....


new rumors going around that GM cancelled the Zeta platform here in North America found this over on ls1gto.com

General Motors confirmed Friday that it has stopped development on vehicles being designed for a new rear-wheel-drive platform in the North American market.

Sources said the move is not related to financial woes and the company's projected loss of $850 million for this year. They said the decision to stop developing cars on the platform, code-named Zeta, was made.

Zeta was believed to be the platform GM was going to use for the next-generation Pontiac GTO as well as possibly a pair of new Buick offerings, the Velite sedan and convertible, and maybe a midsize, performance Chevrolet sedan.

now this doesn't necessarily mean that the camaro will be on hold for longer, but it does put a damper on things.