2008 Camaro

[Swellin]

Originally Posted by Deca

its not, all the picture cars are fakes, no motors and so on.. they havnt gotten approval, nor the facilities to make another rear wheel drive car... i think it will do great if it comes about, chevy needs all the help it can get in the next few years.. everyone knows the price will be around or above the GTO, so no worries about it being mustang comaparable

Actually, it was just reported that they bought and are refitting a facility in Canada for this project as it has reportedly gotten approval.
I posted this above......

Originally Posted by leftlanenews.com
Following rumors over the weekend, General Motors today announced that it will use its Oshawa, Ontario car plant to manufacture the new 2009 Chevrolet Camaro at the end of 2008. GM will immediately undertake a $662 million overhaul of the plant in preparation for production, the company said. The investment will transform the plant into a "state of the art flexible manufacturing facility." Oshawa has twin plants, one of which was scheduled to close in 2008 after GM announced major cost-cutting measures in late 2005. However, some media reports today are suggesting both plants will stay open, while others are indicating jobs will only be saved at one of the plants. Reports this weekend also indicated the Oshawa plant(s) would be used to build other new Zeta-platform cars, with output as high as 500,000 units per year. GM made no mention of these details in its official announcement. Stay Tuned.

[ZiMmY00]

wtf? Canada...bah..cursed from teh start

[Blown_SC]

Originally Posted by ZiMmY00

wtf? Canada...bah..cursed from teh start

We're who built the previous F-body cars as well...

[LB55blitz]

Originally Posted by Swellin

I simply don't get it. WTF do people expect? 400 fucking HP!!!!! That shit isn't free. Okay...who here wants a car without leather? How about a premium radio? Maybe electric seats and mirrors? I don't understand why people bitch about this sort of thing driving up the price of a vehicle. I am blown away by the notion that you can get a GTO for 30k. It needs to go on a diet for sure, but geez!

PRECISELY!!!

I still say the vette Z06 is hands down, the best priced 'bang for your buck' sports car out there. That thing is running with Ferrari and Lambo's... and it costs over $100,000 less. And looks totally badass.

[Hades]

Originally Posted by Swellin

Sorry Hades, but having owned some of them...and currently working on getting this 2002 WS6 straightened out....I can say that the TAs (non-convert or anniversary) cost 30+.

A formula was a cheaper way to get the LS1. If you wanted one for running, you bought the Z28 anyway. The formula was a better choice for a race car than the TA. Let's face it..if you wanted a TA...you got it BECAUSE of the nicer stuff in it and the subsequent price.

I simply don't get it. WTF do people expect? 400 fucking HP!!!!! That shit isn't free. Okay...who here wants a car without leather? How about a premium radio? Maybe electric seats and mirrors? I don't understand why people bitch about this sort of thing driving up the price of a vehicle. I am blown away by the notion that you can get a GTO for 30k. It needs to go on a diet for sure, but geez!

Vette performance at Impala price, with Saturn ammenities. I guess that's the only way to make folks happy. It's obvious there were some problems in moving the f-body platform, but maybe I am just too dense to get it the price side of it.

But we are talking about a Camaro here, not a TA. WTF do i expect? I expect to be able to get a base model V8 camaro for about 25K. That is what made the Camaro so appealing in teh first place to muscle car owners. A muscle car, by definition, is a economically priced car with a powerful engine. When you start pricing modern 'muscle' cars at 30K+, they no longer have their appeal to the crowd thats looking around the 20-25K range.

If chevy could make a 325hp LS1 go for 25K, they can make a 400hp LS2 go for 25K also. Im talking stripped down, no frills, thats it.

Im calling it right now, if they make this car as heavy as and as expensive as the GTO, it wont sell, period.

Ford did something right with the new mustang......kept the power at a solid 300hp to not make it outrageous, and built a affordable muscle car out of it. They didnt make the base V8 mustang 32K, and that is why you see them everywhere.

[Swellin]

Base...key word.

Not knocking your idea at all, but I have never known anybody who bought a base model sports car. Don't mistake me and think I don't beleive base models sell. lol
Just saying, that's not what anybody I know would buy.

Base model..aren't they planning a base model with a v6? Isn't the mustang base model a v6? I don't know, just asking.

I think the killer about the rustang is the old school looks with new school drivability. That is a huge seller. The new Rustang is the best looking one I have ever seen...and I hate those things....but I wanted one of these. lol

I agree that if the base model maro comes in at 30k...they are screwed. Gotta offer a lower price option for sure.

[John Stamos' Nephew]

that camaro is stupid. who's gonna own it? mexicans can't even afford it.

[basskiller]

nope.. I want them to totally go back to the 67-69 bodystyle but with a full frame

[Hades]

Originally Posted by basskiller

nope.. I want them to totally go back to the 67-69 bodystyle but with a full frame

Well look who it is lol.

Why would you want a full frame on a modern day car instead of a unibody and IRS?

[basskiller]

Originally Posted by Hades

Well look who it is lol.

Why would you want a full frame on a modern day car instead of a unibody and IRS?

easier to modify certain aspects