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Originally Posted by Mr Twisty
You write like you've been in a few of those types of meetings 
In the past this would have been a "See what we can do?" concept... it took big cajoneys to do it... and put it up for sale.
This one will go in the GM history books along with the original Z/28, the old and new COPO's, the porcupine motor, etc.
Anyone that's hung out here since the beginning have seen plenty of "My ideal Z/28" posts are in-line with this car, and they even went over the top with the brakes and lighter glass(your idea if IIRC), and the A/C delete.
It's simply amazing this car will make it out the front door....... Kudo's to Mr. Reuss for taking the bull by the horns, and the Camaro team for making it a reality! (insert 1,000  here)  |
Just guessing what might have happened to get this car to production. This car did not exist when I left.
I worked there a long time and I know there were a lot of hurdles to get this car out with a positive business case. GM is not in the business to lose money simply to get one of the most iconic name plates on a car. I would guess they had to make Mr. Ackerson just as happy as all the Camaro fans. It took a lot of engineering, testing and validation. Then we can go to the purchasing side and see how they were able to get pricing on these low volume parts. Then to the manufacturing team on how to build another model, lower volume and still meet all the quality standards.
It was as big an effort as you can imagine.