50th anniversary Camaro?

ender2664 · 07-04-2015, 06:18 PM

Is there any word if there is going to be a good reason to put off on buying the camaro until her 50th birthday hits?

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terri_Lovehands · 07-04-2015, 07:44 PM

So far I've heard nothing yet, but personally I wouldn't really hold out for a 50th anniversary, probably just some extra badging, an extra stripe and something in the interior that has 50 Years written in bold.

ender2664 · 07-04-2015, 10:08 PM

Lol
Ty

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PalmerGA · 07-06-2015, 04:19 PM

I'll be waiting to see. 2017's just around the corner and I like to give a car with such significantly new technology and changes, a year to work the bugs out... and there will be bugs - always are.

Z28sr2fast4yall · 07-06-2015, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by PalmerGA

I'll be waiting to see. 2017's just around the corner and I like to give a car with such significantly new technology and changes, a year to work the bugs out... and there will be bugs - always are.

My thoughts exactly

Jeffro19 · 07-06-2015, 10:21 PM

I'll be waiting as well. We should have more info on a Z28 or ZL1 by the time the 50th anniversary rolls around

KaBoom1701 · 07-06-2015, 11:25 PM

A 50th Anniversary ZL1 in 2017 would be kinda cool!

ZWA SS · 07-07-2015, 02:37 AM

My wife and I are waiting for a 50th.
50th Zwhatever, it'll be very difficult to resist for me.

SpeedIsLife · 07-07-2015, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by KaBoom1701

A 50th Anniversary ZL1 in 2017 would be kinda cool!

A 50th anniversary Camaro should properly be a SS, the ZL1 didn't arrive until 1969.

I know what you meant tho

Stex · 07-07-2015, 07:29 AM

Was not the Camaro dropped for a few years. So '17 is really not 50 years. 50 yrs since the first one but not 50 yrs of production.

Thebeezwax · 07-07-2015, 09:22 AM

a 50th ZL1 for 2017 would be nice to see but I'll agree that the Anniversary would most likely be another SS with different color trims accents and stickers.

NASTY99Z28 · 07-07-2015, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Stex

Was not the Camaro dropped for a few years. So '17 is really not 50 years. 50 yrs since the first one but not 50 yrs of production.

Nobody ever said it was about production. It's simply an anniversary. That's all. If you want to get technical the same can be said about the vette since they skipped a year of production.

*DGthe3* · 07-07-2015, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Stex

Was not the Camaro dropped for a few years. So '17 is really not 50 years. 50 yrs since the first one but not 50 yrs of production.

So? An anniversary is the celebration of the yearly recurrence of a past date. I think its latin roots roughly translate as 'years turned'.

If a car is required to still be in production to celebrate its anniversary, then there wouldn't be any anniversary edition Camaros -unless GM decided to do a 1st & 2nd anniversary edition for 1968 & 1969 respectively. The 1st gen ended production in 1969, ever since its been a new car with each successive generation.

crysalis_01 · 07-07-2015, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by DGthe3

So? An anniversary is the celebration of the yearly recurrence of a past date. I think its latin roots roughly translate as 'years turned'.

If a car is required to still be in production to celebrate its anniversary, then there wouldn't be any anniversary edition Camaros -unless GM decided to do a 1st & 2nd anniversary edition for 1968 & 1969 respectively. The 1st gen ended production in 1969, ever since its been a new car with each successive generation.

The only other point to consider it that the General Motors Company isn't the same entity that built the 1st through 4th generations.

They were the work of the General Motors Corporation. An entity that by all documentation ceased to exist in 2009.

So, while I have no issue with completely different cars, read generations, being the "same" car. I do somewhat take issue with an entirely different Company building their own product, that just happens to have the same name, and using a now dead company's inception date for that product as a "anniversary" date.

Logically the "5th gen" is the General Motors Company's 1st gen of their Camaro product. And the "6th gen" is actually their 2nd gen. They are in fact spiritual successors to General Motors Corporation's 1st-4th gen Camaros. That's of course if your looking at it factually and not sentimentally.

So yes, the 50th anniversary of the General Motors Corporation's Camaro is 2017. General Motors Company's Camaro will not see a 50th until 2060.

07-04-2015, 06:18 PM	#1
ender2664 Account Suspended Drives: 2016 2SS Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Palm Desert Posts: 2,353	50th anniversary Camaro? Is there any word if there is going to be a good reason to put off on buying the camaro until her 50th birthday hits? Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk

07-06-2015, 04:19 PM	#4
PalmerGA Drives: 2013 SIM 1SS/RS L99 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southwest GA Posts: 8,755 View My Garage	I'll be waiting to see. 2017's just around the corner and I like to give a car with such significantly new technology and changes, a year to work the bugs out... and there will be bugs - always are. __________________ 2013 1SS/RS Coupe L99, Stainless Power Works LT Headers, SCT X4 Custom Tune from RDP, CAI Inc. Air Intake w/ Apex Scoop, VMAX CNC Ported Throttle Body, Solo Axle-Back Exhaust w/ J-pipes, Apex Catch Can, Husky Splash Guards, Heritage Grille, 3D Carbon Rear Spoiler, Oracle Chrome Turn Signal Bulbs, GM Reverse Light Trim Billets, Gorilla Black Locking Lugs, Emblem Pros Retro SS Badges/Custom Retro SS Kickplates/Under-hood Bowtie, 35% window Tint, Nitto Motivo Tires (6-8-18)

07-06-2015, 10:21 PM	#6
Jeffro19 Drives: 2018 ZL1 6M, Silverado High Country Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 2,101	I'll be waiting as well. We should have more info on a Z28 or ZL1 by the time the 50th anniversary rolls around __________________ Previous Camaro's - 2002 Z28 6 spd manual, T tops, Sebring Silver - 2010 2SS 6 spd manual, Cyber Gray Metallic Current Vehicles - 2018 ZL1 Red Hot 6 spd manual, Carbon Hood, Sunroof 2019 Silverado High Country, Daily Driver

07-06-2015, 11:25 PM	#7
KaBoom1701 KaBoom1701 Drives: 13' ZL1 Red M6 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: I.E. SoCal (Yucaipa) Posts: 8,630	A 50th Anniversary ZL1 in 2017 would be kinda cool! __________________ Mods: Roto-Fab Intake, WW Res. kit & Big Gulp Air Scoop, Elite Catch Can, ATI Super Damper & 18% OD Pulley, LF Idler pulley bracket, Metco CC breather, ID850 Injectors, Stainless Power Headers w/ ceramic coating, TR71X Spark Plugs, JMS Fuel Pump Booster, Bo White TB, Tuned by Ted @ Jannetty Racing, Ron Davis HX, D3 Reservoir, Pfadt 1" Springs, Moreno Camber Plates, ZL1 Addons Splitter guard washers, Tow Hook kit & rock guards, Hurst Shifter Billet Plus 6 Speed Short Shifter, ZL1 DRL lighting harness, ZL1 Recaro Seats.

07-07-2015, 02:37 AM	#8
ZWA SS BowtieBelle's SS Drives: 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Perry, ok Posts: 1,074	My wife and I are waiting for a 50th. 50th Zwhatever, it'll be very difficult to resist for me. __________________ My Z/SS http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=286858 .

07-04-2015, 07:44 PM	#2
terri_Lovehands Drives: 2016 1LT RS NPP Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 159	So far I've heard nothing yet, but personally I wouldn't really hold out for a 50th anniversary, probably just some extra badging, an extra stripe and something in the interior that has 50 Years written in bold.

07-04-2015, 10:08 PM	#3
ender2664 Account Suspended Drives: 2016 2SS Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Palm Desert Posts: 2,353	Lol Ty Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk

07-07-2015, 07:29 AM	#10
Stex Drives: 67 goat, 69 goat ram air III Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South texas Posts: 1,443	Was not the Camaro dropped for a few years. So '17 is really not 50 years. 50 yrs since the first one but not 50 yrs of production.

07-07-2015, 09:22 AM	#11
Thebeezwax Drives: Has 4 wheels Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Friendswood, TX Posts: 281	a 50th ZL1 for 2017 would be nice to see but I'll agree that the Anniversary would most likely be another SS with different color trims accents and stickers.

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