[Bonanza7]

Originally Posted by abaucom21

Sorry to see any tint or shade of blue not offered on future 2012 Camaro's.
I admit, I am an old fart driving a white 2011 Camaro. The issue us old farts talk about, is today are the very limited popular colors determined by what is available because dealers order what is safe, or do the bean counters limit our choices?
Appears to me bean counters eliminated our choice of blue Camaro's.
Back in the old days, in the 1960s, my first auto was a 1963 T-Bird. Offered in 22 colors plus about 12 interior choices for color and materials. As decades progressed, available auto paint colors became less and less, and we ended up with only black and gray interiors. This lack of selection was due to bean counters.
Somehow, in the 1950s -1960s, you could order a rainbow of colors to personalize you ride. Somehow in the 1950s - 1960s, Ford, GM, Chrysler, turned out models in lower volumes then our beloved Gen 5 Camaro's, with more color options, and all made a profit. Did you know 1957 Oldsmobile’s offered 256 color exterior/interior color/fabric options and they made a profit?
Removing blues from the 2012 Camaro color list is due to bean counters and what dealers think is safe to order. A blue can not be popular if dealers do not place orders for blue cars and we can not find blue on dealer lots.
In the 21st century, this old fart thinks the only way you can personalize your ride is with expensive after-market products. Back in the olden days, you could personalize your ride direct from the factory when you had many color options to select from direct from the factory.
If you only have a choice of red (or red variations), black (or black variations), silver (or silver variations), or white paint colors with variations of black, gray, beige (or an expensive trendy orange) interiors...does this indicate popularity or just what we have to select from a very limited menu because limited color menu is cheaper for GM to offer?

The GEN 5 Camaro is a high volume selling auto. Think GM bean counters are making a mistake to limit Camaro colors just because Oshawa is making more mundane transportation on the same assembly line.

Ford in 2010, announced they are going to offer more colors.
GM, time to catch up and give us color options.

Having worked in a plant, I can attest to how it was on combinations. If they had it, and you wanted it, you got it. If they have a tan convertible top, there is no reason not to put it on any color car the cutomer wants. If you want a white interior, and they have it in stock, you should be able to get it. We gave the customers whatever they wanted, if we had it in the plant, or if it could be done at extra cost, if the customer wanted it. Hell, once the Belvedere plant made a 426 Hemi, 4 speed Dodge wagon for a guy. He paid for it, though. My dad helped put a 383 in a 65 Barracuda. Bean counters have substituted THEIR notion of what should be built for the CUSTOMER's notion of what they are willing to buy.