[Zedder]

I watched two shows on Discovery this week; one with he designers of the new Challenger and one with the designers of the new Camaro. Their thoughts on the new car were very different. The Challenger guys were taking the old car and making it new, while the Camaro guys were making a "new" car that had some styling elements of the '69 Car. This difference in intention is exactly what sets the cars apart and exactly why most of us on the Collector car boards like the Challenger concept better...it was designed for US; the Camaro wasn't. I've owned more than 30 first gen Camaros and must say that the new car is just "OK". If it were cheap enough, I might buy it. Now, I have never owned a Mopar anything, but if the new Challenger was the same price as the new Camaro, I'd buy it first. That being said, I would pay a premium if the new Camaro looked more like a first gen Camaro - even as much as $45K US if it had the Z06 motor.

So the problem as I see it is that GM designed a car for new buyers that does not necessarily appeal to us. They need to go back to the drawing board and design one that appeals more to both groups.