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When I was in Bowling Green for Camaro Fest, I stood and chatted with Al and John from GM (program manager and asst manager) about the 6th gen. I was also at the gen 6 reveal and listened to the presentation about the car. John asked me what I thought of what they came up with for the gen 6. I kinda hesitated and he sensed I was not excited about it. I told him that I like the car only because it looks a lot like the Gen 5 and of course I love the gen 5. But... Told him I was really hoping for something revolutionary. When the design team started on the gen 6, they mauled over going back to the gen 2 our 3 (they have seen some of these renderings that are out there) but with the huge success of the 5th Gen, they wanted to build on that success and momentum. I know I would not trade my 1LE for a sixth gen and I don't think GM is trying to appeal to current owners or get them to trade thier cars in. They are trying to expand the demographic of Camaro owners and grow the market share with new Camaro owners. It is good marketing...like it or not. I do think the gen 6 will be a relatively short lived generation...maybe 4-5 years. I think we will see a gen 7 in 2020 that will be something completely revolutionary.
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