August 2009 Camaro production and sales numbers. 3rd straight month over Mustang!!

[Keith Kinkaid]

I'm loving everyones feedback, we all should be on a debate team ;-)

[bluch]

Originally Posted by Keith Kinkaid

Not to sound selfish but I hope GM pulls the plug on this car pretty soon. For everyone and their mother to have a 2010 camaro is just not good for so many reasons. The most imporant in my opinion being VALUE, I was under the impression this car was going to be a limited edition with only so many produced. That is one of the reasons I chose to buy it, the more that are produced the less the value will be in the future (I plan on keeping it). Where I live I am one of few 2010 camaro owners, I see another one every now and then and honestly I like it this way and hope it stays this way. I don't know about everyone else but it feels nice to own and be apart of something that people don't see everyday. I can't go anywhere without people stopping to talk to me about it or take pictures or staring at me so hard while driving they almost run off the road.If these things are happening to me I know they are happening to everyone else out there who owns one. The minute you start seeing this car everywhere means it is sloowwwly loosing it's luster.:( This is just my opinion and I do not expect everyone to agree with it !

["prima"Donna]

Originally Posted by shnomac77

Im thinking long term about GM, Camaro and the thousands of jobs that go along with them.... Yes I want a Camaro on every corner.

+1

I want everyone to be as happy driving a Camaro as I am...I am as happy for everyone else that gets their car as I am with mine...

[AZCamaroFan]

I wonder how many hyundai genesis coupe's are being sold

[AngryAmish]

Originally Posted by Keith Kinkaid

So you would be ok with seeing it every 5 cars that passes you ? I'm not saying pull the plug tomorrow, but do you honestly want this car to end up like the Dodge Charger ???

Actually yes, I'd be VERY HAPPY to see one Camaro for every 5 cars. First of all since I'm always driving mine I never get to see it.

Second, good sales means a 2011 model and maybe, JUST MAYBE, a Z28 model down the line at some point.


But anyway just FYI this is a car, not a stock option, if you don't mind me saying. I don't know where you got the idea this car was going to be a limited edtion either. I didn't get that impression after Lutz said "we need to sell 100k of these to justify making the car" and the fact that there was roughly 18k pre-orders. To put that number into perspective, I'm almost positive that number is bigger than the total amount of Challengers sold. Thats right, more people bought the Camaro without even sitting in it then people that bought the dodge.

So yeah, you can call this car whatever you like. Ford fans here even have my permission to call it a polished turd if they feel like it. But rare it is not.

[fastball]

I would just like to point out to everyone that the Camaro was always a car that the masses could afford, thus you will see them everywhere eventually. The Camaro is not, nor was it ever, the car for you if you want to be the only one in town with one.

Right now everyone who owns one feels unique, but lest we forget with 32,000 sold nationwide, that's a drop in the bucket compared to what GM has (indirectly) said their sales goals are for the car: 100,000 annually.

You give this car two or three years, and many many many people will own one.

You will be able to find two or three on the lot without having to place an order.

And you will be able to buy it for less than MSRP.

[RadRiv455]

Watching TV last night and saw a commercial for Ford and it ended with a Mustang GT $3500 rebate tease.

So, Ford doesn't like being outsold...The commercial aired primetime in the Upper Midwest (Minnesota)

[fbodfather]

Originally Posted by Bowtie Guy Z28

Compared to 2002 sales....

This is what I found with a quick search for 2002 model year courtesy of http://www.camaro-registry.com/production.htm



Looks like we have that beat!

True -- but!......

..........we had derated the plant to 35 jph (jobs per hour) (meaning cars per hour) -- and could not raise it as it would have necessitated hiring more people........ We actually built out the 2001 model early so that we could start the 2002 models up - as we felt people would rather have a 2002 than a 2001 -- and we could not build Camaros or Firebirds after 11:59pm local time on August 31, 2002......(they would no longer meet a new federal standard that became law on September 1, 2002)

But how happy we are that the Camaro has been so well received!

(...I think I just heard 'Thor' rev his engine in agreement......)




...OK I made that last part up....

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by Libertyforall1776

What's the source -- it is good practice to provide a URL to the source.

Or you could just go to media.gm.com and look yourself...

[HeavyD]

Want something rare and not "every 5 cars" you should have boughten an SSR.

[Revo1]

[Revo1]

Originally Posted by HeavyD

Want something rare and not "every 5 cars" you should have boughten an SSR.

Ugh-lee

And... "boughten"?

[MontyCarlo]

We have the rare, limited-edition Camaros with GM badges and no backup sensors. There. Feel free to brag to the uninformed.

[DDustiNN]

Originally Posted by Keith Kinkaid

Not to sound selfish but I hope GM pulls the plug on this car pretty soon. For everyone and their mother to have a 2010 camaro is just not good for so many reasons. The most imporant in my opinion being VALUE, I was under the impression this car was going to be a limited edition with only so many produced. That is one of the reasons I chose to buy it, the more that are produced the less the value will be in the future (I plan on keeping it). Where I live I am one of few 2010 camaro owners, I see another one every now and then and honestly I like it this way and hope it stays this way. I don't know about everyone else but it feels nice to own and be apart of something that people don't see everyday. I can't go anywhere without people stopping to talk to me about it or take pictures or staring at me so hard while driving they almost run off the road.If these things are happening to me I know they are happening to everyone else out there who owns one. The minute you start seeing this car everywhere means it is sloowwwly loosing it's luster.:( This is just my opinion and I do not expect everyone to agree with it !

Umm...

Where would you possibly get that idea from? That was never the intention, and was never stated as such. When this car was OK'd for production, that's what it meant... production. Not "limited run" or whatever...

And if that was your "reason" for wanting to buy this car, then clearly you did not do much research beforehand...

The things people come up with...

Also... buying a brand new car is not a good investment plan... just so you know...