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Why does every performance oriented vehicle have to be a caricature of some car from 50 years ago?
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That's a great question!!!!!
Everyone thought the retro mustang was a great idea until it came time to update it. Ford had no where to go with it and ended up with the 2015 version of a 69 car. Aesthetically (to me) it doesn't look nearly as good as the 2005 did. Sales of the Mustang have dropped off steadily since 2005.
Crapmaro, proves chevy fans will buy anything with a bowtie on it, or maybe not as the SS isn't selling, In my eyes it's a fail............
Chevy felt no need to retro style their flagship performance car (corvette). So much for the need of old looking, new performance cars. The corvette seems to need no retro shot in the arm to sell well.
Challenger, compared to the originals it was intended to look like, it's 4300# overweight and over sized. Seeing the original next to the retro version shows how large the retro version is. Same basically underneath as the charger 4 door "muscle car"...................
Chrysler will have the same problem in the near future updating a retro car. Where do you go with it? When you mess with the headlights, taillights, and grille trying to keep the same body lines it ends up looking pretty hideous. Ford has already tried that plan with the mustang. In the long run a retro car ends up painting the manufacturer into a corner, with no graceful exit.
The chevy SS (G8 wannabe) has had really poor sales since it's introduction. Approximately 2500 units in 2014. The G8 sold over 4 times as many cars, as did the GTOs 2004-2006. I never want to hear that the (limited production) GTO/G8 was a sales failure after the chevy SS that was much better promoted than the GTO/G8 was, fell far short of both the GTOs and G8 sales. All 3 limited production cars built by Holden division of GM. When all is said and done the chevy SS in 3 years won't outsell one year of GTO/G8 sales.
The GTO was to gain foot traffic into showrooms and celebrate the 40th GTO anniversary, and it did that. Not everyone looking for a car is going to buy a GTO. They can afford to look at one, and then buy something more affordable/practical from Pontiac dealers. The SS will probably serve the same purpose, to gain showroom traffic and down sell a lesser priced car.