Z28 is dead?
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Staging Lane
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Z28 is dead? In Super Chevy online article
http://www.superchevy.com/features/c...ion/index.html
Basically after seeing a below $10 per share of gm I think this a possible outcome. The article is full of bad news for the camaro. With one big unnamed gm guy wanting the death of the camaro if it doesn't sell well first year 80k quota. Super Chevy wants to here from us with save the Z28 emails. The article does say there are those inside gm doing what they can to save the Z28 even if the car is delayed. The Z28's slowest drag time they ran was a 12.4
http://www.superchevy.com/features/c...ion/index.html
Basically after seeing a below $10 per share of gm I think this a possible outcome. The article is full of bad news for the camaro. With one big unnamed gm guy wanting the death of the camaro if it doesn't sell well first year 80k quota. Super Chevy wants to here from us with save the Z28 emails. The article does say there are those inside gm doing what they can to save the Z28 even if the car is delayed. The Z28's slowest drag time they ran was a 12.4
This is what I sent:
Killing the Z28 is something that GM should NOT even think about. We have been in "fuel crisis" before, slumping economy, sky is falling scenarios. America recovers, and better than it was. We have the badest and the best here, and what better way to show it, by the cars we choose to drive, not because we are worried about bad news, economist predictions, etc.
I have owned 4 Camaros, current is a 98 Z28. I love it, plain flat and simple. I want another Z28, a new one. I have no intentions of trading this one in. I wanted to keep all the others as well, but matters in life affected that, no worries.
Key point is, I CHOOSE to drive a Z28, which does not get bad gas mileage at all and still can kick about 80% of the cars *** on the road right now! Mod her up some more and you are well in the 90% range. Keep the spirit alive, make the gas sippers and all, but I am sure if you listen to people and NOT the paper pushing economists who seem to thrive on bad news, you will find that we WANT this and WILL but it. Just look at why the Camaro came back, you had such enthusiasm for it. Give the new one a chance, put the best out there and watch what happens, I bet you will be pleasantly surprised with the outcome, like you have promised us we will be when we see the new Camaro officially unveiled in Sept.
Build it, we will buy!
Killing the Z28 is something that GM should NOT even think about. We have been in "fuel crisis" before, slumping economy, sky is falling scenarios. America recovers, and better than it was. We have the badest and the best here, and what better way to show it, by the cars we choose to drive, not because we are worried about bad news, economist predictions, etc.
I have owned 4 Camaros, current is a 98 Z28. I love it, plain flat and simple. I want another Z28, a new one. I have no intentions of trading this one in. I wanted to keep all the others as well, but matters in life affected that, no worries.
Key point is, I CHOOSE to drive a Z28, which does not get bad gas mileage at all and still can kick about 80% of the cars *** on the road right now! Mod her up some more and you are well in the 90% range. Keep the spirit alive, make the gas sippers and all, but I am sure if you listen to people and NOT the paper pushing economists who seem to thrive on bad news, you will find that we WANT this and WILL but it. Just look at why the Camaro came back, you had such enthusiasm for it. Give the new one a chance, put the best out there and watch what happens, I bet you will be pleasantly surprised with the outcome, like you have promised us we will be when we see the new Camaro officially unveiled in Sept.
Build it, we will buy!
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the email for the dealerships basicly says we'll all know whats up when they decide what theyre doing and that most of whats heard in the press comes from typically from someone who heard an idea pitched and took it as gold.
~cole~ 
It seems like there is a new "death of the camaro" article or rumor every day. I was worried a bit last year, but now...so what. I'll start worrying when GM comes out and says it's "dead".
On The Tree
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I have my doubts that they will kill the camaro again without at least a 2 or 3 year run. They will have lost millions on R&D and their reputation with the car enthusiests will be ruined. I went and sent an e-mail anyways hopefully they will not this kind of monumental mistake.
From what I've heard, the Z28 was schedualed to be in the price range of between the 09 CTS-V and the new Z06....not exactly the norm for most Camaro buyers. I think 80,000 unit the first year, while doable, is a little optimstic with so many choices out there. Had they put the Camaro out earlier with no competition from the Challenger, the GT500KR, etc, they may have had a chance at that number. Look at it like this, it's not all the F Body fans that are gonna want it, it's about half of them. The Firebird peeps are still upset that their firebird is not being reborn and won't go to the camaro. The Dodge fans won't jump ship as Dodge has produced some great cars lately, heavy or not, and they look great. Ford fans are poopin' in tall grass with all the Mustang varients and won't jump over to GM. I love GM and have owned GM cars my whole life, but they are late to the party on this one and they may cut ties to save some $$$.
I know what you mean, I didnt like the 4th gens much when they came out but I wouldnt choose any other fbody now. But at least they weren't jumping on the retro wagon. I hate to say it, but I'd really consider a mustang if I wanted to go with the retro thing. I'll get flamed for that...