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Originally Posted by el ess X
While I get there are those out there that may find this car somewhat attractive, I simply just do not understand it. And it is a jellybean with a nice drivetrain and SS emblems on it. Nah. I'll pass. It just doesn't look that great to me overall. Interior does look nice, I'll give it that.
Only a small segment will entertain this car just like the GXP or G8. The uninformed mostly. I hear it now..."but I got kids, I got this or that, or etc.", as to why you "need" the two back doors. Fugg that. I have a crewcab truck and a Caddy wagon for those 4-door needs. For my fun cars, every one of them carry no more than 2 side doors. The way I believe it was intended.
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Here's my 2 cents on the above:
1) This new SS is a horror, mostly due to the front end, and 5 year old motor/tranny options. The interior, and side and rear profiles are all nice. This same kind of bland looking car with 450 hp and a stick wouldn't have been too bad.
2) I bought a 4 door, and I don't even have any kids! For me, I had coupes forever, and when I got my 1st 4 door a few years ago (Pontiac Grand Prix...now that actually was a granny car) , I really liked having the extra room to throw my stuff. So fast forward a few years when I was looking to buy a newer car, I was cross shopping the G8 GT and Camaro SS. The Camaro definately has more punch you in the face type styling than the G8, but to me it's almost like the guys who walk around in Tapout shirts, but they've never trained to fight in their lives. Camaro's are almost too over the top in the styling dept for me, but if my G8 and a Camaro are parked together in a parking lot, I know all of the stares are going to be directed at the Camaro. And I prefer it that way. I like the subtlety of a good looking 4 door, and if it's faster than 90% the more aggressively styled Camaro coupes out there (v6ers), then that's the car that I'll choose 9 times out of 10.
3) Having said all of that, if I had to choose between a Camaro SS and this Chevy SS, I'd be in a Camaro SS all day long. I'd go out and buy a Toyota Tercel for the 4 times a year I needed a 4 door. I can't believe they were actually calling this SS a 4 door corvette prior to the release. GM really bungled this one IMO.