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RJTC11SS · 03-28-2013, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by PsychoRS

IMHO the new rear end looks like a Honda Prelude with a widebody kit!

I'll be keeping my '11 SS, but not because I don't care for the rear end.

^^My God, it really does look like a Prelude... when I first saw it, I said "it reminds me of something"... but for the life of me, couldn't think of what.. when you said Prelude, it hit me like a freight train.

HumanWiki · 03-28-2013, 03:45 PM

It's supposed to be a throwback to the later Camaros and other cars of the day.. It's still a GM looking lamp configuration... It just (for me) doesn't flow with this particular configuration...

Bumble.Bee · 03-28-2013, 04:01 PM

Wow, just realized the license plate area...

kdepew · 03-28-2013, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JusticePete

I spent a full day with the 2014 update and also spoke at great length with Tom Peters. We all are comfortable with the original 5th Gen fascias which colors our view of the restyle. Combine that with the loss of contour in the photos and the result is a very reasonable I don't like it. When you spend some time in person with the new look I am betting most current owners will come to see the car as many of us that were at the unveil.

Tom is amazing. He loves the 5th Gen as much as the most avid 5th Gen owner. The restyle brings to the showroom a number of styling cues they would have liked to include on the original. After speaking with Tom I am incredibly confident that the 6th Gen will take the Camaro to a new level of excellence. I wish everyone could have attended the debut and met with the Camaro TEAM. It was a great experience and I am grateful to have been included.

I am glad Tom is a nice guy, but I disagree with your view completely. The front fascia is significantly different, and alot of people (not nearly all, but alot), like it. People dont seem to have to get used to the front (in general). Very few people seem to like the new rear fascia. Alot hate it. Some think it is OK but not as good as the previous. Some say it will grow on them (which I really think means they dont like it but will learn to live with it because they like Camaros), and a relatively small percentage like it better.

I think they just messed up. People like the older rear better. To most people it is just a better style. Why does Tom think people want their car blacked out halfway up with a diffuser? It doesn't look good on the C7 Corvette and it doesnt look good on the refresh 5th Gen Camaro either.

oldschool69 · 03-28-2013, 04:35 PM

I like my 2012 front and rear better than the 2014.

Bbrock25 · 03-28-2013, 04:38 PM

First sight I hated the new taillights. I still don't care for them, but they are growing on me...they shouldn't have changed them that much. And the definitely shouldn't have had them wrap around on the quarter panels as they do...

shanmoon · 03-28-2013, 04:42 PM

Hate the tailights...really, seriously hate em.... hate the diffuser too. Not fond of the extractor in the hood although I don't *hate* it.... really not liking the absence of mailslot... I like my knight rider style scanner.

I do really like the new bumper ports for the driving lights... I got T3 ports for my 2013 cause I liked the square look better than round. Overall though, thumbs down on everything except the DRL ports. I am glad I traded this year on a 2013 instead of waiting for the 2014.

hd48 · 03-28-2013, 04:45 PM

I dont like them at all, they do look like the old Honda Prelude

whamslam3 · 03-28-2013, 06:29 PM

haha 162 no gm listen up

CamaroTom · 03-28-2013, 08:21 PM

GM had this rear end refresh designed way back before the 2010 models came out. Look how the 2013 bumper fills in where the lights wrap around on the 2014. They planned to upgrade to the 1969 style lights from the beginning!

camaro_RS · 03-28-2013, 08:27 PM

I don't hate the new rear end....actually I might like it some....but not more than the old rear end....especially when modified.

2SScamaro2010 · 03-28-2013, 08:28 PM

I like the tail lights just not the diffuser

Jyork · 03-28-2013, 08:32 PM

Glad I got my 45th. Don't care for the rear at all. First thing I thought before I saw this thread.

Ohten · 03-28-2013, 08:35 PM

I do not like them at all I will not like them in the fall I do not like them Sam I am I do not like the new Camaro lights or green eggs and ham.

View Poll Results: Does anyone like the new rear better than the old?
YES, the New rear is better	34	13.44%
NO, the Old rear is better	219	86.56%
Voters: 253. You may not vote on this poll

03-28-2013, 04:38 PM	#48
Bbrock25 Drives: 2010 1SS/RS Inferno Orange Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: East Ky Posts: 704	First sight I hated the new taillights. I still don't care for them, but they are growing on me...they shouldn't have changed them that much. And the definitely shouldn't have had them wrap around on the quarter panels as they do... __________________

03-28-2013, 04:42 PM	#49
shanmoon Drives: 2013 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 174 View My Garage	Hate the tailights...really, seriously hate em.... hate the diffuser too. Not fond of the extractor in the hood although I don't hate it.... really not liking the absence of mailslot... I like my knight rider style scanner. I do really like the new bumper ports for the driving lights... I got T3 ports for my 2013 cause I liked the square look better than round. Overall though, thumbs down on everything except the DRL ports. I am glad I traded this year on a 2013 instead of waiting for the 2014. __________________ My V6 build thread: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213540 - gone but not forgotten, my 1st Camaro My V8 build thread: doesn't exist yet! Too busy modding!

03-28-2013, 04:45 PM	#50
hd48 Drives: SS2 Rally Yellow Lt Grey Leath Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cape Coral,FL Posts: 184	New Lights I dont like them at all, they do look like the old Honda Prelude

03-28-2013, 06:29 PM	#51
whamslam3 Camaro King [^^^] Drives: Apollo 11 Camaro IOM Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: CA Posts: 1,754	haha 162 no gm listen up __________________

03-28-2013, 03:45 PM	#44
HumanWiki Drives: Car Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Place Posts: 3,361	It's supposed to be a throwback to the later Camaros and other cars of the day.. It's still a GM looking lamp configuration... It just (for me) doesn't flow with this particular configuration...

03-28-2013, 04:01 PM	#45
Bumble.Bee Account Suspended Drives: Prius Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Posts: 413	Wow, just realized the license plate area...

03-28-2013, 04:35 PM	#47
oldschool69 oldschool69 Drives: 2012 2SS/RS Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Indiana Posts: 150	I like my 2012 front and rear better than the 2014.

03-28-2013, 08:21 PM	#52
CamaroTom Drives: 1/70 2013 BRM 2SS RS 1LE NPP NAV Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Parrish, Florida Posts: 1,082	GM had this rear end refresh designed way back before the 2010 models came out. Look how the 2013 bumper fills in where the lights wrap around on the 2014. They planned to upgrade to the 1969 style lights from the beginning!

03-28-2013, 08:27 PM	#53
camaro_RS Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: A lot of show, not much go. Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Emerald Coast Posts: 3,388	I don't hate the new rear end....actually I might like it some....but not more than the old rear end....especially when modified. __________________ -White Mary Jane....build thread [COTW 6/11/12] :

03-28-2013, 08:28 PM	#54
2SScamaro2010 Drives: 2010 2SS M6 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 266	I like the tail lights just not the diffuser __________________ Mods: SW Retro Chambered cat back, CAI cai black, APEX scoop and ww tank, RX catch can, APEX Skip-shift Eliminator, Hurst short throw, Speeddawg knob, Kooks 1 7/8 headers high flow cats, BMR trailing arms and toe rods, Livernois dyno tune, ZL1 grill and side skirts.WHP: 415 WTQ: 407

03-28-2013, 08:32 PM	#55
Jyork Drives: 45th Anniversary SS Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Calabash, NC Posts: 51 View My Garage	Glad I got my 45th. Don't care for the rear at all. First thing I thought before I saw this thread.

03-28-2013, 08:35 PM	#56
Ohten Drives: Granite Crystal Challenger SRT Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: West Palm Beach,FL by way of Akron,OH Posts: 1,406 View My Garage	I do not like them at all I will not like them in the fall I do not like them Sam I am I do not like the new Camaro lights or green eggs and ham. __________________