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Originally Posted by DGthe3
I think the difference is down to the exhaust. But really, its 4 hp on over 400 ... nobody will notice it.
Odds are, there will be all new V8's for the 2013 MY, so I doubt they'll invest much into the LS3 between now and then. And for the last 6 months or so, they've been out-selling the revamped Mustang, while offering less money on the hood ... GM doesn't have too many reasons to mess around with the Camaro.
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You're right, it has been selling well. But it has only been on the market for just over a year. If this car is still competing with the Mustang in sales a year from now with no upgrades besides the interior, I am not sure that it will keep it's edge. Ford offers A LOT of customizations, and the people that can afford them will opt to get them and roll them into financing versus going to the after-market and voiding their warranty possibly. That's the major issue here, if there are cars that perform slightly better, or have more performance options, people will tend to lean towards the better performance car regardless of looks because lets be honest, you're not going to get a spectacular looking car unless you customize it anyway.
There are a lot of buyers out there that can only afford the base model w/o any upgrades, and these people may chose car X over Y because the base model performs and/or looks better for the money. I am one of those buyers. If the Mustang had summer tires, glass roof and the california package standard on the GT, I'd be driving it today instead of the Camaro, but the base Camaro 2SS had more for the money than the base GT Premium. So I went with it because it looked so much better and it performed about the same as the base Mustang GT. But trust me, not everybody is like me, there will always be a lot of people that are going to option out their GT and get the best of the best.
But sorry, off-topic. I just think Chevy needs to offer performance options to compete with the GT and Genesis. If you make the Camaro the obvious choice, it's a no-brainer who will win the sales race. Make the Camaro SS smoke the competition in 90% of cases and the Camaro will outsell the competion.