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Old 05-17-2013, 10:36 PM
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I love this car, but I still can't get over the interior. It is TERRIBLE! I usually never give a crap about interior of a car, let alone a muscle/sports car, but man the inside is so damn ugly I could never own one.
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$50K for a Camaro with the ugliest interior in the world? At least the Boss 302 had a good interior.

A person will still be making payments when the next lighter and faster Camaros are into production.

I think these latest gen Camaros will be known as the fatboy years once the new CTS/ATS platform version is released with the latest LS/LT powerplants.
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Looks great. Much like with the C6 Z06 > ZR1, I prefer this Z/28 to the ZL1.

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they finally fixed the rear..I like this car..cant wait to test drive one
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I recently saw a Z-28 on the street but it looked different than the concept in the video. It had black wheels with a polished lip and hockey stick stripes on the rear quarters with Z-28 on them. I thought it looked kind of plain compared to some off the SS Camaros I've seen and I wasn't impressed.
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Originally Posted by CranMaro99
I love this car, but I still can't get over the interior. It is TERRIBLE! I usually never give a crap about interior of a car, let alone a muscle/sports car, but man the inside is so damn ugly I could never own one.
Have you looked at your 4th gen interior recently? nothing impressive and the 5th gen is 1000x better and still, you own a 4th gen. Camaro interior is nice IMO and better than the Dodge and Ford muscle car. Seats/suede steering wheel&shifter/my link and dash are one of my favorite things about the 5th gen...
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Originally Posted by RedHotG8
I recently saw a Z-28 on the street but it looked different than the concept in the video. It had black wheels with a polished lip and hockey stick stripes on the rear quarters with Z-28 on them. I thought it looked kind of plain compared to some off the SS Camaros I've seen and I wasn't impressed.
Is there really any REAL Z28 out there yet??? Not sure at all. I bet you saw a riced up ride with z28 sticker and a 6cyl under the hood...
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Originally Posted by RedHotG8
I recently saw a Z-28 on the street but it looked different than the concept in the video. It had black wheels with a polished lip and hockey stick stripes on the rear quarters with Z-28 on them. I thought it looked kind of plain compared to some off the SS Camaros I've seen and I wasn't impressed.
These new Z28s haven't been released yet, hell they still don't know the MSRP yet. Could have been a manufacturer's car but I highly doubt it.

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Originally Posted by Johnnystock
Have you looked at your 4th gen interior recently? nothing impressive and the 5th gen is 1000x better and still, you own a 4th gen. Camaro interior is nice IMO and better than the Dodge and Ford muscle car. Seats/suede steering wheel&shifter/my link and dash are one of my favorite things about the 5th gen...
This^^

And if you can't appreciate the heritage of the gauge layout and console gauges, you are not truly a Camaro fan. Ever been inside a first gen....
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Originally Posted by NW-99SS
This^^

And if you can't appreciate the heritage of the gauge layout and console gauges, you are not truly a Camaro fan. Ever been inside a first gen....
+1 a lot of crying in here. Im sure it will perform well. If you're buying a track ready z/28 for its interior than you have your priorities mixed up.
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My hooker is extremely loud and raspy now.


That's pretty funny.
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Originally Posted by Johnnystock
Have you looked at your 4th gen interior recently? nothing impressive and the 5th gen is 1000x better and still, you own a 4th gen. Camaro interior is nice IMO and better than the Dodge and Ford muscle car. Seats/suede steering wheel&shifter/my link and dash are one of my favorite things about the 5th gen...
The 5th is far better than the 4th, and I won't argue for the Shelby on this, but everyone has their ideas. On the other hand, the Dodge interior is it's best part by far and while I don't like all their "stuff," the seating surfaces, etc. seem to be much nicer than the Camaro. For performance, I'm not really interested in the Dodge stuff, but for looks and comfort, without question... it's nice.
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Originally Posted by It'llrun
The 5th is far better than the 4th, and I won't argue for the Shelby on this, but everyone has their ideas. On the other hand, the Dodge interior is it's best part by far and while I don't like all their "stuff," the seating surfaces, etc. seem to be much nicer than the Camaro. For performance, I'm not really interested in the Dodge stuff, but for looks and comfort, without question... it's nice.
Agreed, they are very nice, but the Challenger has always felt like a grand touring car to me when compared to the sports cars that are the Camaro and Mustang.
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Grand Touring... Yeah, I could call it that myself. I'm not happy about all of Dodge, but they've come a very long way over just the past 6-8yrs. They're still overpriced for what you get impo, but they do look good in many cases.
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If you watch the Jay Leno he asks about the price. And due to Ceramic brakes standard etc it will cost more then a ZL1. Lol omg that's to expensive and defeats the point if the Z28 as an affordable track car.

We're looking at $55,000 - $65,000 base. I can't wait to see the 2015 Mustang!
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Originally Posted by caseypayne69
If you watch the Jay Leno he asks about the price. And due to Ceramic brakes standard etc it will cost more then a ZL1. Lol omg that's to expensive and defeats the point if the Z28 as an affordable track car.

We're looking at $55,000 - $65,000 base. I can't wait to see the 2015 Mustang!
And they're only producing around 1,500 units per year as well, so expect dealer markup over MSRP to be pretty high. I wouldn't be surprised to see a $10k markup over MSRP. The out the door price will be the downfall of this vehicle.
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Might as well get a C6 Z06 for that price....
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Originally Posted by MI-Z/28
And they're only producing around 1,500 units per year as well, so expect dealer markup over MSRP to be pretty high. I wouldn't be surprised to see a $10k markup over MSRP. The out the door price will be the downfall of this vehicle.
From GM's perspective. If they plan to build 1500, sell 1500 at MSRP, and make money it would be impossible to to call it a downfall/failure/or so forth. 1969 ZL1 was not a fialure due to an optional engine that doubled the price of the car.

GM already gave us a mass market track car (1LE). This is the tip of the sword (so to speak) of the Camaro line.

The butthurt stems from the Z28 package not being widely available becasue it was for so long. Unless my recollection is wrong 1st Gen z28 packages were more expensie than big block packages.

Z28 was super accessable from 1977-2002.
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5th gens are already highly successful.

bringing out a low production unit with a high price will not hurt it whatsoever.


if anything adding to it is a good thing and excellent marketing imo.


mustangs have had and still do have many high cost tuner options and it hasnt had a negative impact on the car overall.


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