A leatherette binder would indeed be nice --
the problem is that each person has thoughts about what we should make 'standard content' - and most of these aren't the same......
......and when you start adding the content up, the cost of the car goes up as well......
What we've tried to do is to offer the best bang for the buck out there in terms of performance, handling, standard features, and of course -- head-turning-style that gives you the 'pride of ownership'--
So as much as some would love a leatherette binder for the owners manual, I suspect that there are many more that would say "......for the extra dollars in cost, I'd rather have *insert feature here*...."
(.....and no, we don't need another poll.......
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(by the way - the reason for the plastic bag is to keep all of the manuals together so that they're put into your Camaro along the assembly line and that you are assured that you got each one......)