Hey everyone, this is my first post on the site. However, I have been reading for roughly 2-3 weeks now.
I am posting my two cents to give the "common man" perspective on the car. I am not a real big grease monkey like most of you seem to be. I definitely like me an American car just like the rest of you, but I have not been following this car since the concept inception a few years back.
Honestly, I got interested in this car after seeing "Transformers". I remembered it being a great looking car. I'm graduating college in a few months (May) so I have been looking at a car to get after graduation. This will be my second ever car (after an old Explorer Sport). The night I started looking at cars Transformers was playing on TV, musta been a sign. The car is a great price for college grads.
ANYWAY, NOW FOR THE RELEVANT POST INFO. To a regular guy the ABL truly is a selling point. Yes, they are just lights, but without them the interior is just "solid", with them, it is a special interior. The aesthetics of a car interior is definitely important to the casual car driver. Lets face it, the Camaro lovers are going to buy this car regardless of if the lights are in it (with all the other great features already), but GM needs EVERYONE to get this car. The ABL will let the lighting reach a much larger audience than just a normal muscle car. (Ask yourself, would a casual driver rather buy a Challenger or a Camaro with ABL? The mustang isnt even a muscle car to me, there are just so many poor versions of the Mustang on the streets that its lost all its mystique, maybe you disagree.) So I will really want to see the ABL lighting on this car, it looks so sharp. If this feature is still in the car when it rolls out mid March it will keep the good vibes flowing on through the summer.
Maybe some of you disagree, but the casual driver will want this feature in the car.
That being said, this site has changed me from possibly being interested in the car to: I
HAVE TO GET THIS CAR
REGARDLESS OF LIGHTING AND I WILL TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT!!!
(Even though I live in a mountain filled area and driving this car will not be fun when it snows a lot in Northern NJ). So all of you guys on this site need to be commended for generating interest in this car, the site is definitely doing its job!