07-25-2008, 01:04 AM | #1 |
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News on Z28
It's hard enough to digest that in Australia we probably won't get the Camaro, but I found this link just now from an Australian website. I hope it's not true. Has anybody heard anything similar?? Scroll to read.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/#ext15093 |
07-25-2008, 03:39 AM | #2 |
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Fbod can tell us "keep the faith, keep the faith keep the faith" ... it gets harder and harder to keep the faith ...
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I'm kindly asking: "May I have a supercharged Z28 with 550 hp please? By the end of 2009 would be awesome. Thanks"
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07-25-2008, 04:14 AM | #3 |
The article cites no source, they are probably picking up late on last weeks rumor that Scott shot down. Keeping the faith should be easy now, the hard part is done! The car is here and its awesome, that was the whole point.
(Of course that is for America, we have no real idea what GMs plans for Australia is, let alone the Z down under.) |
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07-25-2008, 05:39 AM | #4 |
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Actually, it's a good point the car not being exported outside the US. With the EURO/Dollar exchange rate and all the things you have to do (formation of local dealers, etc etc), I guess the car would arrive damn expensive. I'm pretty sure it will be cheaper to import it myself (ok, I do not have that "right handed driving" problem).
Regarding the Z28, we need omre info. Saying "it's still an option" is not sufficient. We have to know WHEN. The "when" will deicide the whole thing between: waiting, buying an SS, buying another car
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07-25-2008, 06:01 AM | #5 | |
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07-25-2008, 08:26 AM | #6 | |
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As far as I am concerned, nothing in print supercedes this post at the moment:
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07-25-2008, 08:27 AM | #7 |
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Hey Tim, is that you actually drifting your Sky? Wow!
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On the 8th day God created the Camaro and all is good.
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07-25-2008, 08:30 AM | #9 | |
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07-25-2008, 08:37 AM | #10 |
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Does it make any sense at all for GM to not produce a top of the line Camaro? And does it have to be Z28? Would anyone here have a problem if it were say . . . ZL1? But lets look at the facts:
People have assumed for years that there will be a top dog Camaro, generally believing that it will be called the Z28. Dodge is working on top performing Challengers, and Ford has GT500 Mustangs. Why would GM miss the opportunity to beat its rivals? They basically have an engine ready to go into it (LSA) It could be a package, rather than a separate model. That would keep things in line with the SS being the top of the line Camaro, because the Z28 would technically be an SS Z28, similar to how 4th gen SS's began life as Z28's. As I said before, it might not be called Z28. When will it be out? Not at launch. Nobody except wishful thinkers believed that would happen and there has been absolutely nothing from GM or even the blogs and magazines to support this notion.
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07-25-2008, 09:18 AM | #12 |
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Naaaa I wouldn't mistreat it like that, I was making laps at Bristol Motor Speedway, Now that was fun.
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ZL1 would be COOL!
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