GM'S new Alpha Platform under difficulties!! - Page 2

Z28RockStar · 05-17-2011, 02:59 PM

If it doesn't weigh 2900 LBS or less Im not buyin it!

lol sorry jokes

couldn't help it!

thePill · 05-17-2011, 03:18 PM

Cadillac needs to know their role here, this is suppose to be a global chassis meaning, it is shared with other vehicles. Caddy starts requesting stuff and it naturally adds weight to the chassis and now its over 500lbs of excess that wasn't there before they started. I think its time that the Camaro share a platform with the Corvette, cost are getting ridicules anyway. Hell... a Corvette Grand Sport and a Camaro SS have almost the same MSRP anyway, why not just go for it... It still would reduce cost as it still would be global, but then the Corvette guys aren't going to have anything to do with that...

Blade · 05-17-2011, 03:32 PM

Car and Driver and Motortrend are nothing better than Playboy......I quit reading the articles years ago and just enjoy the pictures now.

toesuf94 · 05-17-2011, 03:40 PM

If the RUMOR on the INTERNET is not signed JOE X, GM Engineering Tech Guru Extraordinaire... IGNORE IT!

This same information applies to the following auto manufacturers:

ALL OF THEM.

That is all.

a_Username · 05-17-2011, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thePill

Cadillac needs to know their role here, this is suppose to be a global chassis meaning, it is shared with other vehicles. Caddy starts requesting stuff and it naturally adds weight to the chassis and now its over 500lbs of excess that wasn't there before they started. I think its time that the Camaro share a platform with the Corvette, cost are getting ridicules anyway. Hell... a Corvette Grand Sport and a Camaro SS have almost the same MSRP anyway, why not just go for it... It still would reduce cost as it still would be global, but then the Corvette guys aren't going to have anything to do with that...

wut?

toesuf94 · 05-17-2011, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by fbodfather

times 10,000.................

Let me assure everyone that neither of those gentlemen were in any of our planning meetings.

Much ado about nothing.

Every program has its challenges, but this article is just way off...........

At least it is not about the headlights or steering wheel this time, eh Scott?

You must drink a lot of fluids since you spend much of your time Pi**ing out fires on the internet.

SlingShot · 05-17-2011, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Z28RockStar

If it doesn't weigh 2900 LBS or less Im not buyin it!

lol sorry jokes

couldn't help it!

Then you would love the Kappa platform ... 2900 Lbs with 300 Hp and 340 Tq ... Kinda like riding Mr. Toads Wild Ride !!! Weeee ...

buck_dawg_gold · 05-17-2011, 04:23 PM

Hoping for a 6th gen 4500lb solid axle suspension beast...

anthonyj9h · 05-17-2011, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buck_dawg_gold

Hoping for a 6th gen 4500lb solid axle suspension beast...

u sir want a truck lol

coolman · 05-17-2011, 05:01 PM

Toyota must be sending a ton of money to the press these days. It's seems that the press is back to their old ways of running down GM again.

thePill · 05-17-2011, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by esperman

4000 lbs? if true, better to keep Zeta for many reasons.

I hear you on that one man, the Zeta may be heavy but it is something the Alpha is not... PAID FOR. The Zeta isn't bad either and I think if GM could focus the Zeta chassis on just the Camaro, they could get much more out of it when the time comes to redesign the Camaro. It will be a 6th Gen Camaro but on a revised 5th Gen chassis... It worked on the Mustang with the Fox body that eventually redesigned the Fox body chassis for the SN95 Mustang's and continued until 2004. Corvette also has been using literally the same chassis since 1984.

thePill · 05-17-2011, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a_Username

wut?

Oh damn, I didn't know the Corvette GS started at $49k... thanks for the check.

Number 3 · 05-17-2011, 05:45 PM

There is more mis and incorrect information in that article than any I've seen in quite a while.

Apparently "6 or 7 insiders" each giving just a bit of wrong information adds up to total credibility.

I call material that comes from the back end of a male cow.

Number 3 · 05-17-2011, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thePill

Oh damn, I didn't know the Corvette GS started at $49k... thanks for the check.

I believe it's 55 for a GS, 49 for a base Corvette. Now with current deals.........that's another story.

05-17-2011, 02:59 PM	#15
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05-17-2011, 03:32 PM	#17
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thePill Account Suspended Drives: '11 Mustang GT Premium Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Kaiserslauthern, Germany Posts: 1,268	Cadillac needs to know their role here, this is suppose to be a global chassis meaning, it is shared with other vehicles. Caddy starts requesting stuff and it naturally adds weight to the chassis and now its over 500lbs of excess that wasn't there before they started. I think its time that the Camaro share a platform with the Corvette, cost are getting ridicules anyway. Hell... a Corvette Grand Sport and a Camaro SS have almost the same MSRP anyway, why not just go for it... It still would reduce cost as it still would be global, but then the Corvette guys aren't going to have anything to do with that...

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