10-19-2016, 10:45 AM | #57 | |
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About 2/3's of the GT350's sales of the '15 and '16 model years were non track pack or R models (most were the tech pack version). If a company wants to build a stripped down track car, it would be wise to let folks option the car back up. I know, it doesn't make sense to the hardcore track guys, but it is what it is. Folks ask for a stripped down track car and then don't buy it because it doesn't have a bluetooth cappuccino maker. |
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10-19-2016, 11:44 AM | #58 |
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Yup...lot's of talk about how people want no-frills track cars..then let them collect dust on dealer lots.
IE...Gen 5 1LE's and Z/28's. |
10-19-2016, 12:03 PM | #59 |
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It took me a while to find a 1LE when I got mine. They weren't just sitting around.
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10-19-2016, 12:13 PM | #60 | |
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I think GM should go the same way with a next gen Z/28. They don't need to offer lesser models (GT350 Base, Track Pack R) but give people the option if they want their 60K car to have the creature comforts let them option it back in. |
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10-19-2016, 12:55 PM | #61 |
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Since the 1LE 2.0T is not in the works yet, I'm waiting on the Z/28. Coming from a 2010 Pedderized Camaro, 2013 1LE Camaro with Z/28 suspension installed , and a 2015 Z/28 with Nav and rear camera just make the Z/28 to where you can option it to how you want it. Also don't make the price exceed 70K. 70K should be the max optioned Z/28 you'll offer. Really 65K but thats just me
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10-19-2016, 01:00 PM | #62 | |
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I saw my first 1LE "in the flesh" around 4 months after they were released...and saw that same car sit for about a year. When I asked the dealer why it was just sitting, he said that it was too harsh for most people and as a result they couldn't get a serious buyer, just guys wanting to joyride it. |
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10-19-2016, 01:37 PM | #63 | |
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I placed my order for a 1LE even though I was not a big fan of the black hood wrap and wheels but I was sold on the performance after my test drive alone in one but I bought my ZL1 at the last minute due to a great deal that I couldn't pass up.
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10-19-2016, 01:41 PM | #64 | |
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I have yet to get a single complaint about the ride of my 1LE, even from my grandfather who has had multiple back surgeries.
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10-19-2016, 01:50 PM | #65 |
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Agreed, love the ride in my 1LE. Some bumps can be a little harsh but they are sorted out very quickly. There should be no compaints with the magnetic ride in the sixth gen.
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10-19-2016, 02:07 PM | #66 | |
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With the new ZL1 coming in (By the time you add all the Cool parts) at all most $70K what do you want, a "Z/28" that will be more of a true track car, or a Z28 that want have the power but may be a track car, to me that is the 1LE, time is coming to see what this car is, if you have most of the same member of the Camaro team that built the old Z/28 working on the new ca,r what way do you think they will go. |
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10-19-2016, 02:25 PM | #67 |
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"Worthy of the nameplate"...oi
Ford produced a car that was "worthy of the Boss 302 nameplate" in the Boss 302 of 2012/2013..it didn't break the bank. The original Z/28 wasn't the super car that the legend has hyped it to be..it was very capable but wasn't a world beater. GM chose in the 5th Gen to use that nameplate to make a supremely track dominant car, not because it was the only model worthy of the Z/28 name. If the 1LE was named the Z/28..it would be "worthy of the nameplate". |
10-19-2016, 02:36 PM | #68 | |
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10-19-2016, 02:46 PM | #69 | |
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The Z/28 was only around $1,000 more expensive than a base Camaro, and roughly $450 more than a base SS. The only reason people think the Z/28 has to be what it is is because of what GM hyped the Gen 5 to be. |
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10-19-2016, 03:08 PM | #70 |
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Did anyone hear the engine when these cars were on the Back of the Dragon? Any supercharger whine?
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