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Originally Posted by JUSTIFIED
I don't see it happening on the current platform. If it were the king of hill Camaro, it'd have to best the ZL1 1LE in performance and would be way too pricey. If not king of hill, then where would it be slotted? Between ZL1 1LE and ZL1? Doesn't make sense. Between 1LE and ZL1? Still doesn't make sense. And certainly not slotted between 1LE and SS.
I have a feeling we may never see one again. Developing a new high performance NA engine may not make economical sense given the movement toward twin turbos, EV, etc.
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When I bought my Z/28 in August of 2015, I did a lot of research on the ROI of manufactures investment in specialty cars (also used for brand recognition). The why and how has to offset the cost and equal a good ROI and create an image for the company. I calculated the risk that this was going to be the last naturally aspirated Z/28 base on the current sales figures, the younger generation not caring about performance based cars, and the limitations put on big car manufactures. Thus, branding their company with technology that has almost reached its limitations didn't make sense. The result was that I was 90% sure this was going to be the last naturally aspirated Z/28.
Will it be the fastest stock naturally aspirated Camaro ever? That is another question. With Ford moving away from gas powered cars to hybrids and electric cars, I believe that if a manufacture wants to survive it will have to adapt and change it's image to match that of most consumers (and we are not them).
So for those of us who gush over noisy, messy, high performance cars that have multiple point of failure compared to future cars that won't have a combustion engine and burn clean fuel or be electrically powered, we will no longer be the targeted audience of the industry. I'm just glad that I got the opportunity to buy this car!
