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Originally Posted by DGthe3
A better question is: why did they reveal it so early?
The car shown in Detroit last year was nowhere near a finished car. It was little more than a concept. And even back then, I believe they were saying it wouldn't be available until late 2016 -close to 2 years after the unveil. Half that time is generally considered a long wait, while a quarter of that is fairly reasonable. About the only thing I can think of is that they wanted to take the car racing this year, and the 2016 Detroit Autoshow is too close to the 24 Hours of Daytona to have unveiled it this year. And since its a Halo car for not only Ford but their Ecoboast line of engines I'm sure it was unthinkable to them to have unveiled it anywhere other than Detroit. So that means putting it centre stage in Detroit 2015, giving everybody an agonizingly long rollout for the car.
At any rate, to more directly respond to your question .... whats the point in giving out all the specs ~6 months before anyone can actually buy it anyway? Then again, that question is pretty much a philosophical one with regards to the new GT. At 250 per year, a GT is going to be only slightly more common than a unicorn. No matter what the specs are or when they're released, demand will grossly outpace supply for its entire production run.
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Why was the Camaro concept revealed 3 years before the production models hit the lots?
It was revealed in January of 2006, announced it was going into production based on the concept in August of 2006 and didn't make it into customers hands until April of 2009.
So over 3 years from the concept and 2 and a half years from announcement of production based on that concept.