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Originally Posted by fbodfather
I didn't have time to read thru all the thread, but let me say this:
The Camaro will NOT be out in 2007.
Period.
The new Camaro is based on a clean sheet of paper. The Challenger, on the other hand, is based on the Chrysler 300.
When you use an existing architecture, you can reduce the time it takes to bring a car to market.
Keep in mind that we only approved the new Camaro in August of 2006. We will start building new Camaros in the 4th quarter of 2008. That's 25 months.
Not bad for an all-new world class architecture.
Even if a miracle happened and we could get it engineered and tooled, we don't have a plant for it until late summer of 2008.
So........don't listen to what you hear from some people. There are many people out there making claims.....but when you investigate, you hear something along the lines of:
"......well, my uncle's neighbor's sister's son's best friend's brother sells coffee filters to the GM Tech Center and HE KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING AT GM!!!"
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If indeed it is being released on this timeline, people are going to get tired of waiting for this car and will end up buying Mustangs and Challengers instead, and it will be GMs loss if they don't get it out the door sooner. Alot of your potential customers who are desparate for this car won't be able to wait too much longer. Alot of the 4th generation F-body owners are in need of a new car and won't or can't wait too much longer, as their cars are getting older. And the Challenger and Mustang provide very attractive alternatives. GM will be playing a major game of catch up (that they won't win) as Diamler Chrysler and Ford will have firmly grabbed the muscle car market by 2009. The Camaro will finish a distant third. Dumb strategy, period!