Claim here:

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/09/...-than-concept/

 

I hope it looks better than that one.

 

I know Mustang loyalist will buck at this design, but it will be one bada@@ car when it hits the street. Fence riders will be jumping into the seats of this machine. I wonder what the dealer surcharge will be the first 1+ years?

 

Not so much the fence riders, but the GM diehards who refused to buy a Mustang or the Challenger (which will be out first IMO).

The 2 real questions...
What will the price of the car be in a year or 2 when it comes out?
What will the price of gas be?

I think it will have a limited market and a gas guzzler tax.
Bottom line... This ain't the way to save GM.

 

why are you bringing up all these points? The mustang fits into that same catagory and you bought one.

the 6-speed GTO didn't have a gas guzzler tax... im pretty sure the Camaro won't either. The GTO only had a GG tax on the 4 auto but i'm sure that a better auto will go in the camaro so even that one will slide without the tax too.

Only valid question is what the base price will be... if it is way higher then the stang then forget it but if its competetive then job well done by GM.

 

The 2 questions are from the general public that GM sells to, not motorheads like me. GM is in real trouble and needs to focus on cars for the future to help itself, not cars emulating past glory IMO.
The average person is very concerned with gas price and mileage.
Oh, and my last car was rated at 17 mpg HIGHWAY, so the Mustang is a vast improvement. Everything is relative.

 

Wasn't the Camaro concept rated at like 40mpg hwy? I think they used that new tech of 8-4 cylinders when needed.

 

30MPG highway, which isn't really much of a stretch with a 6-speed and DOD.

cruising at 60mph, I get very close to 30MPG in my car

I highly doubt that article is true

 

I think I beleive GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner, who is a lot more credible source than the guy in the linked article. GM's CEO says "The car will go on sale in the first quarter of 2009."

 

+1

 

Well, GM did bring the Solstice to market VERY quickly too, and that was a completely new platform to boot, not a varient of the Zeta (?) platform that the Camaro will be. So perhaps it will appear sooner rather than later, only time will tell.

 

In case you hadn't noticed lately, Ford is in even worse trouble than GM.

And as to "...cars emulating past glory...", what do you think the current Stang is doing?

 

It doesn't look too bad really. Although I am looking forward to the Mustang sending it to the scrap pile for the 2nd time in history....that goes for you too Mr Challenger.