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Originally Posted by fbodfather
Greg -- thank you for your kind words -- and for your thoughtfulness.
I - and the team - DO get your point.
What I think we're trying to do is to bring the Z/28 back to it's original purpose - and that is to find mustangs on a road course and eat them. No - I'm not saying that this car is set for SCCA rules - what I AM saying is that this car is an amazing driving machine - and on a road course it will blow cars costing many times more to kingdom-come.
NOW - that said -- and I've mentioned this before:
no matter WHAT we do with the Z28 or Z/28 moniker - we alienate some people. For too many years we've alienated the original Z/28 enthusiasts by using the nameplate on a much more mainstream Camaro. To some that's a good thing.......and for a lot of years, they were happy. The reality is that it's time to honor the nameplate by taking it back to its roots.
Yes-- it's expensive - but I invite you to drive a new 1LE or an SS or a ZL1 - and you'll see that we've built a Camaro for 'every purse and purpose" (to use a quote from one of our founders - Alfred Sloan.......
I DO hear what you're saying - but when the final numbers from Nurburgring are published - and the final production numbers are announced - I think - or hope - that you'll see where we're coming from - and that the decisions we make are never easy ones --
We sweat EVERY DECISION because we know we'll get blistered no matter what.
Hope to see you again this year!
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I will be there! I finally finished my 69, painted it ABM to match my 2010 including 2010 replica stripes which leaves the back of the rear spoiler for customizing. I'll be using this space for a graphic which will tie the two cars together and will be asking you to sign it for me.
Thanks for your gracious answer. I do get your point about returning to its roots as a non-mainstream car. The hard part is explaining to those of us who owned the later 2nd, 3rd and 4th gen Z28s that they are too exclusive of a car for anyone to drive anymore. This new Z/28 went even beyond it's roots. People did drive 1st and early 2nd gen Z/28's on the road including me. I had an early 2nd gen Z/28 for 14 years. It was my daily driver in college no less. One could argue that so few 67 Z/28s were built that a good % really were raced on the transam circuit but by 69 most were on the street.
I later drove an 01 Z/SS until you guys delivered my 10 2SS. Even then I immediately stated that I would get a Z/28 as soon as GM produced (yes the Z/28 mystic still runs deep in this one). Even though I respect it, I will pass on this car and buy a Z/28 when GM hopefully offers it as a street car that is raceable. I do have good choices to enjoy driving in the mean time
