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Originally Posted by sbg
I'm glad that people are complaining about what they see. If anyone from GM is reading these boards, then it's the only chance to voice your opinion. 
I don't get why many of you want to say "whoo-ray" for GM. It's like some baseball or football team you're rooting for. If GM is making bad decisions by making changes, then express them.  Good for all of you who have. 
What's worse is those of you who assume that GM is making changes for good reasons. NOPE. On what basis do you make such an assumption?...None....just 'cause you like GM, or something silly like that. 
Someone on this thread said it right...it's about money! It would cost them too much to put that gas cap on top.
The change to the rear bumper and the backup lights....that's just poor choices by GM designers. And no, don't post giving me some made up reasons as to why they had to do that, like to meet some code, etc. We all know they can design just about anything they want.
The change to the rear bumper and the placement of the backup lights was a design change. A very poor design change at that. 
I say to GM...make it like the concept! Sure, change the things you have to, but not those that you don't. |
If there wasn't a good reason to make the changes they why would they be made? Why would GM waste the time and money on making pointless reasons? You clearly do not understand the engineering design process. Thats fine, most people don't even know it exists. But any change that is made is a compromise that is made in order to meet a particular constraint, typically safety or cost. You are right that they can come up with any design that they want and it will probably be up to current safety standards. But I dont think anyone is going to pay 35k for a base V6 Camaro. Why do you believe that GM wants to make it look less amazing from the concept cars that (almost) everybody loves, purely for shits and giggles? How long do you think it takes them to go and redesign the gas filler? or the bumper that you hate so much? I'm going to guess it at about 2-3 weeks minimum, if they want to do things fast. And it will cost them a fair amount of money too. And you truly believe that they would just do this for no good reason?
I advise you to try and find the book "
Mechanical Design Process" written by David G. Ullman. ISBN: 0072373385. Its used in our 4th year capstone design course. I think you could learn alot from it. There are many other books on engineering out there so dont think that your options are limmited to that. I would offer you mine, but I might want to reffer to it every now and then when I am an actual engineer and not just a student.