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Originally Posted by zero
So with all due respect fbodfather
As a camaro owner the ZL1 camaro SHOULD be the answer to any factory ford mustang and the corvette should not even be in the picture.
Saying the camaro MAY be part of the answer to the mustang is almost like saying if the mustang beats our best camaro to date we still have a car (super car not muscle car) in another class that will destroy it.
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I have to respectfully agree with this post. I don't know that it makes much business sense, but for a person like me, it wouldn't matter. I don't want to see any Mustang out-perform CAMARO, and it pains me to think CAMARO could play second fiddle because it's not the brand's halo, but at the same time, who'd pay $80K for a CAMARO? I couldn't ask GM to lose profit on the car, so while I don't like it, it doesn't mean that's not the way it's going to be.
Perhaps, partial answer, would be ZR1 for acceleration aspects and ZL1 for handling (it's quite obvious ZR1 absolutely dominates that role). For example - GM spread money all over ZL1. They probably could've had a 620 horse variation on the LS9, but how much money would be left for the rest of the powertrain and chassis? Probably none. We know SS would get stomped with no chassis improvements - only added power. So perhaps GM was thinking it would make ZL1 the all-around better car, but sacrifice a little speed and leave it to the halo to dominate in all regimes.
I couldn't articulate that as well as I liked - sorry...
