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v6sonoma · 03-28-2013, 10:15 AM

I don't hate it, but when you've been in love with your car for 3+ years it's hard to look at another and say you don't love yours more.

GMTool · 03-28-2013, 10:17 AM

I can't vote because I like both. The camaro's tail lights have always changed thru the years. I can always see a trace of an older camaro in the new ones.

crateish · 03-28-2013, 10:17 AM

Get it over with, Chevrolet. Connect the tail lights, so that we can go ahead and call it a Challenger.

That seems to be the direction they are going with the 2014 're-fresh.'

ssump29 · 03-28-2013, 10:19 AM

Not only are the new taillights well ugly the rear diffuser is wayyyy to big. It widen and goes further up the back end now. And with it being plastic and off color it looks goofy. We complained about all the plastic on the interior when this car first came out and they did improve on that but now they put more plastic on the outside. WTFFFF

Eich · 03-28-2013, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GMTool

I can't vote because I like both. The camaro's tail lights have always changed thru the years. I can always see a trace of an older camaro in the new ones.

You can like both and still vote... as long as you like one more than the other!

seminolejon · 03-28-2013, 10:55 AM

Someone said Honda Prelude. I see a bulky late 90's Acura Integra with the new rear end. Love my 2011.

streetbeast · 03-28-2013, 11:19 AM

I am so disappointed with the new rear end. The 5th gen Camaro was designed to have the look and feel of 1st gen Camaro. The 1st gen Camaro is what made the car it is today. Camaro is an American Muscle Car, it should look the part. The back end looks like a F%#*ing Acura Integra! Come on GM! Look at the success the competitors have had sticking to the retro form.

Ringo64 · 03-28-2013, 11:21 AM

Looks like an attempted cross breed of the Volt and the C7. It's definitely contemporary, but I don't like it.

AquaRSSS · 03-28-2013, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by streetbeast

I am so disappointed with the new rear end. The 5th gen Camaro was designed to have the look and feel of 1st gen Camaro. The 1st gen Camaro is what made the car it is today. Camaro is an American Muscle Car, it should look the part. The back end looks like a F%#*ing Acura Integra! Come on GM! Look at the success the competitors have had sticking to the retro form.

I never liked the original as it's too round, which is why I did a lot of black-out, added a wing and GFX kit to square it up a bit. At first glance I thought I liked the new design since the lights are longer, but it definitely has an Import feel to it... Prelude or Integra. I never understood why GM used 2 taillights per side. Looks good on a 70-73, but not on 5 Gens. This is the '69' look that should have made it to the production car! Too bad Fesler uses a Fiberglass bumper ( friggin 70's technology...step up and do Urethane!!)

jph2275 · 03-28-2013, 11:38 AM

Now I like that! After seeing that maybe I could see the 2014 rear growing on me ...

Not getting rid of my 2010 though. Just about to put 3.91's in that sucker.

jameslk55 · 03-28-2013, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by PsychoRS

IMHO the new rear end looks like a Honda Prelude with a widebody kit!

I'll be keeping my '11 SS, but not because I don't care for the rear end.

I was thinking Acura Integra but yea.

POWERMAN · 03-28-2013, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by PsychoRS

IMHO the new rear end looks like a Honda Prelude

You beat me to it!

The Z28 rear end looks a bit nicer though..

GMTool · 03-28-2013, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Eich

You can like both and still vote... as long as you like one more than the other!

Ok, I never follow the crowd. I voted that I like the new one better. Im sure that when I start seeing the 2014's on the street I will want one. Always happens to me.

SSNIGHTMARE · 03-28-2013, 12:07 PM

More black plastic, great job gm

View Poll Results: Does anyone like the new rear better than the old?
YES, the New rear is better	34	13.44%
NO, the Old rear is better	219	86.56%
Voters: 253. You may not vote on this poll

03-28-2013, 10:15 AM	#15
v6sonoma Drives: 2010 SS RS Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 8,108 View My Garage	I don't hate it, but when you've been in love with your car for 3+ years it's hard to look at another and say you don't love yours more. __________________ Mods: BBK Intake, BBK LT's and High Flow Cats, Corsa Cat-back exhaust, Hurst short throw shifter, SLP skip-shift eliminator. 7/1/09 Placed order for IOM/IO int/ SS/RS 6M 9/26/09 Took delivery!

03-28-2013, 10:17 AM	#16
GMTool MY SS is SOLD Drives: AGM 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS L99 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Southwest Illinois Posts: 1,838	I can't vote because I like both. The camaro's tail lights have always changed thru the years. I can always see a trace of an older camaro in the new ones. __________________ CAI, Dynatech Headers, HF Cats, JRE Tuned, Corsa Cat Back, Strut Tower Brace.

03-28-2013, 10:17 AM	#17
crateish Drives: 45th Anniversary 2LT/RS Coupe Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 534	Get it over with, Chevrolet. Connect the tail lights, so that we can go ahead and call it a Challenger. That seems to be the direction they are going with the 2014 're-fresh.' __________________

03-28-2013, 10:19 AM	#18
ssump29 LOL at most people here. Drives: 2005 GTO,2006 M6, 2007 300 Touring Join Date: May 2009 Location: MI Posts: 1,331 View My Garage	Not only are the new taillights well ugly the rear diffuser is wayyyy to big. It widen and goes further up the back end now. And with it being plastic and off color it looks goofy. We complained about all the plastic on the interior when this car first came out and they did improve on that but now they put more plastic on the outside. WTFFFF __________________ Number 5952. oh yeahhhhhhh

03-28-2013, 10:55 AM	#20
seminolejon Drives: 2011 2LS V6 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 168	Someone said Honda Prelude. I see a bulky late 90's Acura Integra with the new rear end. Love my 2011.

03-28-2013, 11:19 AM	#21
streetbeast Drives: 2010 Camaro RS/SS LS3 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: IA Posts: 40	The rear end is awful I am so disappointed with the new rear end. The 5th gen Camaro was designed to have the look and feel of 1st gen Camaro. The 1st gen Camaro is what made the car it is today. Camaro is an American Muscle Car, it should look the part. The back end looks like a F%#*ing Acura Integra! Come on GM! Look at the success the competitors have had sticking to the retro form. __________________ Stainless Works Retro Catback

03-28-2013, 11:21 AM	#22
Ringo64 Forever Pontiac Drives: 2012 Black 2SS/RS Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 1,389	Looks like an attempted cross breed of the Volt and the C7. It's definitely contemporary, but I don't like it. __________________ Progression thread My Camaro's Grrgd

03-28-2013, 12:07 PM	#28
SSNIGHTMARE Drives: 2002 SS Camaro Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: PA Posts: 372	More black plastic, great job gm __________________ 04 GMC LB7, SOCAL DIESEL STAGE 2 HEADS, CROWER RODS, TWIN CP3 483 RWHP, 1008 FT/LBS, ATS 5K 02 SS, LSX BLOCK, 500 HP, WAITING ON BOOST 98 COBRA, EAGLE CRANK AND RODS, 568 RWHP, S-TRIM 02 SS, STOCK, THE SLO HO 08 CTS, POS EFI Live "Nitrous is like a hot girl with STD's, you know you wanna hit it but you're afraid of the consequences!" "..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.." --Samuel Adams