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Originally Posted by fbodfather
NOW I'm getting irritated.
OF COURSE we know of the design.
We purchase -- and drive -- and tear down - and inspect EVERY production vehicle out there........
Again -- price/weight/benefit --
We do not make these decisions in a vacuum.
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Honestly, Scott, in a way I feel bad for you, and all of the engineers and decision-makers behind the new Camaro. You've got some very rabid and tough-to-please fans, and that's not always a bad thing. But it is when they expect perfection at a fraction of the price. I think some might tend to think of certain people behind the Camaro (particularly the "bean-counters") as these inhuman characters who couldn't care less about the car itself, and only about what it costs and what kind of profit it can generate. I could be wrong, but tend to doubt that as being true. I think even those who have to make the tough decisions about making the interior plastic instead of full leather, excluding in-dash navigation, making the vehicle somewhat heavy for safety standards, or making visor mirrors without vanity lights, would prefer not to do these things if possible, but again, these are decisions that have to be made for cost/safety/profitability reasons. I'm sure you'd like the Camaro to be a Ferrari-fighter with a likewise interior for less than a Corvette, but of course, it can not and will not ever be done.
So, I'd just like to say to you and to all those behind this car, I don't care if the interior is less-than-Lamborghini. I'll be as a kid in Toysrus when I first turn that key, slip that sweet Hurst shifter into gear, rev that incredible LS3, and introduce my new Camaro to the road for the first time. Thank you.
