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So let me see if I've got this straight -
They want to make a Camaro with the Cobalt's I4, but make it heavier, less efficient, and more expensive than the Cobalt.
They want to take an excellent V6, but then detune it so it doesn't make any more power than the I4, but still presumably charge more for it.
And I think it is safe to assume that they are offering the above two engines because they really don't want anyone but the privileged few to buy a V8, so it will cost major bucks.
And on top of all that, they want to give each model "premium" pricing. Premium, you know, the same exact word that is used to describe BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and other overpriced crap.
They're doing all of this because in the future their fleet will have to have higher average fuel economy, and not everyone can afford higher gas prices. Of course they could never help that average with Aveos, Volts, and Cobalts, so they'll take the guts out of the Camaro. Unfortunately, in doing so they forget that there are people like me who won't be driving many miles, so gas isn't a problem, but who also don't make enough money to buy a "premium" car. But as far as GM is concerned people like me just don't matter, so they throw us under the bus. Its a good thing for them the Camaro has no competition... What's that? Hyundai offers a small, RWD coupe with a 300+ hp V6? Ford's future V6s will have over 300 hp too? And Ford will have affordable V8s? Oh never mind GM, I just found somewhere else to go.
Absolutely amazing. Just when you thought all despair was lost and GM's losing ways were over, they manage to pull defeat from the jaws of victory. GM FTL!!!!!!!
I'm hoping I'm way wrong with the above. I'm hoping Bob was just in a pissy mood, or was exaggerating just so we're even more impressed when it comes out. Maybe it was just some poorly chosen wording. Look, Ed Peper supposedly slipped up with the V8 engine size, and Ed Welburn slipped up and revealed there will be an SS Camaro. So it is entirely possible that he just said the wrong thing. In the end, chances are we're taking this in a way its not meant to be taken. I'm still keeping my optimism up. BUT, if what Bob said does match reality at face value, then what I ranted about above will be true, and I'll be gone. I'm a car enthusiast. It just so happens that the Camaro, as we know it now, was the car to be most enthusiastic about. But if that changes, there are plenty of other fish in the sea, and I won't take another look at GM.
Edit: I really hope everyone reads through the "shock factor" first part of my post and gets to the second part. Understand I'm not just trying to be optimistic; I honestly do think this could be all misconstrued and blown out of proportion. As usual, I'm waiting until everything is officially revealed in whole before making my decision. But I also want to put GM on notice that if they price this too high, especially the V8, I'll buy used or go to another manufacturer. Either way, it is money not in GM's pocket.
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