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Originally Posted by 428RA4
I believe the new Camaro is a front wheel drive car from a different body platform? Not sure but it would kill the Camaro if they did front wheel drive.
I fear the Camaro may live a short life as such the GTO did. Believe me, I was excited when the current Camaro was released. Neat car compared to what was being produced at the time, but you have to remember, that design, the current model is some 12 years old already. It seems pretty common place that American car makers milk a body style for like 10 years at least. The current Camaro was delayed in release because some designers wanted to drop the roof line by one inch more. That tells me, there is too much BS going on in GM.
The front end design of the current Camaro, is just ugly with the way the head lights are. I'm not looking for bug eyes. Most Japanese designs are humanistic or organic looking. I would rather see a more industrial look to things with design in mind that reflects the technology of today. The current Camaro does have a brow beat look, but lacks elegance in taste to me. This is just my opinion.
I believe Cadillac design team is really pushing the limits of strong features and aggressive industrial design. Sharp angles worked into a body style is very hard to accomplish to have that stealth look to it.
When a car looks good sitting as well as it's traveling, that is a sign of good design. Moving while sitting is a hard bill to fit. To provoke feelings and thought into a car design is what GM should be moving towards and not doing milking services to its customers.
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Camaro is RWD and will continue to be RWD.
The current Camaro is already going into it's 5th model year, that's two more than the GTO lived. It will have one more model year after that. in 2016 it will have a whole new car based off of the Caddy ATS chassis. The current car was delayed because of economic uncertainty.
Styling is subjective, you're correct there. Sales aren't. The Challenger, which everyone pretty much looks better, has sold at a ratio of 3/10 to Camaro.
So selling 100K cars each of the last 3+ years is milking it's customers? LOL...you can't be serious...