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Originally Posted by DGthe3
They didn't have any intention of building the Camaro when they debuted it as a concept in 2006 ...
Semi-realistic concepts (where they could build it, but its unlikely), and a few 'out there' (where there is simply no chance of production) have a very important role for automakers. They often introduce upcoming design elements that you could see on future models or the entire brand. Ocasionally, some of these plausible concepts get turned into real cars (like the Camaro).
On top of all that, designers need to be allowed to get creative and have fun every now and then and not be concerned with hearing "we can't do that" from the engineers and bean counters. If you don't let them flex their creativity, the good ones will leave and the boring ones will stay ... not good when design is becoming an ever more important factor in buying decision.
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Shouldn't it also be pointed out that several cars that could have saved GM's hide were killed off this exact way..
By GM execs and bean counters that wanted vanilla-mobiles and wanted to 'play it safe and not waste money on frivolous design projects.'
Well..? Also doesn't that sound familiar to something that happened.. oh.. 2 years ago?
Hell we wouldn't have even had a ZL1 Camaro to serve as an inspirational bench mark for todays monster Camaros had Yenko and Nickey heeded GM and not used the COPO orders.
I guess we should just go back in time and blame the father of concept cars, Harvey Earl for 'wasting money' during the depression?