SEMA 2012 Pictures - GM Booth - COPO Convertible Camaro

[velocity149]

They just simply made a car that rick Hendrick can drive onto his trailer, and the other can be auctioned off at a dealership, for charity? damn i wish I was Rick Hendrick

[Cheveey57]

Originally Posted by Comrando

The Camaro is a coupe. Where does that leave us?

Technically you're right, but they were designed as hardtops. When they went into production they added the dam B pillars.

[V35 Skyline]

It's a hot rod. It's cool. It's not supposed to make sense. That's the point of this car.

[V35 Skyline]

Originally Posted by Cheveey57

Technically you're right, but they were designed as hardtops. When they went into production they added the dam B pillars.

Convertible and coupe Camaros were designed and developed at the same time.

[trewyn15]

Originally Posted by 2010 SSRS

I am not a convertible fan until I saw this beast

The cage looks awesome!

Agree with you though, not a convertible fan at all

[ChrisBlair]

Originally Posted by toesuf94

Discuss this with the lawyers and dogooders that say that modern cars have to be able to sustain a crash and envelope the occupants with 100 airbags while being a low emission vehicle that meets or exceeds all the laws and standards...something the 1970 Chevelle NEVER had to contend with. I agree that it sucks we could not have something like the COPO for the road right off the showroom floor. BTW: Here is a very recent wreck of a 1970 Chevelle Convertible showing how it handled a crash on the highway at speed...

But...the new COPO isn't suppsoed to see street use, which means: no highway driving

You're taking the fact that news cars are better than old cars and somehow stating that this is why there's a new COPO convertible. Those things don't support one another. It is true that new cars protect the occuplants better. However, not knowing the events that led to the '70 Chevelle's condition, it's not possible for me to determine anything other than something bad happened or what a new Camaro would have looked like after the same event...know what I mean? That pic is indictaive on one specific accident. That doesn't mean all '68 to '72 A-Bodies fold up on the highway just because they are convertibles. I'm sure I could find a horrible Camaro carcass, isolated pics with no data don't mean much, to me at least. Those people probably died but at some point, if the wreck is bad enough, people are gonna die

But while it is true that new cars protect you beter than old ones, that doesn't give a valid reason for the convertible COPO. There is no reason, given the arena that the new COPO is supposed to operate in, for the car to be a convertible.

Yes sure the new COPO convertible is stronger than a 1970 Chevelle convertible, but the question isn't "Which convertible is stronger?" Not only does the convertible tend to need a heavier overall structure, but the airflow over the vehcile is hardly optimum, top up or down

Just sayin

[V35 Skyline]

"...You either get it, or you don't." - 1999 Pontiac Firebird Brochure

[ChrisBlair]

Originally Posted by V35 Skyline

"...You either get it, or you don't." - 1999 Pontiac Firebird Brochure

lol

and that may be why Poncho is dead

[V35 Skyline]

Originally Posted by ChrisBlair

lol

and that may be why Poncho is dead

But GM is still alive...and they're making cool cars again...like the COPO.

Nice Eagle/Westlake pic, Chris.

[SPCBA]

Originally Posted by Cheveey57

Muscle cars should be hardtops. Sports cars should be convertibles.

Since the Camaro is a pony car where does that leave us?