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there are some hindrances to releasing the Camaro early:
1. the Impala and the G8 are both cars that are more important to GM's automobile lineup than the Camaro is... I know we all hate to hear that, but its the truth... not everyone can go down and get a Camaro and it fit into their family's lifestyle... and the G8 and Impala are the cars those folks go down and buy.
2. the G8 and Impala are going to be rebadged Commodores... its easy to keep the exact same underpinnings and the exact same body structure in a 4dr car and just change the four corners, front grille and back side... but the Camaro is an all new car... the Concept's styling isn't like any Holden already on the market... which leads to:
3. when designing a car, you have to meet or exceed every single safety aspect of every single market the car is to be sold in... and anticipate the changes to rules and regs that will come in future years... so the Concept's design has to be adapted to meet all of these demands... something that was not a part of the equation when building a 1 off concept car... a concept car that, btw, doesn't have an e-brake in the passenger compartment and, at least on the silver coupe, doesnt have a hood release in there, either.
I would love to see the 5th gen Camaro introduced early... but there are just too many factors holding that back... and I'd rather wait a while and have GM have a perfect hit on their hands than have them have the same problems they had with the GTO when they simply rebadged a Monaro and shipped it to the USA.
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