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Originally Posted by DRKS1D3
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...-new-cars.html I've had my 2011 now for 1.5 years, I have never even had a CD in the car. You sound like my Dad. He wanted a new cell phone this past year because his was taking a dump. I took him to the store and he wanted one that was NOT a smart phone. He said he wouldn't know how to use it. He wanted an old school flip phone that was new, had a camera and video capabilty. The sales people all looked at him like he was nuts. The only flip phones they had were bargain basement with no camera! He had to go to 100 different stores before he finally found what he wanted. Technology and older people (My Dad is 55) don't mix well a lot of the time. I'm sure I'll be the same way when I get older. "Where in the Hell are all the phones with the rotary dial? Where are the new cars with the turntable on top of the dash?". 
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Umm..I'm only 31. It doesn't take someone old school to see how bad this sucks.
Once again, GM is not listening to its customer base. In fact, in a way, you just proved my point.
Who buys more cars? You..or your Dad? You have to remember, there are a LOT of consumers aged 40+ buying Camaros who don't want to deal with having to learn how to use MP3s. For the average Joe, all they see is "This car has a CD player, this car doesn't." They aren't an auto enthusiast, they aren't on Cars.com reading articles, and they don't even know Camaro5 exists.
The car enthusiast is heavily outnumbered by the average Joes of the world. If that weren't the case, we would still have the WS.6 Trans Ams and GTOs, as well as a lot of other cars that probably went to the shredder before they even had a chance to get into production.
Think about it....GM killed Pontiac because they were focusing more on SUVs and trucks...does that sound like they are targeting the performance enthusiast market? No. It's like that with all makes and models. In the end, the manufacturer has to make money just like any other business.
At any rate, nobody will ever be able to convince me that now is the time for a move like this. At it's price point, the Camaro should definitely have a CD player..at the very, very least as an option. But now, as I said, when consumers are comparing their lists of what they want to see in an automobile, that is going to be a big blank check box.
How many people, do you think, want to buy a car to have their friends say, "Dang...my 2000 Hyundai has a CD player! I can't believe your car doesn't"? Not many.
Combine this with the other less-than-stellar changes on the 2013 model and I think we will see Camaro sales start to cool.