GM Will Bring Back the El Camino If...

[TOMS1SS]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

True, but the SSR was also marketed as a "sport truck," which again, is the biggest niche market ever.

Tell that to the local SSR club guys when they're on SR88, they're pretty damn hardcore about those things being sporty.

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by Fearer2010SS

Tell that to the local SSR club guys when they're on SR88, they're pretty damn hardcore about those things being sporty.

Oh I don't doubt it. What I was trying to say was that if I had an SSR, I wouldn't be using it like a Ute, aka going to Home Depot and throwing stuff in the bed.

Although I have seen it done before...

[TOMS1SS]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Oh I don't doubt it. What I was trying to say was that if I had an SSR, I wouldn't be using it like a Ute, aka going to Home Depot and throwing stuff in the bed.

Although I have seen it done before...

That would be Scottsdale, usually no liner too.

[upflying]

Originally Posted by The_Blur

An Ute in America could represent a unique opportunity for GMC. By introducing the Ute as a GMC-exclusive product, people who clamored for an end to the brand during restructuring and who still rightly claim GMC products are too similar to Chevrolet counterparts will finally have a product exclusive to the brand. By not calling it an El Camino, GM sheds the trashy image—you know that one people have about Camaro and El Camino drivers with mullets and all—that goes with El Camino drivers. Also, making it a GMC means that the product doesn't have to look like a classic El Camino, giving GMC the freedom to design the product from scratch or essentially rebadge the imported Ute.

GMC had their version of the El Camino, called the Sprint.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_Sprint_/_Caballero

[Mr. Wyndham]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

Keep in mind... Camaro's go with mullets just the same.

Past Camaros....I'd like to think this generation started with a clean slate in terms of stupid stereotypes...

[Camarowguy]

If they did a retro one and it looked good like the Camaro and was almost as light as the original....that would be kool. I couldn't have one, Id want one tho. I have three kids, so it wouldn't fit me.

[CamaroSpike23]

Originally Posted by The_Blur

An Ute in America could represent a unique opportunity for GMC. By introducing the Ute as a GMC-exclusive product, people who clamored for an end to the brand during restructuring and who still rightly claim GMC products are too similar to Chevrolet counterparts will finally have a product exclusive to the brand. By not calling it an El Camino, GM sheds the trashy image—you know that one people have about Camaro and El Camino drivers with mullets and all—that goes with El Camino drivers. Also, making it a GMC means that the product doesn't have to look like a classic El Camino, giving GMC the freedom to design the product from scratch or essentially rebadge the imported Ute.

so instead of calling it an el camino, we just call it a Caballero?

lol

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

True, but the SSR was also marketed as a "sport truck," which again, is the biggest niche market ever.

the original El Caminos, Caballeros, and Rancheros were marketed as Sport trucks.

Originally Posted by upflying

GMC had their version of the El Camino, called the Sprint.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_Sprint_/_Caballero

sprint/caballero

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

Past Camaros....I'd like to think this generation started with a clean slate in terms of stupid stereotypes...

stupid stereotypes... ... mullets go with mustangs just as well as they do with camaros. lol