By the time this car gets here, the interest will have wained. And the whole “Retro” thing will be left in the dust for a fresher design approach.

Who am I kidding? There will still be plenty of one toothed, mullet wearing guys named “flash” or “Stoner” who will on their knees to buy their next IROC dream car. Then they’ll be on the way to pick up tickets to the next KISS reunion tour and to pick up a new set of Rayban’s so they can look cool in their new Hickmobile…

Bring it on already.

I kind of agree with BC in the post above. The only one more pathetic at chasing trends is Ford:
“Look at our new Edge crossover!” “Ummmm, crossovers are already old news” “Oops, back to work on our next Bold Move, see you in 2010″

The Camaro needs to come out right now.

I agree with James…the Camaro needs to be released now. GM seems to be a day late & a dollar short when it comes to getting new products to market. Ugh!

It’ll feel old when it eventually gets launched, Unless of course they restyle it. lol

Why does any article about the Camaro bring out the statments about the “mullets and rednecks”, while the Charger and other similar vehicles don’t? Of any of the “retro” cars coming to market, I think the Camaro represents the most modern interpretation which should appeal to a larger crowd. With cars like the Corvette and Solstice bringing folks into GM showrooms, I tend to think the Camaro will be able to reach a larger audience.

The reason for the mullet jokes about the Camaro are about as valid as the gold chain jokes about the Corvette. Sadly, as old and tired as these jokes are, they continue to make the rounds. In reality they stopped being funny many years ago.

I agree it should be now or never

i agree with clarissa, It will be old and they will need to restyle it which would even take more time for the camaro to be launched

“The reason for the mullet jokes about the Camaro are about as valid as the gold chain jokes about the Corvette. Sadly, as old and tired as these jokes are, they continue to make the rounds. In reality they stopped being funny many years ago.”

So there are no Camaros or Vettes where you live anymore? If thats the case then I’m guessing all the lawns are mowed around there too.

Random Jerk those are some harsh fight words

I simply can’t wait. If there will be one vehicle that is more beautiful than the Solstice or Vette, it will be this Camaro. It’s one thing to see it in print, it will be another to actually see one driving down the road. I just hope Bob Lutz pays as much attention to quality control as he did with the Solstice. Rush it to production, but not one of them leaves the factory until they are completely solid.

Im sorry to say but this car IS going to be a POS it will probably very heavy IT WILL have horrible handling and wont be able to stop to save your life

I hope this thing is a gas-guzzler in typical GM form.

And the Mullet and redneck jokes aren’t really funny but rather the stereotype that goes along with owning a Camaro or a T/A. Old Camaros/TransAms from the 60’s were cool, it was the “Smoky and the Bandit” T/A’s and the IROC Z’s that built the stereotype that you see posted above.

I truely doubt that it will even be able to do .7 g’s of cornering force on a skid pad

GM needs to hurry up and start getting the speciatly versions of the Camaro ready after the RS and SS versions. Ford is cashing in on the several versions of the Mustang while they can. So by the time the Camaro hits the street. So lets see if we see more of the same old names brought back to life like, Baldwin-Motion, Yenko, or SLP versions.

I hope the QC is better than the Solstice! Because the one I tried to buy over the summer blew a rear diff on the test drive. And then the Torent that the dealership came to pick us up in had a nasty rattle under the hood. Talk about an attention getter. I saw two folks get in their cars and drive away when we pulled into the lot.

And like a slimey salesman, the guy handed me a business card and said he would give me a call when the Solstice was fixed so that I could come back down and re-test.

My reply was “ya, get right on that.”

So what corners are being cut to get this thing out early? What’s more important – getting it out NOW or getting it RIGHT?

the should call it the Chevy Defibrillator cause it just might bring GM back from the dead

LMAO! There are some cars out there that I don’t really care for, like anything VW. But I tell ya, my non-preference to them does not come close what so ever to the hatred some of you GM haters have. Angry!

For all of the redneck jokes on here… Clearly you haven’t seen the European counterparts who equally are as obsessed with their cars. It takes all kinds. Just be thankful the guys with mullets and gold chains didn’t pick “your” car to drive.

Hey Sharif—where do you get your information from? Do you know something about this car the rest of us don’t know? Or are your predictions just negative, wishful thinking? And just out of curiosity, what qualities make a car officially a POS? And what does a car have to have in order to NOT be a POS? Come on, give us all an objective, well thought out answer. I know you can do it.

I think Piablo that it is a mix of jealousy and and inferiority complex. Of course there are some Americans here that hate America too, but thats a whole other topic.
Basically, they want to see American car companies collapse, and in kind, the country itself. They are tired of being second fiddle, why, they even had to unionize all of europe just to try to compete with the US. They have no real national ’soul’ anymore to be proud of, so the pride is transfered to their automotive industry which is world class and industry leading, but it really is all they have to be proud of.
The out of hand hatred for this car and feeble attempts to insult potential owners is typical adolescent spewing.
They want this car to fail, badly, because each successful US model steals a little bit of their thunder, then what have they got? Warm beer and soccer is frankly not that much to get excited over. Oh yea, and I almost forgot, they also have a Queen, how cool is that.
Remember, these folks kill each other over soccer matches so consider the source.

And for all you guys out there who assume that the only people who will buy the new Camaro are gold chain-wearing rednecks with mullets, there are MILLIONS of them out there, apparently, judging by the response this car has gotten. And a lot of them are old enough to remember the original cars, after which this one was designed. Which means that a lot of those people now have money, and will buy this car. And I’m CERTAIN GM doesn’t care how they dress, or what hair style they wear. And selling cars is what GM is in business to do, remember?

So if your preference is for a nice Honda Civic, knock yourself out and buy one; I’m sure Honda will be thrilled. But Honda and Toyota CAN’T build a car like the new Camaro, because they don’t have the heritage. And please, stop knocking people’s car choices. Good grief.

Get ‘em Fatstrat!!

God bless you both!

I don’t have a mullet, I have all of my teeth, I don’t live in a trailer home/park, I’m only 22, I work in the technology field, and I would love to have a new Camaro. It seems that I break all the molds of your typical Camaro owner. That said I hope to get a GTO instead.

Personally, I plan on buying one, and this will make the 3rd camaro that I have owned. Say what you want, but the sound of a Honda Civic, or a Jetta, or a Subaru never brought a smile to my face like my old 5.7 liter V-8 did at 4000 rpms. And now, I can look forward to blowing the doors off of a Prius at full throttle. It’s the simple things in life that bring the most joy

A word about the redneck jokes:
People don’t get upset when you call them on something that isn’t true.
They get upset when you call them on something that is based in fact.
The only “offensive” jokes in existance are ones you take personally. Grow up and get over yourselves please.
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Concerning the Camaro, I’m not worried about the styling being out of date. It’ll be old to us by the time it comes to market, but most buyers are not car enthusiasts, so it’s likely to be a surprise all the same. On the other hand, GM has been whoring the concept out so much it’s been on magazine covers at my local supermarket, then there’s the upcoming and overhyped transformers movie, to say nothing of that awful ringtone idea, and I think I saw one TV the other day, and last night I had this microwave induced nightmare about GM beaming images of the concept directly into my brain…

um.. yea.

And here’s something else I don’t get.. people keep complaining GM doesn’t build what their customers want. Then they come out with this new Camaro and people rave about it only to then be torn down for no good reason. Personally, I’m certain this will be a big hit – I’ve been asking GM to do something like this for the last 3 years or so. First you have Opel coming here as Saturn, then Holden as Pontiac, and then Chevy gets a cool Camaro that’s American thru and thru. All I can say about GM lately is “it’s about time.”
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And then there are some of you who couldn’t be more juvenile if you tried. GM can’t do anything right to please you even if they took verbatim orders on how to run the business directly from you. All you do is continue to parrot the ever worn-out “GM sucks” tag line of the stupid. We get it already. Why not offer some constructive criticism? Perhaps some suggestions for improvement? (And please, try a tad harder than “just make it good”) Such an exercise wouldn’t be so futile if you weren’t so negative and pissed off all the time. Doesn’t it get old being a whiny pessimist all the time? Seriously,
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Scott and Fatstrat, you made reading all the comments on here somewhat worth it.
Thank you.
I too am younger (23) and am very interested in both this car and the Challenger. The Mustang never got me… I have always love the Camaro’s, the 1969 RS/SS, huger orange or matte black with FAT ass back tires and 4 speed transmission to be specific. If they produce this car and don’t offer Huger orange… I’ll strip one and paint it myself.

Car companies should really just hold off on concepts until 6 months before its release, so the hype builds fast, and they are out the door. Noone saw any camaro mules running around, and i have yet to see any info on a production version beyond this one. Keep the concepts in hiding until your about ready to push out the car, otherwise all the hype will die off, and youll be left with an incentive ridden hunk of metal. Or take a page out of European concepts, and present something SO outrageous, theres little way it could resemble the production model.. but it still hints at some form of unknown future product, allowing the guessing to begin.

WTF does “even better” than concept actually mean?

Should be interesting to see what they can produce, is it going to be zeta based I can’t remember.

It’s amazing that some people can declare a crap crap 12 months before they’ve even had a chance to drive it, likewise its amazing that a car discussion board can turn into a political discussion group as well…

Alot of these comments are really amusing. While we’re all generalizing, all you “Camaros-are-for-mullets” haters are all probably a bunch of “ricers” (or wannabe ricers who haven’t driven anything without a Sony Playstation badge on it) who are scared sh*tless of some old middle aged guy showing up next to you at a light in one of these things and sucking all the “racing” decals right off your lowered I/H/E-equipped Civic/RSX/Integra and then whipping you up and down the canyon twisties too (sorry – “touge”).

Anyhooo….

Nevermind the heritage and nostalgia and what not, the fact is that this is bound to be a pretty tight car on its own merit as long as they can keep the quality up. Its being built off the brand new Holden Commodore architecture (which has gotten great reviews by the way) so it will handle very well for its size and the 400hp LS1 V8 is proven and hard to fault.

I really don’t care for fanboy/haterism. A good car is a good car. And a sexy looking, reasonably well built, 400hp RWD coupe with a V8, that also handles is a good car. And for under $30k it’s a damn good car.

I have to agree with the point that they are showing this car waaay too much if in fact it will not hit showrooms for 2 years. Endless press releases, photo ops, ring tones for crying out loud. I”m a huge fan of this car and hope they are in fact ahead of schedule. But I think the initial release and perhaps a few follow up releases were sufficient. Put the lid back on this thing til its cooked, and let people build an appetite in the meantime.

90Z, GM has their head up their ass what else is new.

I think all the mullet toothless hick redneck blah blah blah talk should stop. The **** talkers sound like morons anyway.

Most of those negative comments are from people that hate domestic products, and are tired of getting beat at the track and on the road. All for 1/2 to 1/3 the price.

Maybe the negative comments are just from people who find the redneck mullet wearing camaro driver stereotype funny. If it don’t apply to you, it don’t apply. You can laugh along, just ignore it, or be a pot kettle black guy like theshadow. But seriously, it’s not anything to cry about.

The Stig – “Even better than the concept” means it’s actually road-worthy. GM knew they’d have to improve on the concept somehow, and it was all solved when one of their engineers handed them a list of crash test guidelines, engine schematics, suspension diagrams and transmission options. “We can actually build one that drives on the road?” they questiond. “Yes,” the designer said. “Yes, we can.”

Enough already. Hope it fails miserably

Usually the only people offended by mullet and gold chain comments are those wearing said mullets and/or gold chains.

The stereotype comes from somewhere.

That said, this is a great looking concept. I hope for GM’s sake the driving dynamics match the looks. If the Solstice is any indication we’re in for a dissapointment.

Any car that generates as much talk (both good and bad) as the concept Camaro has got to be well on it’s way to success. I would be far more worried about it’s future if nobody was talking about it.

I agree that it’s time to put it back under wraps for awhile, but rest assured I will still have plenty of enthusiasm left when I see the first production unit gracing the streets!

Maybe while they’re at it, GM can gie us a glimpse and a hope of what the 2020 Camaro is gonna look like. The concept is a year old, we won’t see the damn thing until 2009 and now the earliest… 2008. COme back in two years and then rave about your glorious muscle car.

BTW, get over yourselves guys. Not everyone is enthralled with a 3 ton ponderous, unrefined tank with a big honkin motor to motivate it. The mullet/hick/redneck/whatever stereotype has haunted the F-body crowd for decades. You make it out to be some made up lie. Some of us just prefer a bit more refined performance. And if you don’t live at the dragstrip, the Camaro is useless to that crowd.

Doesn’t matter, who’s gonna give two ****s about this in two years anyways… The retro fad will be dead and gone by then.

“Its being built off the brand new Holden Commodore architecture (which has gotten great reviews by the way) so it will handle very well for its size and the 400hp LS1 V8 is proven and hard to fault.”

If you ever owned a Holden like I did, you wouldn’t be saying the above.

Anyway…. IMHO the Camaro is too retro looking and I hope it fails not because it’s GM but if everyone starts copying that ugly design, the world is indeed falling apart. I gotta agree with the redneck joke though, why get mad if you’re not part of it. But we’re talking about self appointed patriotic jap haters like Piablo, what do you expect?

I would agree with the points that GM could flash the car a bit less, but spend a little quality time thinking about it from a realistic point of view. GM is indeed like multitudes of companies, guided by shareholders. Constantly reminding them that they have an exciting car coming up is not unreasonable. While you are in the mood for deep intellectual exercise, look into the racing heritage the Camero has, and not just at the drag strip. ‘Retro’ is not always a positive thing, but if the Camero has more than just retro in its looks, it will indeed give what some consider ‘refined’ cars a run for their money at the race track.
And as far as the side bar discussion goes, just surf some of the other threads, I would posit that some of you have responded to insults that might not describe you but you felt they were out of line, or less than called for. Indeed, the mullet/gold chain shtick, while maybe not here is often used on this board to insult or stereotype Americans in general. Dont be surprised if you recieve responses in kind.
In other words, ‘bravo Fatstrat’. Fortunatly all europeans are not as shallow as many of those frequenting here.
I should point out that as auto enthusiasts we should be more united than spewing venom though.

I would like to make one more point.
The US only gets a very small percentage of the cars that are built in Europe. What we recieve is really the cream of the crop from there. European manufacturers also make plenty of forgettable cars, GM/Ford/Chrysler do not have the market cornered in this respect.

That’s easy WonbyOne, prevent this site from putting politic related news and we’ll be all best buddies again. Ha ha…

Veda my man, I don’t hate Japs, or even ‘Charlie’ for that matter. Korean cars are fine too. I am a equal opportunity car enthusiast, if you will. What I do have little patience for, are libbie hippies that loath this country. If you want a good idea on my thoughts, take a look at Fatstrat’s comment above. That has been my point all along about many anti GM/domestic brand people. It’s the ones who also couple their commentary with how much they hate Bush. And they fall into a diatribe on how they hate “gas guzzling” Escalades and Hummers. It’s not any one of these arguments. Sure, anyone can be on a kick to pursuade others to drive fuel efficient vehicles and still be a patriot in the biggest sense of the word. But put all of it together, and you have what I call a S-O-C-I-A-L-I-S-T. (I have to spell it that way because LLN has apparently banned that word and will not allow posts with it) Because in all honesty, it’s not the gas guzzling that these guys really hate, it’s the status symbol of the vehicle. It’s the blatent display of wealth. Because if they really had it out for gas hogs, then they would also be on a crusade for Excursions and Grand Cherokees, Mustangs, etc…

I prefer certain vehicles. I don’t hate any vehicle or manufacturer. It’s your hatred that gives you away. Tell me, do you ever hear anyone here saying they HATE Toyota. Or HATE Honda? Proclaiming a love for GM is not the same.

Hatred, dude I got plenty of that alright. Hatred for vehicles that make me lose $ ha ha… I’m a selfish bastard. Anyway, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen the hate towards Toyota and Honda many times in this site. So hating US is not ok but other countries are alright with ya? The things that I can’t stand are US patriots running around bashing other country’s personal preference over sport while they’re clearly the only ones in the world barbaric enough to worship Monday night football then have God bless whoever stands behind them like a Christian channel show. Hey, you guys brought that up for being so defensive. If you had responded to the Camaro jokes in a more peaceful manner, without any sarcasm, I’m sure it’ll die off quietly. But no no no… no self respecting patriot would listen to that crap and not post some kind of long defensive explanation sprinkled with at least a line of personal attack. Perfect example would be Piabo’s long ass response to my one line remark. Always works always fun… too many bored people out there. Ha ha…. ok next topic please….

Veda, please rewrite your post. I think some of us would like to actually understand what you are trying to say.
The word unintelligible springs to mind.

These guys seem to think it can happen. I don’t think so.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219

Or maybe its just their blind faith

Haha, it’s true that jokes with truth in them strike a cord. But I seriously doubt any of us here have mullets and where gold chains… Plus, you know what strikes my cord even more? Being put under a stereo type (being put under as many stereo types as I have). I’m American and I’ve met a lot of ppl who like domestic cars… Some were Asian, some were American, some even European. But none of them fit into the mullet/gold chain stereo type. And don’t get me wrong, I know they’re out there somewhere, but they sure as hell aren’t a majority.

At least the mullets are better than dreadlock wearing black guys with gold teeth driving jacked up older model sedans. Blacks have some of the worst taste imaginable, Caprices jacked up to look like trucks and 20+ inch wheels.

Veda, you prove my point. One for Piablo.

(I made this one short for ya)

If you ever owned a Holden like I did, you wouldn’t be saying the above. – Veda

Dude, I’m not sure which Holden you owned but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t the new Commodore since that’s only been out for about a month or so. You know, the one that’s based on an entirely new platform that shares about 0 content(save the engine) with the previous generation. And the new platform seems to be light years ahead of the old one in terms of ridgitity, build quality and handling. I’m not expecting BMW-levels of refinement or anything but this new Camaro will certainly be light years ahead of the old IROC-Zs from the 80s and the Z28s from the 90s.

Just because they’re calling it a Camaro ppl get their shirts all twisted up in a knot. Sure alot of folks will surely buy it for the heritage feelgood factor but I couldn’t care less what it’s called – XPYQ for all I care. To me its just a really nice, fast car at a good price.

I have to disagree with the quotes that were posted. I contacted Dr. Terry Woychowski and he said, and I quote “I can with assure you that I never made such a statement. Sorry. TJW”

concept already looks good soooooooo hopefully prod. model will be better

Concept looks good, but by that time, ford will have already redesigned the mustang. By 2010, the quality of build of the mustang will surpass the standards of chevy’s camaro. Also, the price of the mustang will be much lower so i highly doubt that the camaro will outsell the mustang. Most people that drive V6 mustangs and by 2010, ford will have a 265 horsepower engine. I like the camaro, nice concept, but i think they are going to fail once again. When the camaro/firebird when out of production in 2002, mustangs were selling for much less.

After reading the comments posted here, all I can add is this. If you don’t like it don’t buy it. Geeezz, somebody needs a life.