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The day they release the ordering forms for the new Camaro, i will order one, stripped down, coupe, with the biggest engine available. Call my friend Mike @ GMMG , and get help to wake it up as much as possible. NEW

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Just like how I ordered my 2000 Z28.I bet power windows and locks will be standard though which sucks!The days of you ordering a true stripper is over unless you buy a truck or rice burner!!

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GM announced Friday it will hold a news conference at its main Oshawa car plant this morning Aug 26'th....you can guess the rest.
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I meant this morning the 21'st....not the other this morning the 26'th?? .

~ Pete

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One news truck was already there at 6:30 AM today. Looks good for Oshawa employment for a few more years.

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About 5 minutes to go before the big announcement! .

Hey Keith....if Oshawa is the winner, shall we try and track where the pre-production pilot units go? . I have a good idea....not that they'd be obtainable but they may stay in one piece? .
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http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_...21112009990001

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Yep....it's a go for Oshawa!!! .

Although great news, I somehow can't help but feel this may be one of the last great announcements for the Ontario...maybe even North American auto manufacturing industry? .

If it's not too late already, our governments better start taxing the sh!+ out of import vehicles and materials and saving the dough to give everyone when the bottom completely falls out of what's left of our manufacturing industry? .

Kill the Wal-Mart types now....again if it's not too late already! .

I read online that the new Challenger is going to be built at the Brampton Ontario plant....is this true? .

~ Pete

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Im my sept issue of playboy, they show a breakdown of the new mustang verses a toyota minivan of where the parts are made. The mustang had 45% amaerican made parts in it where as the toyota was 90% american made!!!

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That's so true in a lot of cases! .
I wasn't pointing any fingers at specific brands, only at 'import vehicles and materials' themselves. .
Ontario has a bunch of import companies here, Honda, Toyota etc....so as long as North America gets the manufacturing, I'm all for whatever vehicle or merchandise it is. .
Ok, I'll probably still pass on the Fords myself! .
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so if the camaro comes back, will there be any specail editions, like ZL1,Dickey harrell,berger ????

I didn't findout about these new(er) super cars until after I had bought my SS camaro

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I was reading the November issue of Muscle Car Enthusiast magazine and they had a small article with a couple pictures of the new Camaro. IMHO the Camaro is just an ugly, ugly car. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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gm is trying to keep pace with the retro muscle cars from the other major players...

i don't think any modern muscle will ever evoke the same emotions that the muscle cars of the sixties did jmo


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There was a chevy dealer on Ebay a few months ago[it still wasnt a definite then that the camaro would come out] selling the right to contract one of these. Just send your deposit in, wait 2 years,and then hope they end up making the car??dealers are getting ridiculous,they should worry more about thier market share on thier other models they cant sell...Im getting ready to put a deposit on a 2012 Challenger.5 years will be here before you know it https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif If i remember correct Charlie,you had made a post some time ago that it is illegal to sell something that you dont have in your possesion or cant get in a reasonable period of time,isnt that true???

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i really loved the performance of my 2002 zl1 phase III camaro, although for me, it wasn't the same fun as driving a great classic muscle car like the 1969 camaro. the 2002 did some things much better than the 1969 camaro, i guess for me the visual rewards of the classic muscle cars are more satisfying than the modern muscle cars.


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Alan, One thing for sure is with the new cars you dont have to worry about running red lights in the hot weather so the car doesnt overheat , and not worrying about your car not starting https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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maybe you're right chuck, perhaps the new cars are just too easy.

i know that for me, the more i'm personally invested in a car i.e. blood sweat and tears, the more i love it.


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On the Cheers and Gears GM website there is a brief video of the Camaro from the new " Transformer " movie

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maybe you're right chuck, perhaps the new cars are just too easy.

i know that for me, the more i'm personally invested in a car i.e. blood sweat and tears, the more i love it.

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and the new cars just don't feel fast. They're almost too refined, and not pound your kidneys brutal. Or maybe the extra excitement is caused by wondering if something is going to blow apart at any second? I'd love to get a new GTO for a DD, but i think i would always like a simple carb'd rusty toy.