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I hate to say this, but it seems like a terrible time to be on the verge of reintroducing the Camaro. Keeping an existing production line going is one thing, but introducing a heavy, powerful pony car at this time seems like dooming it to an early death. They might be better off holding it back for now.
Sure, WE know the highway gas mileage of the 4th gens is actually better than many cars perceived as more economical, but nobody else knows that, and the city mileage is nothing to get excited about. Dunno how the new one will fare, but heavier, more powerful, more drag (at least it looks that way, but I might be wrong), and giant rims certainly stack the deck against it. Regardless, the perception will be that it's a gas hog, and that's going to make it a tough sell.
On a related note, I was in the customer service center of my local UPS hub yesterday. All three employees were sitting around bored with nothing to do. The air conditioning was working great. It's the first time I've ever been in there in the middle of a Summer day and not sweated in a long line as the AC struggled to keep up with the sliding door traffic.
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the future of GM...
Jul 15 2008, 03:06 AM
