Re: GM announces the 2009 Camaro
This car reminds me of the phrase "you can't go home again." The problem really is that there are many sedans in the range that the Camaro needs to be priced at that will perform at 9/10 of it's capability RIGHT NOW. Seeing the numbers on the new 335i (twin turbo) BMW, the Camaro may even be outperformed, because by 2009, the other manufacturers will up the ante to try to catch it. Also, GM says it will be like the concept, but when has that ever happened? There's still time to completely ruin what's there by tacking on spoilers and doo-dads, and what's there isn't exactly the sweetest package I've ever seen anyway...
Look at the catastrophic failure that is/was the GTO. Even with a bona-fide world-beater that is equipped with a high-tech suspension and hot-rod heart, they can't give those things away (ok, that's an exaggeration, but...). I took my wife to look at the GTO in 2004, and she was about as interested in it as going to the dentist. What does that tell you? It tells me that buyers are more sophisticated than GM gives them credit for being-- That cars can no longer be one-dimensional, and that having 400 hp doesn't allow you to take a bunch of poorly-executed shortcuts.
Aaah, GM... Guess what-- It's no longer 1970. Maybe GM should change the corporate name to Rip Van Winkle?
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