Camaro Z28 is back on for production, according to Ed Welburn

[ShnOmac]

Originally Posted by ROE

so what is the price tag???????????????????????????? 70k like a cts-v

I would say its going to be quite a bit lower if this is true...

"With GM now out of bankruptcy, the Z28 program has been restarted. Why? Insiders say the Z28 business case now makes sense because the new UAW contracts have reduced the labor costs on the car to the point where GM feels it can price it competitively -- and far enough away from Corvette"

[ljustin293]

Originally Posted by LSXgirl

Maybe I'll cancel my order on the SS now.

I don't think I could wait for it..but I'm glad to see that it is possibly coming.

[The_Blur]

Originally Posted by UsedTaHaveA68

All I hope is they call it the ZL-1 instead of the Z/28. Z/28 should be our "Track Pack" and the ZL-1 fits more in line with the supercharged uber-performance model, a la ZR-1 Corvette.

I've been saying it for months. I think that GM is great to capitalize on a brand name so desperately wanted by so many enthusiasts, but a limited ZL1 is much truer to Camaro history when it leads the SS by so much. The Z28 is more historically the SS with better performance, not due to some massive kit or investment, but because it weighed less (impossible this generation), it had a better suspension (check: rumors indicate that a Camaro5 vendor is working with GM), and because it had different performance characteristics (sort-of-check: engine, but this one goes too far). The Camaro has always had a power source shared with a corresponding Corvette. If there is a base Corvette packing a GM V8 titled MT3, then the Camaro will have a slightly detuned MT3. The Z06 could therefore correspond similarly with the Z28. The upper tier of ZR1 and ZL1 packages could be different due to their nature in that the Camaro and Corvette peak performers have different markets, but the indisputable fact remains that any LSA-packing Camaro would outperform, at least on a dyno if not on a track, any LS7-packing Z06. By definition, this Camaro cannot be a Z28 as history would have the Z28 inferior to a superior Corvette Z06. While the SS (RPO Z27) should follow the Z28 on the track as an inferior performance package, the Camaro should always follow the Corvette as the inferior performance car.

I hope GM looks at its history and offers a super Camaro in the proper name. If GM fails to do this, it will be more difficult for GM to lower its performance as may be needed in the future or offer a higher package as demanded thereafter.

[LSXgirl]

Originally Posted by ljustin293

I don't think I could wait for it..but I'm glad to see that it is possibly coming.

It would be hard...but so worth it.

[jtwoods4]

Originally Posted by Number 3

And why not?

The new Camaro needs a lower backend and the RS needs the hide away headlights. Give me a break, that is the hole design point of the RS!

[camero]

Originally Posted by snizzle

There have been TONS of cars throughout history that have been shelved for various reasons. They were all designed but never released. Saturn EV1 anyone?

The EV1 was released.

[7CAMARO7]

very excite!!!!

Its about to get really interesting!!! I hope they take it to the ring!

[bolteon593]

Originally Posted by camero

The EV1 was released.

it was tested... and then canned.

[smokn']

this slays me. the ss is about dead even with the new cobra, so the Z/28 will...slaughter mercilessly?

[bolteon593]

requirements mean the Z28 is unlikely to go on sale until late 2011.


hmmmmm, i wonder what is corrisponding to the year 2012 camaro. :-)

[Tag Lane]

Originally Posted by bolteon593

it was tested... and then canned.

and? you're saying GM will only lease Z28's, and then take them all back and crush them.

or something.

[SSmoked]

Originally Posted by shnomac77

The near-4300-pound CTS-V thunders from 0 to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds and nails the quarter mile in 12.3 seconds (automatic) or 12.4 seconds (manual). Top speed is limited to 175 mph in the auto (to preserve the tranny), but the manual will storm to an autobahn-melting 193 mph. As the Z/28 will weigh 200 to 300 pounds less than the CTS-V, it may nail 60 mph in 3.9 seconds and run the quarter in the very low 12s. This Z28 could be the fastest Chevy ponycar since the legendary ZL-1-powered COPO 9560 Camaros built 40 years ago.

http://www.motortrend.com/auto_news/..._go/index.html

WOW talk about performance. crap if those numbers come out to be true, like physics say it will than ill be damnd. this thing will be a FORCE to be taken seriously.
tears of joy

[JusticePete]

Hmmm, was that a Z28 is saw screaming down 11 Mile?

[daphatgrant]

If I see official release info before June I might wait but I highly highly doubt it. I'm also not really looking to spend that much (assuming it's going to be around $50K) as I can get exactly what I want in an SS2 w/ aftermarket hood, spoiler, and paint job for around $38K