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In answer to the thread heading, "missing the boat" was my cryptic response...do you think GM is listening?
"Clones" and "tributes" are fine, if clearly noted as such. It's when the line blurs at "resale time" that things get kinda nasty... |
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There will be a Z/28, most likely on the new platform, IMO.
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Wixom: Hand-assembles the LS7, the LS9, and the dry-sumped Grand Sport LS3. "Capacity" has been as high as about 9,000 units. Nowhere near that number, currently. Underutilized. With a stiff tariff added to '12 Z06 Base Price, and current economic realities a little bit "cloudy" for Corvette production/sales (combined with the approach of the C7), not likely to soar anytime soon.
Unless... "Asset utilization" might suggest there's room for "something"...and building engines, there, for a lower price-point car certainly wouldn't hurt Wixom's "efficiency"...or GM's profit$... After all, you can only "delay the vacation" sooo long before you "pick another boat" to replace the one you "missed"... |
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One interesting approach is what the Challenger did in it's opening year of building SRTs only. Maybe build Gen5s and Gen6s together in 2014 or 2015 with the Gen6 being Z-28 only. How's that for a marketing plan.............
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My sentiments as well. I'm not loving the ZL-1, it's nice and all, just not for me.
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Why? The only thing that I can see happening there is GM essentially losing 6 months to a year of Camaro sales by not selling high volume V6's and SS's at the launch of the 6th gen.
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IF (capitalized/italic'd) a Z/28 with something approaching LS7 power appears, it will require HD driveline/brakes etc. Added weight to a 1SS "Base". Delete some weight with forged wheels and perhaps lighter summer-only tires, combined with "select" interior features, careful optioning, and built with careful applications of underlay/mastic/seam-sealer etc., and the best likely scenario is a weight-neutral finished product. NO SSX-type diet is likely, for NVH and "practicalities" of price consideration. Generally, "less is more"...expen$ive...and for those who will consider a Z/28 as a daily driver, cruisin' in a steel drum would get "old" in a hurry...
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As for weight ... I see waaaaaaay to much emphasis on it, be it the Z28, the SS, the ZL1, the V6 ... doesn't matter. Is lighter better? Usually. But its not some sort of be all and end all, there can even be negative aspects to being lighter. Either way, it absolutely does not disqualify the possibility of there being a 5th Gen Z28. The Camaro is an inherently better handling car than the Mustang that weighs some 250 lbs less. So the 'need' to make it lighter to improve handling isn't really there.
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