I was getting my '04 Monte Carlo serviced yesterday, and walking around the GM dealership... I thought I was going to cry. They had NOTHING there I wanted to buy. Stupid Cobalts, and Aveos. WTF! Stupid $50K SSR! A $60K Corvette was the only car there I would purchase if I had the money. Makes me sick. I talked to the sales manager there, and we talked for a while. He says the Camaro is coming back, but I still don't believe it. All this talk, and really it isn't anything but talk. I told him my next new car would not be a GM car, and I own 4 GM cars. My next car belongs to my wife, and she wants a Chrysler 300. And if the Camaro isn't out when I am ready to get a new car, I will look at Ford or Dodge. I am not buying another FWD car to have fun in.
Few more weeks? The dealer said the concept car will be out next year, and the show rooms won't see one till sometime 2007 or 2008. But it is still all talk. You know what they say Money talks, and BS walks.
The lease on my Magnum RT will be up in December 07- perfect timing to trade it in on a new Challenger. As cool as the Magnum is, the Challenger tops it by far.
Yeah I think the cars are getting heavier but ya know there's a few minor things you can do to lighten up a car. 3600lbs. is probably the weight limit for me as well. Wow, if the Challenger came out at 4100 lbs I may have to rethink that. It does look killer though. I think they can find ways to lighten it up. You just really have to wait to make decisions until you see an actual production car. I'm hoping to be in the market for a new car here in another year and the I'm looking hard at all three of them. So I'll be patient and see. It'll be tough since I'm an already dyed in the wool Mustang guy but I'm not opposed to buying a Challenger or a Camaro.
It's neat, but you can count on it being either very limited production like the prowler, or they'll sell a bunch of them the first 2 years and kill it after the 3rd.
There's no possible way to "update" (redesign) that car after it goes stale, and the only way to keep it as something people will want to buy is if it has some sort of appeal like limited production.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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