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Originally Posted by tooslow
So let me get this straight. When you go to buy a car, you look at everything built by the company and take that into consideration regardless of which segment the car you are looking to buy falls into?
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I look at the performance offerings provided by the company.
I have liked the styling of the 5th Generation Camaro since the concept vehicle was unveiled in January 2006, and I have wanted to purchase a high performance factory built 5th Generation Camaro ever since that time. I could have purchased an SS when the 5th Generation Camaro was initially released for sale, but I wanted something more and I realized that some of the technology used in the Corvette would likely make it into a factory built high performance Camaro. Therefore, I decided to wait to see what would happen before I purchased my new Camaro. It turns out that I was correct, and I am very happy that I chose to wait.
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Originally Posted by tooslow
And I thought GM supported 3, not 2, performance cars. Where does the CTS-V fit into the equation?
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I was referring to Chevrolet, and not GM corporate.
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Originally Posted by tooslow
I guess by having the Corvette in its portfolio there could be bragging rights as to what manufacturer builds the highest performing vehicle, but how again does that benefit a consumer in the market to get a Camaro?
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Having different design and development teams and target markets can lead to different ideas and lessons learned being cross pollinated allowing new technologies to be efficiently shared which can lead to improvements realized by the consumer that may not occur if there were only one design and development team and target market.