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ZL1#17 06-10-2010 06:01 AM

Z28 Confirmed
 
Link to the latest news on the new z/28
Anyone else patiently waiting?
link to 2012 z/28

70 copo 06-10-2010 12:01 PM

Re: Z28 Confirmed
 
Waiting like everyone else. There are a few things that do not make sence in the article as the Alpha platform change over is currently speculated to be in the range of 2015. So if the car is coming in 2012 - then it would be on Zeta and likely with the engine everybody wants. 556HP Caddy power.

Detail looks like a lift from the camaro5 website.

YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY 06-10-2010 03:27 PM

Re: Z28 Confirmed
 
camaro5 site link?

RSFan 06-10-2010 04:35 PM

Re: Z28 Confirmed
 
Maybe they'll get this one right. How could they retro style without giving the RS hideaway headlights? It would have been a hit. Ford got it right with the mustang (T-bird was a disappointment), Dodge got it right with the Challenger but Chev could have done alot better with the Camaro.

Keith Tedford 06-10-2010 04:44 PM

Re: Z28 Confirmed
 
I still know some people working in Oshawa. I'll do some snooping and see what they have to say. Most of this stuff has a fairly long lead time, so parts are in the plant long before production actually begins. Changing platforms would be a MAJOR model change which probably wouldn't happen for another 3-4 years.

danachevroletfor1967 06-10-2010 07:08 PM

Re: Z28 Confirmed
 
Based on what I've read the new, anticipated Camaro platform, Alpha, is to be smaller and lighter than the current Zeta one. I am very glad about that. It is not anticipated until the 2015 model year (which means probably a 2014 release date for the new 6th gen Camaro).

Keith Tedford 06-10-2010 07:15 PM

Re: Z28 Confirmed
 
Got this back from a friend in GM Oshawa.
Hey Keith .... I heard talk of 520HP which was maybe 20HP less than available in the corvette. I don't really know what is coming for HP but did hear the Z28 is coming and it will have slightly less than the corvette. Either way, it is enough to get in trouble fast!!

PeteLeathersac 06-10-2010 07:37 PM

Re: Z28 Confirmed
 
Cool news and all but this does this mean the Z-28 will carry the highest HP available in a Camaro...unlike the good ol' days when the SS was the top o' the heap!?

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~ Pete





Keith Tedford 06-10-2010 09:04 PM

Re: Z28 Confirmed
 
Do you actually think that the top brass know or care anything about cars from the sixties. They are only interested in making cars appealling to today's buyers. We are a minority. Everything backwards as usual.

PeteLeathersac 06-10-2010 09:54 PM

Re: Z28 Confirmed
 
No the brass doesn't give a s#i+ (which is part of the reason for the failure of the North American automobile manufacturing) but target-buyer groups aside, it'd be interesting to know the average age of those who've actually bucked-up and are new Camaro owners?.
Anyone I know that has one or drivers I've seen on the road are all guys our age...the grey hair or no hair guys!.


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~ Pete

YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY 06-10-2010 11:16 PM

Re: Z28 Confirmed
 
The new Camaro has actually grown on me now that I've seen them up close - especially the modified ones like the Nickeys. I could see myself getting into one in the near future.... I still have hair, and its not completely gray - yet! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

wwchevy 06-11-2010 05:29 PM

Re: Z28 Confirmed
 
I think some of the Top Brass at GM know and understand 60's muscle better than you think. Tom Stephens the Vice Chairman of GM and former VP head of the Powertrain division ( engines and transmissions) is quite a car guy. Check out his garage and car collection.

http://ultimategarages.net/garages/t...ns_garage.html

You are correct that GM in very interested in making cars that will sell in todays market, as they should be. That's how they will stay in business. New Z28 Supercharged V8- sounds like they understand pretty well what people want.


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