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Originally Posted by LOWDOWN
This "he said, she said" regarding "Corvette engine" usage belies one always-in-play FACT: Put the same engine in a 3900 lb vehicle and it will NOT outperform a 3200 lb vehicle, all other things being similar, which of course they're not...
It was the same at Ford when the 540 hp engine was used in the far-superior (dynamically) GT chassis than in the GT 500 Stang. GT outran the bigger/heavier/less-dynamic Stang...and so would the Vette. By its very nature, the Vette maintains a certain performance superiority over the Camaro...
The GT 500 is on a par, now, with the mid-decade GT only because of an extra 100+ hp...and improved GY tires.
Try that recipe on the 1SS/1LE Gen-5 Camaro with LS7 motor-vation and Michelin Pilot SS or Cup tires...and then watch the competition cringe!
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Originally Posted by shaffe
what he said^
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The Snake is their halo car, ours is the Corvette. We don't need a S/C ZL1, and shurely not a Z/28 that has one either. Make it like it has been prescribed here for a loooooong time and there you have it.
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Originally Posted by 2cnd chance
Yes, it's much less expensive to offer more options for a car than to add another car or a whole other division selling the same car restyled, but under a different name. So I beg to differ adding more available optioning to the Camaro will only inflate the customer base and profits not the cost.
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No, it splits and subdivides... so you want two upper eschelon upper tier price markets dollar wise for Camaro and Corvette? Smaller market share for us, the novety is there now for the ZL1 it will wane over time more than the Vette sales. Then they be forced to drop the ZL1. NO, incorporate the technology, build one monster. The Camaro is beer to the Vette's champaign. And the two will only sacrifice the corporates patience and sales over time if we continue on this dual upper end model trend that the Vette has had. There is no logical reason for us to follow suit. Base, SS, Z/28.