2007 Camaro confirmed Options

[Teutonic Speedra...]

They had a few cars sharing the "Zeta" platform....it scared me a bit. I don't want the Camaro to be an overweight pig like the GTO.--I do like the GTO though, for what it is. I want to test drive one of the new 400hp ones when I get a chance. Maybe take a C6 out at the same time.

All I know is, I hope the Camaro comes back as something decent.

[LT4Firehawk]

The current GTO is not on the Zeta platform. That (lower weight) is one of the reasons it will be moving to the Zeta platform, although I still wouldn't expect it to drop much below 3400-3500lbs.

[lateapex]

You want to hear some very eye-opening comparisons with our cars?

As long as a Lincoln Mark VIII;
Wider than a Suburban;
200 lbs lighter than a Jeep Grand Cherokee.

(Measurements based on my parent's cars.)

A Lincoln Mk VIII is 207.3” long. A 4th gen Camaro is 14” shorter.
A Chevy Suburban is 79” wide. A 4th gen Camaro is just over 74” wide.
The current Jeep Grand Cherokee with the 5.7 liter engine weighs 4860 lbs. My 1994 Z28 weighs 3438 with a full tank; over 1400 lbs less.

And even though the GTO is much heavier than I would like, it is still about 300 lbs lighter, over 17” shorter, over 5” narrower than a ’73 GTO, the last year the GTO was built on the A-body platform. The current GTO wheelbase is also shorter than any of the A-body wheelbases. It sure would be nice if the new platform would allow them to get the GTO and Camaro under 3500 lbs. Or maybe just a lightweight 1LE type Camaro.

The 4th gen Z28's wheelbase is 7" shorter than the 1st gen's, and the 2002 Z coupe weighs about 200 lbs less than a 1970 Z28.