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velocity149 07-11-2014 08:29 AM

What if there is a gap between 5 and 6?
 
I mean, has it been confirmed that the 6th gen will start in 2016? There was a huge gap between 4 and 5, what about now?

nyrfan 07-11-2014 08:30 AM

There was a stop in production between 4 and 5, there is no stop here and will be no gap.

So I am not sure what you are talking about?

Camaro_Corvette 07-11-2014 08:33 AM

Actually the 6th gen should start in 2015.

ssrs2lt 07-11-2014 03:10 PM

I don't think there will be any production gaps..they've had atleast5 yrs to figure it out..

KMPrenger 07-11-2014 08:59 PM

GM is already working on the 8th gen Corvette, so you can bet they've been working on this for a long while.

I don't think there will be any gaps...and with the production plants moving from Oshawa to Lansing there will be no downtime for re-tooling.

notmidlife 07-11-2014 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by velocity149 (Post 7809204)
I mean, has it been confirmed that the 6th gen will start in 2016? There was a huge gap between 4 and 5, what about now?

The gap was caused by GM stopping Camaro production due to lack of demand. Sales are strong and the 6th gen is coming !

songsj 07-12-2014 12:22 AM

Is 85,000 units [est] a year considered strong? Seriously I don't know what is considered a profitable model for an auto manufacturer.

FenwickHockey65 07-12-2014 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by songsj (Post 7811497)
Is 85,000 units [est] a year considered strong? Seriously I don't know what is considered a profitable model for an auto manufacturer.

Depends on the vehicle line, 85k units/year for a full size truck is awful but for a sports coupe like Camaro is pretty good. Plus Camaro basically prints money for GM at this point.

BRMike 07-12-2014 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by notmidlife (Post 7811275)
The gap was caused by GM stopping Camaro production due to lack of demand. Sales are strong and the 6th gen is coming !

Just to clarify some facts concerning the end of F-car production as of 2002:

From the book "Camaro Forty Years" (page 326)

Quote:

In fact, the decision to kill the car had been finalized in 1996, so very little development money had been allotted to the F-body program. Chevrolet wisely invested what little money was available on improving performance; if these were to be the last of the Camaro's, they'd damned sure were going to be the fastest. Because the decision had been made to end F-body production, GM ceased replacing workers at the Ste. Theresa production facility. By 2002 the plant had lost so many workers through attrition that it couldn't fill all it's orders for 2002-model F-cars.

RealG 07-13-2014 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by velocity149 (Post 7809204)
I mean, has it been confirmed that the 6th gen will start in 2016? There was a huge gap between 4 and 5, what about now?

What if they build them at the same time ? And no gap at all. With the 6th gen in a new location and new platform it's basically a new model. So GM can start production of 6th when ready, while there cranking out 5th gens non stop.they can build at same time without issue work out 6th gen bugs while the canada factory rocks on . I see no reason the corporate bean counters would stop all production , it makes no business sense.

meissen 07-13-2014 04:41 PM

The basis for the question is based on the time when the Camaro model was literally killed off. There will be no "gaps" because they're not stopping production.

songsj 07-13-2014 09:14 PM

I'm curious how much better is the Gen 5 selling vs the Gen 4? Remember you have to combine the Camaro and Firebird for Gen 4.

PYROLYSIS 07-13-2014 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by songsj (Post 7815360)
I'm curious how much better is the Gen 5 selling vs the Gen 4? Remember you have to combine the Camaro and Firebird for Gen 4.

It's not even a comparison. In 2001, the last time I bought a new Camaro only around 20,000 were sold.

songsj 07-13-2014 10:18 PM

The only production numbers I could find for 2002 were 42,098 for Camaro and 30,690 for Firebird, That's a combined total of 72,780. Not too far from the mid 80K's the Gen 5 is selling. Just an observation.


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