Potential new Camaro sketches

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abc

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no... though the mustang was done 'right'

i cringe when Detriot wants to continually bring back OLD names from eras we'd rather have forgotten... of cars that had been built when quality and build finish was waaay a afterthought by those Union workers that just clocked in without caring about the product being spat out.

malibu?

monte carlo?

not only that, but these recent rebirths that...still didn't sell well... looked cheesy, had interiors that were so plastic, and are neutered versions of their past... no power.

don't bring back the Thunderbird either.
 

MikeMike

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I hate to bring back a moderately dead thread but if you guys would just listen.

the F body is DEAD. there are NO plans currently at GM to bring back ANY sort of Camaro, Firebird, TransAm

how do i know? how about one of my relatives is a designer at GM. thats how i know.

MIKE
 

MasterAndCommander

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I think the Chevy Cobalt SS is supposed be their answer to the 'stang :(

To put the muscle car thing in perspective, however, consider that the Cobalt SS Supercharged weighs less than a five-speed 1987 IROC-Z, and almost matches the output of the Camaro's 5.0-liter V8. Fact is the Cobalt SS is likely quicker than the IROC, although it'll get spanked by a 230-hp, turbocharged Dodge Neon SRT-4 which costs about the same.

The Cobalt SS also drives much like that old Camaro, and we mean that as a compliment, mostly. It tracks beautifully, pulls hard through corners and its electric steering has a heavy, numb feel reminiscent of the third-generation F-body. That kind of steering worked in heavy muscle cars cranking Huey Lewis and the News, but the 2005 tuner market wants, and expects, improved feel and feedback.

At least they got it right with the Corvette Z06 :thumbsup:
 

BillyBatson

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Originally posted by: Rudee
Originally posted by: SampSon
The retro craze needs to die, quickly.

I agree. I hate ripoffs of classic cars. Even the new Ford Mustang makes me gag.

eh matter of opinon i guess. i hate all mustangs they are just cheap cars but i love how the new mustang looks. As for the camaro i love the original 68 SS so if the new one wants to look anything like it be my guest :) better than the 20's/2000 that looks liek crap with a giant plastic pointed fender thing in the front
 

Gillbot

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Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: CyraKrin
as stylish as it is, like all things, the concept may look nothing like the car they end up with, case in point the new GTO:

Concept
Production

As far as the Camaro goes, the best one I think is

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/-n7-/0309phr-5camaro07_z.jpg


why engineer when you can badge whore...


Yep, that's america's answer to increasing foreign auto sales. Make crappy cars and badge whore them out as classics.
 

Fritzo

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Originally posted by: amdskip
Very nice, kinda doing the retro thing like Ford is doing.

Actually, they're probably looking at Ford's sales numbers and going "Why isn't the Camaro selling like that?? It should be.....oh....yeah, I forgot."
 

blure007

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I be damn, thoes renderigns are done by a friend of mine I want to the Academy of Digital Animation with. Kris Horton, amazing talented young man. If you want to see some more of his work his home page is linky
 

CVSiN

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it doesnt look like a stang at all. it looks like a 67-69 camaro....
exactly in fact....
 

dsfunk

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Originally posted by: CVSiN
it doesnt look like a stang at all. it looks like a 67-69 camaro....
exactly in fact....

yes, and my favorites

I'd be all over a car like that if it was produced
 

MikeMike

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dear god this thread needs to die.

ive stated it multiple times, there is NO replacement for the camaro right now.

NONE, ZIP ZERO NADA, from an inside source of mine also.

MIKE