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marticus24 · 06-07-2009, 10:09 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31146562/

An article talking about GM, and volt primarily, but referencing the Camaro in the opening paragraphs. You should read some of the comments and how ignorant they are regarding GM vs foriegn auto makers.

Particularly of interest to me was how wrong the "facts" are about how GM is marketing the Camaro. They said and I quote:

"One of GM's touted new automobiles sat on display in the center of the automaker's airport gift shop. It was not the coming electric car, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, championed by Bob Lutz, the GM executive most identified with the Hail Mary that the vehicle represents for the bankrupt company, which faces the immediate future as a ward of the federal government. It was not one of the relatively new GM hybrids. It was not even a mid-level sedan called the Chevy Malibu, which has received flattering reviews and awards, in part for its better-than-average fuel economy.

It was instead a car that flies in the face of all the worries about the American automotive industry, all the calls to make it more environmentally responsible and therefore more viable: the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS with a V-8 engine, General Motors' version of the fast and powerful model that automobile enthusiasts commonly call a muscle car.

With an estimated 25 miles per gallon on the highway, the 400-plus-horsepower Camaro SS is not a car renowned for being fuel-efficient. It is another Bob Lutz car, a monument to Lutz's and GM's enduring hope that even as the company struggles to escape bankruptcy as a smaller, leaner producer of fuel-efficient vehicles, the glory days can somehow be resurrected. "

Unfortunately, unless they've changed it since May when I was there last, the vehicle in that gift shop they refer to is a V6 that gets 29MPG

I hate crap like this.

06-07-2009, 10:09 AM	#13
marticus24 Drives: 2012 ZL1 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Metro Detroit, MI Posts: 604	Article ref camaro... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31146562/ An article talking about GM, and volt primarily, but referencing the Camaro in the opening paragraphs. You should read some of the comments and how ignorant they are regarding GM vs foriegn auto makers. Particularly of interest to me was how wrong the "facts" are about how GM is marketing the Camaro. They said and I quote: "One of GM's touted new automobiles sat on display in the center of the automaker's airport gift shop. It was not the coming electric car, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, championed by Bob Lutz, the GM executive most identified with the Hail Mary that the vehicle represents for the bankrupt company, which faces the immediate future as a ward of the federal government. It was not one of the relatively new GM hybrids. It was not even a mid-level sedan called the Chevy Malibu, which has received flattering reviews and awards, in part for its better-than-average fuel economy. It was instead a car that flies in the face of all the worries about the American automotive industry, all the calls to make it more environmentally responsible and therefore more viable: the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS with a V-8 engine, General Motors' version of the fast and powerful model that automobile enthusiasts commonly call a muscle car. With an estimated 25 miles per gallon on the highway, the 400-plus-horsepower Camaro SS is not a car renowned for being fuel-efficient. It is another Bob Lutz car, a monument to Lutz's and GM's enduring hope that even as the company struggles to escape bankruptcy as a smaller, leaner producer of fuel-efficient vehicles, the glory days can somehow be resurrected. " Unfortunately, unless they've changed it since May when I was there last, the vehicle in that gift shop they refer to is a V6 that gets 29MPG I hate crap like this.