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Originally Posted by revychevy
It is clear that grocery getters sell more than muscle cars. Price and govt regulations limit people choices. The Toyota Camry sells more units than the Corvette-- and if that is what GM is after, if that's what we say is valid on an enthusiast site, then apply it to the Vette as well.
Turn the Vette into a bland 4 cylinder car with a mountain of ugly beige plastic in it and a dog of an engine. If sold units are the be all and end all--based on statistical sales numbers, then all car companies should only make Camry knockoffs.
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So when the trucks no longer have gasoline V8s, what reason does GM have to keep producing them? The Corvette and Camaro would go up in price dramatically if they were the only vehicles that had a V8. You can't put the kind of money the invested into the new generation V8 and only sale 100K - 130K a year without charging a premium price. People complained about the price of the Z/28. People complained about the looks of the SS Sedan. People complain there might be a turbo 4 in the Camaro so they can still offer a V8.
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem."
--Charles Rosner, 1967.
If you are not buying a V8 every year, you are not part of the solution.