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The difference with the GTO is that the GTO was never intended to be a high volume car to begin with.

They produced only 17,000 in 2004. Sales dipped to around 12,000 to 13,000, the next two years with the LS2 version (which was below GMs projections), but it was still wasn't intended to sell in massive numbers. If it were I think the GTO would have come with a V6 option too.

The GTO was also cancelled because they didn't want to renew a platform that was getting replaced soon anyway. The GTO wasn't as bad of a car as many people made it out to be.


For the sake of the question, if the numbers for the Camaro tanked, I wouldn't expect this generation of Camaros to last more than a year or two. It would also be a big enough kick in GM's pants that it could affect their overall reputation and hurt sales in other areas.