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Originally Posted by DGthe3
If there is one thing that GM is good at, its using the parts bin to make great cars.
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I'm not saying that isn't possible. but to be testing two separate cars meant for two separate types of people at the same time can be bringing the quality down somewhere. the parts bin has the parts no doubt. just throw the parts on the car and get the testing done, at different times. we want the best car possible. not a BA ZL1 and a half done z28.
you can throw an LS7 in the camaro but to focus on the best weight distro, brakes, suspension setup, exhaust note, possible small features that go along way. . .etc takes focus and time. if developing both cars that the same time one car will receive more focus then the other. There is no point for the team to have taken a z28 test mule to the ring if they don't have a good setup to begin with to fine tune.
For the team to focus on two cars at once that require a lot of fine tuning is asking them to work 12+hr days to satisfy a small few.
on top of this it won't be like them to debut the ZL1 and then introduce a z28 the same year. That would likely eat into the sales of the ZL1. There are many that want a Z28 but can't wait. Those people will/have either bought an SS already and can wait for the Z28 to be done right, or they have put down a down payment on a ZL1. IF GM were to release the Z28 6 months after the ZL1 started shipping the people that haven't received their ZL1 will either back out or wait. GM would then be losing money until the Z28 debut. I would honestly expect the first snippet of real info about halfway through next year. and it will be some GM exec talking or a picture of a camaro testing on the ring with a different hood/body kit.