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Originally Posted by arpad_m
They were available. Who said the base model had to be perfect? There wasn't a single review critical of the Camaro that didn't use a high trim (2SS or ZL1).
This is like complaining that the 18" wheels and soft all-season tires with 50 sidewall "on the Camaro" don't corner too well. Sure, but you could buy a higher trim or an RS package. A much different problem is if something is physically impossible, say, to have a trunk lid with a wider opening.
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The base models are what
sells. They are what keeps the Camaro in existence. Its always been this way. If the base models aren't selling then there isn't any Camaro.
Most people aren't shopping for a 2SS, and frankly they probably weren't shopping for the 3LT (i.e. the I4/V6 models with blind sport monitoring). The fully loaded I4/V6 models were close to the 1SS and LT1 in price, so many people would just go for the base V8s. Which leads them back to the problem of no blind spot monitoring.
A lot of you can try to rationalize that the visibility doesn't matter, but it absolutely does. The first impression means everything. People aren't going to give the car a chance when it feels like they are looking out of a bunker with a slit for windows. They are going to say, "wow I can see much better out of a Mustang." Or "wow this Mustang's trunk is much better for fitting luggage/tires/golf clubs/etc."
If GM wants the car to be killed off again, then yeah go ahead and give it the visibility of an Abrams tank.