Nearly 3,000 Camaros ordered in the first three days

[Hylton]

Originally Posted by Skyman 08

3000 in 3 days isn't really saying much when you consider there are over 500 chevy dealerships all across the country... they had 1000 orders for the Solstice in 40 minutes when the first orders were taken...
so I wouldn't brag too much on 3000 in 3 days.

Well that is probably BS for the simple reason that the system they use to book a car could not handle processing 1,000 orders in 40 minutes.

Also, the Solstice ordering occurred when the car came on-line, not 5 months before with no advertising whatsoever as is the case now.

[camarolover69]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

No. Full production doesn't begin until February 2009.

ooohh man...they should do that.because if people buy the car and dont like it...they cant give it back...but when im 18 i get 1ss camaro black with white stripes like how my 69' is going to be.

[1camaro70]

My problem is I am holding off because I want to see what Berger, or Tom Henry Racing or whoever will be doing with special editions. Otherwise I want 2SS RS in JETSTREAM BLUE, which of course IS NOT AVAILABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hylton]

Originally Posted by 1camaro70

My problem is I am holding off because I want to see what Berger, or Tom Henry Racing or whoever will be doing with special editions. Otherwise I want 2SS RS in JETSTREAM BLUE, which of course IS NOT AVAILABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Their cars will be crazy fast. Unfortunately you are going to have to dig deeeeep into the wallet for one of them.

[1camaro70]

Actually I talked to my local dealer on monday and he said "new cars become a fad that will fade in 6 months and there will be deep discounts".
Has anyone guessed what the V8 automatic with headers, dual exhausts and fresh air intake would make in horsepower? I also wonder if the supercharger similar to the ZR1 will be put on the SS by some tuner.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by ZZcamaro

Hmmm high demand!! I would build it sooner...but that was just me, and nothing ever goes my way.

GM would have built it sooner if they could

Originally Posted by ezlock83

I am wondering now that gm knows the initial demand if they will start production early?

They wont

Originally Posted by Sierra

I dont think they can start production earlier and still call it a 2010.

They could start in January and still call it a 2010, but that isn't the reason

Originally Posted by SS One

I would love to see GM start production earlier, but I don't think that it is possible. They are probably still lining-up suppliers and establishing tooling. I read somewhere that the company that was going to make the seats went out of business, causing GM to source a new primary supplier.

That is a big part of it, getting the suppliers to ramp up their production at least. As for that seat manufacturer they closed down one of their plants, there is still another plant at the same site.

Originally Posted by trm0002

Of course they can/will start production early. Listen CLOSELY to the podcast on CZ28.

http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/showthread.php?t=641795

These dates, including start of production, appear to be worst case scenario, which is what I would have expected. I would guess that by Feb 16th, not only will production have started, but that will be the day the first few hundred, if not first couple thousand, are loaded on semis and pulling out of the Oshawa plant on their way to delivery at a dealer near you... my opinion only.

You heard what you wanted to hear. My opinion only.


I don't mean to sound so negative to all of you, but GM has a schedule: Get visual design done in 2005. Show car in 2006. Engineer the car in 2006. test car in 2007. tweak design in 2007. work out manufacturing details in 2008. build LT/LS/SS in 2009. Offer Z28 in 2010 (). Or something fairly similar.

Point is, after over 3 years of working on a tight schedule, it cant be advanced in the final months. They would have been intending on building the car in feb 2009 as far back as feb 2005. The final announcement would be made only after they knew that they could meet that deadline. Perhaps the initial plan was for fall 2008, or maybe spring 2009. We won't know for sure. But they are going to be building the car when they say. It cant be moved at this point

[CamaroDude]

congrats on those who have ordered but i am seriously stressing cuz i dont think i will get one. i plan to buy around the start of my senior year in high.

[Hylton]

Originally Posted by 1camaro70

Has anyone guessed what the V8 automatic with headers, dual exhausts and fresh air intake would make in horsepower? I also wonder if the supercharger similar to the ZR1 will be put on the SS by some tuner.

I am trying to get the official numbers for that package.

[Rizzo]

Originally Posted by AH17708

For all of you who have already ordered one....how much was the deposit and did they run credit??

My dealer required $500 down and agreed to sell it for MSRP with no markup. Considering how others are marking the car up, I am happy to hear that they are being fair to the customer.

-Rizzo

[richny]

Heard that if they offered blue on the SS model they would have taken over 5,000 additional orders

[2010_5thgen]

wpw almost 3,000? thats more then i thought. not bad for a few days work.

[LeeBert]

I have to say that for a car that most people HAVEN'T SEEN in person and even FEWER people have driven, 3000 is pretty damn good for the first few days. Especially if you consider that the vast majority of the population has no idea when the car is actually going on sale.

[carls241]

Remember, 3000 cars is only 1.5 weeks of production if they expect 100k per year.

[Hylton]

Originally Posted by carls241

Remember, 3000 cars is only 1.5 weeks of production if they expect 100k per year.

I seriously doubt they would be building 2,000 cars a week in the first few months. That news clip was taken from last Thursday, Friday and Saturday stats I believe. How many cars have been ordered since? Canada only started ordering yesterday. Tomorrow should be another big ordering day.