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Originally Posted by blackgloves
12 pages in and people are still talking crossover and electric? Lol
GM announced it was being built on the Alpha II platform which means 99% chance its a car.
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Why would most people be interested in anything else? New ice cars are basically not modifiable unless you have insane cash since they are already high performance, a slave to oil prices, and come with all of the drawbacks to lifetime costs.
Cost and design hold ev back and that's mostly manufacturers not wanting to build high volume cars when they can do less and make the same money with more expensive models.
Gm's crate ev system would be a good way to kinda do both on the same platform.
The market for the camaro hasn't grown since the end of the 6th gen. It's gotten smaller...otherwise we'd see significant growth in mustang and even charger/challenger sales. We do not.
They're going to need to radically change their offering to justify a new camaro's existence. An ice only pony car isn't going to cut it. Adding two more doors....it's a start ...maybe ten years ago. Unless it offers something novel in that sedan space, i dont see the point though, since sedans in general aren't popular among young men and old men who are too poor for a corvette.
It just seems like the market has moved. The demographic for a traditional camaro needs a cheap sporty coupe that they can aftermarket mod if desired. That hasn't been the camaro since the fbody camaro. The demo we have now is likely to choose to wrench older cars and buy something more convenient and the young have been priced out.
I suspect gm will make a poor decision around the camaro because that's just what they like to do it seems, so i do not hold out hope that they will produce something i want...or that the market will support. Maybe they will produce something this forum wants...at least for a couple years before shutting down production because they're not making money.