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Originally Posted by TFord
With a 300-plus hp V-8 engine and rear-wheel-drive?
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LOL 400hp V8 xD
But I have enough excess income that I could fill up 3x as much right now, that means that if gas is still under $12 I can afford to drive my dream car.
A couple of years ago this argument may have been valid, however now GM has too much invested in this car to quit. Period. Gas could go up to $8 a gallon by the end of the year and GM will not cut the camaro just yet.
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Originally Posted by TFord
Remember that unlike Challenger (which is "spun off" the existing Charger sedan) GM has had to invest a great deal in what amounts to a brand-new platform/tooling and so on to make this happen.
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How does that make the charger less likely to get cancelled than the camaro?
If it cost them very little in development costs, and it's not selling that is MORE reason to kill it.
On the other hand the camaro... It IS a brand new platform designed from the ground up for the camaro. They have a new state-of-the-art assembly line for the camaro. So they just discontinue it right now and throw all that money out the door without giving it a shot? It is about price to risk.
With all the money invested so far, and the camaro being %98 completed, it will only be costing a small fraction of the amount spent so far to produce some cars. with the challanger it will be costing a much larger percentage of money already spent, due to the fact that much was not spent on development (compared to camaro).