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nkeen · 03-25-2012, 07:42 AM

Continue to base it on the first generation car. Make it smaller. Visibility, visibility, visibility! Deepen the side glass. Give the interior an airy feel. If Chevy could do a true pillarless coupe while meeting safety regs that would be great. The 5th gen feels like it was made to fit a giant with its head lopped off -- over-sized by about 1.3:1). Put the handbrake on the drivers side, where it belongs. Make gauges and controls more business-like while retaining Camaro design cues. Keep manual a/c. Offer 4WD.

A V8 option must continue to be available at a reasonable cost -- don't make the car into the modern equivalent of a Mustang II. As a driver, make it strong, direct, agile, telepathic. Make HIDs available with fogs. Fogs should work with high beams on -- good for heavy rain. Make more efficient use of space. The current car's trunk opening is ridiculous -- poor design -- no excuse for that.

For some outside inspiration re coupe design look at E9 BMW 3.0 CSi.

03-25-2012, 07:42 AM	#167
nkeen Drives: 2006 BMW 325i 4dr ZSP 6spd manual Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 6	Continue to base it on the first generation car. Make it smaller. Visibility, visibility, visibility! Deepen the side glass. Give the interior an airy feel. If Chevy could do a true pillarless coupe while meeting safety regs that would be great. The 5th gen feels like it was made to fit a giant with its head lopped off -- over-sized by about 1.3:1). Put the handbrake on the drivers side, where it belongs. Make gauges and controls more business-like while retaining Camaro design cues. Keep manual a/c. Offer 4WD. A V8 option must continue to be available at a reasonable cost -- don't make the car into the modern equivalent of a Mustang II. As a driver, make it strong, direct, agile, telepathic. Make HIDs available with fogs. Fogs should work with high beams on -- good for heavy rain. Make more efficient use of space. The current car's trunk opening is ridiculous -- poor design -- no excuse for that. For some outside inspiration re coupe design look at E9 BMW 3.0 CSi. Last edited by nkeen; 03-25-2012 at 07:56 AM.