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Old May 18, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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Default Camaro interior: Worst ever?!

Don't get me wrong, I love the exterior, and I'm sure what's under the hood will be sweet too, but this pic made me want to vomit!

Am I the only one?

I know they want to go a little retro, but the speedo/RPM gauges are hideous...and what's with the four amber lights above the gear shift?
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Old May 18, 2008 | 11:06 PM
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Wow man, those arnt 4 amber lights, those are 4 gauges.
Have you never seen the interior of first gen camaros, same way they did it back then


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Old May 18, 2008 | 11:10 PM
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..and THIS is why we don't get cool, artsy interiors. Focus groups ruin it.
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Old May 18, 2008 | 11:21 PM
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You know that's the CONCEPT interior, right?

The production interior looks much better.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 12:05 AM
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The Camaro Interior has always looked like **** & cheap right up until the death of the 4th gen..
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Old May 19, 2008 | 03:15 PM
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Any pics of the production interior?
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Old May 19, 2008 | 03:20 PM
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Personally, I like the new interior. It reminds me of the Saturn Ion and its "cycloptic" gauge setup - you either love it or hate it, but it is different. For the record, I hate the Ion's interior, but I do like the looks of the new Camaro's interior. As long as the seats feel nice, I really won't have anything to complain about.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 04:19 PM
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I don't like it. Some things are better left in the past.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 04:36 PM
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I don't like having the guages in front of the shifter.
Apparently the focus groups were all 1st gen owners.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 85Iroc
I don't like it. Some things are better left in the past.
Yessir. The square guages(mph/RPM) are just tacky.... Hopefully GM will address this, as weve heard MANY complaints about it. The lil 4 by the shifter is pretty neat though, gotta admit!

Give me 5th gen exterior with 4th gen T/A interior(gasp!!!!) and it would be awsome!
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Old May 19, 2008 | 05:02 PM
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Wow, buddy. Bitching about the CONCEPT interior? Mavrik, please. No one wants that plasticy **** in a brand new car.

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Old May 19, 2008 | 05:08 PM
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Love the new interior.

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Old May 20, 2008 | 01:15 AM
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A couple new pre-production interior images are up. Much improved over the ugly concept, I'm still not totally sold on it but it looks good enough to live with: http://www.leftlanenews.com/chevrolet-camaro.html

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Old May 20, 2008 | 01:28 AM
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everything about the new camaro is the coolest thing ever, period the end.
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Old May 20, 2008 | 06:48 AM
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I still dont understand how people can be so hard on the 4th gen interiors. I likem fine...had 6 of them!lol
Id rather have that than this new design, IF....that is what makes it to production.
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Old May 20, 2008 | 06:50 AM
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When I drove the Concept, I kinda liked the interior. It was different and the seat was a little uncomfortable (it's a concept, I'm not expecting comfort here), but I liked it.

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Old May 20, 2008 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Camaro Fan
A couple new pre-production interior images up. Much improved over the ugly concept, I'm still not totally sold on it but it looks good enough to live with
Sweet! Chrome plated plastic lol

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Old May 20, 2008 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Camaro Fan
A couple new pre-production interior images are up. Much improved over the ugly concept, I'm still not totally sold on it but it looks good enough to live with
That interior looks like ****. Fit and finish look good, but the whole retro thing is too ******* much. And WTF is with the LCD display on the passanger side? It's totally out of place; and I surely hope that it's sole function is not to warn about a disabled air bag.

And 325trroper, I agree with you abour the grey/chrome plastic. My friend had the same **** in his Civic. It looks cheap and sound cheap when you rap on it and get a hard plastic sound back in return.

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Old May 20, 2008 | 09:39 AM
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The interior looks flipping awesome!! Love it, much better than the exterior
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Old May 20, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Luder[PAK9]
That interior looks like ****. Fit and finish look good, but the whole retro thing is too ******* much. And WTF is with the LCD display on the passanger side? It's totally out of place; and I surely hope that it's sole function is not to warn about a disabled air bag.

And 325trroper, I agree with you abour the grey/chrome plastic. My friend had the same **** in his Civic. It looks cheap and sound cheap when you rap on it and get a hard plastic sound back in return.
its not an lcd display, i know i thought the same thing, look at it again its actually tape and paper with writing on it. hella looks like an LCD.
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