Hybrid Camaro, new fuel economy rules = way higher price?
 

This is VERY disturbing to me...

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/04/d...brid-pony-car/



GM, no matter how much we love the Camaro if it's anywhere near the Vette in price you will all but have created a failure...another Camaro destined to be killed off.

"IF", this where to happen it would be a huge mistake and it makes me remember another thread asking "what other cars would you consider other than the Camaro" or the thread about what could keep you away from the Camaro.

THIS, would all but kill the Camaro idea for me. A Camaro should NEVER be anywhere near the Vette in price.

I think GM is smarter than that so I'm not going to worry "too much" but this is disappointing to say the least.:thumbdown: :thumbdown:

The idea from the beginning was that they would build mutliple vehicles off the Zeta chassis to keep the cost of the Camaro competitive with the Mustang and have production numbers in the 100,000 to 150,000 a year range. But if they kill the other proposed RWD Zeta cars, Camaros will be very expensive, low production, and very short lived. If the price gets up in 'vette territory, I say F*&^ the Camaro! I'll get something else like a Subaru STI or a Mustang.

F**k CAFE is all I say :mad0260:

I am not familiar with the other vehicles that were going to share this platform, however, I'll agree that if the price isn't competitive than I think it will flop. I always thought the idea of the Camaro was it was "the poor mans Corvette," and if they have to price it close to the 'Vette, that is going to be a bad idea.

Good job government...

Chevrolet will always offer a Camaro priced within the grasp of the "average Joe/Susan". ;) And from what I've heard, even the V6 will be very impressive. :headbang:

That being said, there will also always be a market for the enthusiast who wants "near Vette level performance" in a Camaro, and I believe there will be a new Camaro for that person as well.

The Camaro will never be priced near the Corvette, (the exception being those limited, special run models by dealers, etc.) and will always be attainable and therefore enjoy a long life. ;)

+1

(I must've been typing while this post popped up)

Moose, I don't want near Corvette performance in my Camaro I just want a V8. I could be happy with a V6, but I want the sound and feel of a V8. My goal with this car is to have that ONE car that will always be "mine", the car of my youth (in case i can't keep it), and I want that car to have a V8 because I want a kickass new American car with a V8 before they dissappear from the grasp of the everyman. Unlike many others I know in my age I don't have illusions that I'll someday be a millionare. I just want ONE good car, ONE nice house, ONE wife and family and so on. I've had it rough at times in my life and I'm not expecting the other stuff to come true anytime soon so I just...I just want the car. Please can't I just get the f***ing car......?

Well, if you want the kickass V8 with the V8 sound and feel, there are other options. The Dodge Challenger is built off the same chassis as the 300 and Charger, and will have two V8s and a V6, which should make it affordable in the long run. And of course, there is the Mustang, which we all know is very affordable. So if you want a V8, you don't have to just look at GM and the Camaro.

Interestingly, Chrysler gets penalized for CAFE fines every year and pays it and doesn't care, just like Mercedes and BMW. GM is a big company with lots of money. Why not just pay the fine like Chrysler does? Will it really affect their bottom line that much? If they sell in high volume and beat the competition in sales, wouldn't paying the CAFE fine still be worth it?

LOL, I'm very like you when it comes to the Camaro. I just want a 25-27K (tops) V8 American sports car before they vanish (again, they have been saying that for a long time). If I can't have the V8 in the new Camaro, then honestly (while it still looks great) I wont be getting it.

With that said, I tend to agree with Moose that GM would be STUPID to price this thing higher than the Mustang GT (for a normal V8 Camaro...let's say Z28) and have faith they will keep it priced where we ALL want it.

I'm slowly becoming the alarmist on this forum...LOL, I don't mean to guys but I just wanted to report what was reported. Maybe the GM folks will give us some "calming" information.

^Even if I could ge over my Ford hate, the Mustang is still an import here, same with the Challenger, so prizes go up by quite a bit, even more so with the Challenger that is expensive to start with. The Camaro has been comfirmed to be going on sale as a regular Chevrolet model here which does a lot for the prize but I fear that this would dric it up into Challenger range here.

Plus it's like...imagine you've started to get to know a girl. You like everything about her, both what's on the inside and what's on the outside. Soon you've fallen in love with her and it seems perfect. But somebody comes along and for whatever reason you can't have her. You would be heartbroken. That's perhaps a bit extreme a comparison, but that's how I would feel if the car ends up too expensive for me.


I know I'm freaking out a bit, but this car is really one of the very few things keeping me going right now and I just don't want it to slip from my grasp.

^Me too, I'd be heartbroken also...but I think GM is smarter than that. I mean, make your FWD cars more fuel efficient all around and live with the two or three real sports cars you make. Oh, that's 4 with the Solstice.

So, increase the fuel economy across the range and leave your sports cars alive and well. Gosh, it's not like the Vette, projected Camaro, or Solstice are that bad with fuel economy considering their performance.

So again, I don't think GM (who has been doing a great job) would screw up the one car that EVERYONE is looking forward to. The business sense...is to make it affordable...

The sky is falling.

Guys, if the mustang can continue (and it will) then the camaro and challenger wont be dead in the water.

Don't give in to the panic.

^That's part of why this is making me mad: the Camaro will have the best fuel economy in it's class! It should be rewarded, not punished!

Listen to diarmad, until it's official...don't freak out too much.