2008 Camaro is a go for production!

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In case anyone is interested.

This is for all you that might have been out of the news loop yesterday:

8/6/06 -- The Detriot Free Press reported that GM Chairman Rick Waggoner is
expected to announce in a speech on Thursday that GM management has
green-lighted the Camaro and production will begin for the 2008 model year.

The FREEP article has been re-posted here:
http://www.ls1lt1.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5020

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[turbosam6]

They "green lighted" that thing months ago, hell it was in the magazines months ago. They should stop hyping it up and start working on making it weigh under 3500 lbs. and semi-affordable.

 

[Dewey]

GM better do something.....Dodge will have their Challenger out sometime in 2007. Now there's a sharp looking ride. Hope it's available in Plum Crazy with white leather...

 

[Pablo]

I'll bet it bombs in sales

 

[tommynos]

GM better do something.....Dodge will have their Challenger out sometime in 2007. Now there's a sharp looking ride. Hope it's available in Plum Crazy with white leather...

a birdie told me that they will offer baldwin motion editions with over 600hp,turbo charged too if ordered that way...along with that i believe it will do just fine..

 

[turbosam6]

a birdie told me that they will offer baldwin motion editions with over 600hp,turbo charged too if ordered that way...along with that i believe it will do just fine..

The chances of that car being even remotely affordable are extremely slim. The Baldwin Motion camaros will have nothing to do with how the car sells with the general public. Most likely, it'll fail like everything else they do. It'll be overpriced, heavy, and not mod-friendly. Probably have a glass jawed IRS too. And I bet you see a bunch of commercials for it at first, then nothing. GM sucks at marketing. Oh well, at least they are building something besides trucks.

 

[fitz3820]

They "green lighted" that thing months ago, hell it was in the magazines months ago. They should stop hyping it up and start working on making it weigh under 3500 lbs. and semi-affordable.

Behind the scenes yes but this week will be the official announcement from GM.

I agree I hope that it isn't a fat pig, $25-30k for a Z28 LS2 400+HP, 25k for an RS with the 300+ HP displacement on demand V8 (Impala SS) and 20k for the mass market V6.

I suppose an LS7 can be put in there but GM needs a volume hit, not a few thousand Cobra killers.

 

[turbofish38]

GM sucks at marketing.

You need to pull your head out into the sunlight. GM is still sitting in the number one spot in sales. Spends the most money in advertising. You dont get there by sucking. You guys forget GM is following the Mustangs lead here. What ever mistakes Ford made aren't going to be repeated with the Camaro. There will be the cheap base V-6 model that will be the bulk of sales. The V-8's will still be affordable. Just like what the Z/06 did to the supercar class the Camaro V-8 will do in the modern pony car class. Chevy learned a hard lesson on the 4th gen F-body. This aint going to be a repeat of 1977. I'd be worried about high gas prices and the insurance industry putting an end to all of this fun. And I'd be worried about Ford and Chrysler more than GM. They are both in the dumper deeper than GM is. If you get a chance look through the Detriot Free Press and read it. You may learn something.

 

[turbosam6]

I was actually referring to their poor marketing with the previous camaro, but I guess I should have clarified that. They could have sold that car, the 4th gen F body was an awesome value, but how many F body commercials did you see? I sure saw a ton of truck commercials, and quite a few mustang commercials, but I only remember seeing a few F body commercials. On top of that, when I went to buy one, in a very large radius of where I live I found ONE LS1 F body. Thats right, 1. A red Z28, which the salesman promptly told me was "a peice of junk camaro" (brilliant bastard he was, I was trading in my LT1 camaro I bough there). No incentives to buy it, unlike the many rebates and what not available on the other GM vehicles that sucks balls IMO. Almost like I was being punished for trying to buy a Camaro.

Another lot had several T/A's and firebirds early on in the 4th gen lineup, and sold them like hot cakes. But after about 1999, you couldn't find one around here unless someone traded one in.

This wasn't isolated to my area, F bodies were rare on most lots towards the end.

 

[denn454]

I'll bet it bombs in sales

only because gm will make it for the wrong crowd. the younger people in their 20's who really want the v8 performance won't be able to afford the fully loaded car equiped with automatic asswipers and everything other little gadget or trinker they can fit in the car.

the v6 will be the only thing affordable and the only thing not fully loaded, and the only thing their <should be> target demographic will be able to afford, and thats just not what they are looking for.

if gm would be smart and do what they did with the origional muscle cars in the 60's they could have a winner. a bare nothing special car, no heated seats, no power mirrors, get rid of all the junk and just have a base car, with the v8 that is affordable, that would sell like hot cakes.

i bought the cobalt i bought for its price. i would have loved to have an ss but i flat out couldn't afford it. its not avaliable without 30 million pointless options that i didn't want. so insted i was forced to settle for a base model because it didn't have all the "goodies" if i could have had the exact same car with the supercharged engine for $2,000 more you bet i would have bought it. and i bet a lot of other people going to ford or imports would have also bought it.

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

That car looks very siiiick...

Sign me up for the turbo v8 model, it would make a nice piece in the living room!

Cant wait to see one in person.

BW

 

[BLACK6PACK]

Last I heard the loaded z28 was going to be in the $40k mark. I'm single, make good money, in my mid 30's, but I can't afford that!! Especially when it will be worth $25k after I drive it off the lot.

 

[vicious6]

The gouging has already began. The dealers are already auctioning them off on ebay(how much over sticker you will pay). That is such a load of crap! All the manufacturers should outlaw that nonsense. All it does is stop up sales and knock the car makers out of sales because of all these crooked dealers trying to screw everyone!

 

[denn454]

i thought the camaro was chevys inexpensive muscle car anyone could afford, and for those with more money to spend they could get the corvette sports car.

apparently not. if you don't have money anymore your nobody. its a shame really, they would sell 3 times as many at $20k vs $40k. its an extra $20k of revenue for every 3 cars sold, but hey why not charge more and make a higher profit margin? no wonder kids these days are in love with hondas.