The new Camaro

[JG_Detailing]

This is the car people would like to detail.

[a2z13]

okay chevyman -- do you have a photo of the new corvette? --

[gbackus]

Meh, I don't like the copy cat styling. Sales from retro designs start dropping off during the 3rd year, sometimes earlier. Look at the new mustang, it had extremely strong sales when it came out, in fact the 2005 Mustang had the stronger sales than the last 3 years combined. Now their sales numbers are looking very similar to previous years, only slightly higher, and IMO the sales will continue to drop off and level off to the lvl they were previously at. I really think chevy should be looking forward, instead of to the past.

[JG_Detailing]

Here you go a2z13.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: The new Camaro

Originally posted by chevyman2001
This is the car people would like to detail.

I'd rather buff out an older first generation Camaro with single stage paint that while still very much intact had oxidized and been neglected.

Older paints are more like working on paint, newer paints are like working on plastic, give me an single-stage any day...

[Pete-FWA]

gbackus,

From what press I've read on the Camaro show car, the concept was to not be "retro", but to use "styling cues" from the '67-'69 models.

After this, I again looked at the Camaro and saw too much of the past for my liking. From the front 1/3, the concept reminds me a great deal of Cadillac's XLR; however, the car looks more retro than anything else.

As you said, it seems more of a remake and less of using "styling cues" from the first generation model.

The Mustang is a modern remake of their older design, but it is done well for what it is. It is retro...no doubt about that.

As you say, Chevrolet ought to look forward...I hope General Motors as a whole can look forward.

[JG_Detailing]

Hey Mike! How about a 1963 Chevy Impala?

[Mike Phillips]

One of my best friends all through High School drove one of these just like this one, (but I never buffed it out). Here's what's really sad, he sold it to buy a Chrysler K car.

Oh the insanity...


His Grandparents purchased the Impala brand new and passed it down to him, his dad helped him to rebuilt the 283 and the Turbo 350 transmission along with brakes and all the peripherals and it was one sweet looking and running Impala...

[Michael Stoops]

Re: The new Camaro

Originally posted by chevyman2001
This is the car people would like to detail.

Actually, I'd rather detail, and then drive, this one.

[Accident]

I honestly don't like any of the cars that are taking designs from the past. Although I have been a big fan of the Mustang, I wasn't too happy with the '05s. I think that the past should be left where it was. All the cars listed looked great before, but the past is just that, past. The new Vette looks really good IMO though. It is the first Vette that I have liked since they stopped making the stingray. The charger wouldn't be too bad, but the back end is no good, and I just don't like the front of the new camaro. I liked the ones before they stopped making them a lot more than the new ones. Why did they stop making them? Does anyone know?

[PhantomR/T]

Re: Re: The new Camaro

Originally posted by Mike-in-Orange
Actually, I'd rather detail, and then drive, this one.

yes, exactly...a billion times better than the camaro

[Five Star]

Re: The new Camaro

The front and rear need to be redesigned, the body lines are smooth, but the headlights and tailights need to go

Originally posted by chevyman2001
This is the car people would like to detail.

[Mondeo Mk.III]

Originally posted by Accident
I honestly don't like any of the cars that are taking designs from the past. Although I have been a big fan of the Mustang, I wasn't too happy with the '05s. I think that the past should be left where it was. All the cars listed looked great before, but the past is just that, past.

Well... not that it exists over here... or that I would be able to afford it if it did... but I really love this one:



Though white sides on the tired would look even better.

[KFM2500HEMI]

Mike-in Orange --- funny you mention the challenger. When I saw the car in a magazine I walked over to my wife and told her that if the production version has the 6.1L HEMI and looks like the proto that I will buy one. I want a black one with flat black stripes. Lower that thing and put some chrome wheels on...oh my...

[RCBuddha]

Re: Re: The new Camaro

Originally posted by Five Star
The front and rear need to be redesigned, the body lines are smooth, but the headlights and tailights need to go

I like "retro" styling; but those front headlights/grill need to be changed. Any pictures of the tailights?