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Originally Posted by LOWDOWN
Hey, Chuck! Good to see you. 
Longer build for Gen-6, in a lighter package with LT power? Lower price point SHOULD result... |
Good to be seen!
Yup, you've got it, we're on the same wavelength.
Here's some thoughts I posted somewhere else. This is for the Camaro faithful, whose soul burns for a REAL Z/28, but the expected $75,000 -$100,000 out the door price may be too dear for them.
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Of course it wouldn't. That wouldn't be the SS's role. With that said, the new Mustang GT is said to perform with or outright outperform the last Boss Mustang. So Camaro will have to rightfully up it's game on the 6th gen.
My point is that a smaller, lighter, Alpha Z/28, could be developed to at least match, if not surpass the performance of the Zeta Z/28 and sold for a lot less money. Mass is an expensive companion on the current car. It takes a lot of exotica to get a 3850 pound car around a racetrack astonishingly quickly. Drop a few hundred pounds and the whole paradigm changes. Maybe then you don't need those exotic $5-$10K carbon ceramic brakes or even the gas guzzler tax. Delete AFM and re-cam the LT1 and you'll match the power/torque of the LS7 while saving thousands of dollars.
Just the above could be worth $15,000-$20,000. A 6th gen Z/28 for 5th gen ZL1 money and one with a volume which doesn't make the buyer victim to dealer allocations , is I think, much more palatable to the Camaro community. Just my thoughts, as a life long Camaro owner and enthusiast.
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Like I said earlier, I am in love with the whole focus of the Z/28, but I'd also like the ability to own one as well.