"CAMAROS" Row after Row @ Oshawa Plant Lot...IT Must Be In Production!??

[One Mean Chevy]

Originally Posted by fbodfather

No -- these will not go to dealers -- at least initially -- they will be used as CTF cars for select drivers and engineers around the U.S. and Canada......

Some will be used for displays - -some will be used for training sessions (product training--)

Most will be returned to Detroit -- gone over with a fine tooth comb -- retrofitted with the latest and greatest 'stuff' -- and then sent to the GM Auction where dealers may bid on them as "used Divisional company vehicles"....so many of them will reach happy owners.

Others may be used for testing at Milford when they return to Detroit -- and some may be used for 'other' purposes....

Oh Well, No, early start on show cars for dealers.:(

By 'Other' purposes do you mean crash testing?

[fbodfather]

Originally Posted by BeermanSS

do other car companies actually build this many test cars? Seems like we've seen so many pre pro cars for many different purposes. Now, I do think that quality control and ensuring you have the best product you can put out there is the #1 priority. But how much money has GM spent on cars that aren't going to be for sale. Dealer cars are necessary, testing is necessary, but damn thats a lot of "corporate cars". Thats a lot of our tax dollars sitting there. I just don't understand why they need as many as they have built over the past many months.

Go back and read my post -- nearly all of the cars you see in that lot will NOT be scrapped..........

It's called Quality!

[fbodfather]

Originally Posted by Wookie

When are these things supposed to be for sale?

We start 'regular production' next Monday, March 16th - and if all goes well, we should start seeing them by end of march or early April in dealerships......

[25thanniversary]

nice i can't wait for it come out in to the streets just going to wait a year until they fix all the little defects for the car

[Ry4nVan]

Originally Posted by 25thanniversary

nice i can't wait for it come out in to the streets just going to wait a year until they fix all the little defects for the car

Nice comment after the Godfather himself spoke.

[25thanniversary]

Originally Posted by Ry4nVan

Nice comment after the Godfather himself spoke.

thanks,

[fastball]

Originally Posted by fbodfather

Others may be used for testing at Milford when they return to Detroit -- and some may be used for 'other' purposes....

So, have the IVERs been destroyed yet, or do they keep those untill full scale production is in force?

[RS69]

Originally Posted by fbodfather

We start 'regular production' next Monday, March 16th - and if all goes well, we should start seeing them by end of march or early April in dealerships......

With that said, will we see V6 preorders, my daughter is very excited to get her car.

[VicRed Devil 09]

Hey all, first-timer...just want to say how STOKED I am about getting my new Camaro hopefully soon ...but I'm sure everyone else is as well. Glad to be a member of this community. And just like those in the 'Jeep Family', I will be sure to greet all of those in the 'Camaro Family' when I pass you by

[Hillbilly]

Originally Posted by 25thanniversary

nice i can't wait for it come out in to the streets just going to wait a year until they fix all the little defects for the car

Defects, There are not any defects. This car has seen more combs than john travolta's hair in Grease.

[snofyter]

Refering to CTF vehicles and the pictures of over 100 vehicles at the plant on March 5, 2009:

Originally Posted by DGthe3

200 is still a small number next to 100 000.

If they are testing them with less than two weeks to production (when the pics were taken & only one week today) what changes can they make in time for production?

[CKarsting]

It is finally real. The cars are no longer a conceptual piece of conversation and I have a chance to win a bet that they will be availalbe before the 2nd Transformers movie is release. I have got to get back to work to make sure I have my down payment ready!

theChevyGuy
http://www.2010-Chevrolet-Camaro.com
http://www.Chevy-Camaro-2009.com

[Boogie832]

Originally Posted by fbodfather

We start 'regular production' next Monday, March 16th - and if all goes well, we should start seeing them by end of march or early April in dealerships......

How is it actually determined as to who get the first SS's? I mean, Is it the first one's that ordered them, or what options we chose?

I ordered my 12-08-08. 5th on the list at my dealer in Central FL. IOM auto with almost every option availible. So what'ca think, 1st of April?

[NVMY68SS]

Originally Posted by Boogie832

How is it actually determined as to who get the first SS's? I mean, Is it the first one's that ordered them, or what options we chose?

I ordered my 12-08-08. 5th on the list at my dealer in Central FL. IOM auto with almost every option availible. So what'ca think, 1st of April?

Well, I put my deposit down Aug 11, 2006 at my dealer. When the regional sales manager pulled mine with 4 others in the area, he told my dealer he knew they had an 'old' deposit, but he didn't know it was that old. So, anyway, my order was pulled in early Feb and has been sitting for what seems like forever at it's current position. Will it be built first day, first week? Don't know right now. I don't believe those of us at 3400 have TPWs yet. I'm hoping my build will be early, but only time will tell.

So, the short answer to your question is that it's up to the dealers on how they push them through according to any constraints once they get an allocation.

Hope that helps.