For those of you interested in seeing some competition from GM, here is a link to a long post from Scott Settlemire, who used to be the lead F body man at GM.

http://www.chirpthird.com/vb/showthread.php?t=2391

Obviously his statements are about numbers, and you know about numbers (you can manipulate them to say anything) but the part I liked was in his 8th post:

"One last thought:

There IS a V8/RWD/affordable performance coupe coming from Chevy. That's all I'll say about that."

Thats very good news because it keeps Ford and Chrysler from resting on their laurels and keeps them in the game. If you were a young adult in the 80's, the constant one-upmanship of Ford and Chevrolet over the Camaro and Mustang was a great battle to watch (and participate in). I hope it keeps going!

 

Maybe a Camaro!! I thought the politics of the Canadian camaro plant shutting down would bog, or end, andy production of a new Camaro. Perhaps a Chevelle? 0o0o0o

 

Good, I agree, competition is a good thing!

 

Whats even better about this (yes better), is that it will cool off mustang sales somewhat.... assuming its a camaro. This means, in turn, less waiting for future mustang gt owners.

ofcourse thats looking way ahead.

 

competition?? what competition haha

 

Chrysler doesn't have a V8/RWD/performance coupe in it's lineup.

 

Interesting read. Definately some food for thought.

 

what about a chevy nova?

 

I hope there is a new musclecar era so bad

as long as it happens when I have money

 

I think that era is now

Dodge charger, Ford Mustang, Pontiac GTO, etc. its happening

 

crap, I can hope though

 

I agree with you on that, but Chrysler is pushing their Charger as their muscle "coupe style" car. They regard it as a muscle car (I know, 4 doors and personally, to me its not a muscle car). I think I posted somewhere else about Chrysler recently registering the Challenger name as a trademark. If they're smart, they would build one.

It would be great to have all three going at it again.

 

Knowing the eggheads at GM they'll probably bring back an all new retro designed CORVAIR.

 

I agree, I have no problem with a 4 door muscle car. Some think the world is going to end because the Charger has 4 doors. I would love to see this in the future.

$25-30k cars
- Chevy Camaro Z28/Pontiac Firebird Transam(The names may be different since GM has that agreement with that plant in Canada, not sure though since the plant was demolished
- Ford Mustang GT
- Dodge Challenger

$35k-45k cars
- Pontiac GTO - desperately needs restyled and shave some weight
- Chevrolet Corvette
- Ford Thunderbird - would love to see them make a coupe, skim a lot of weight off the current model, add more power, make it a legit Corvette fighter