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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Personally, I'd rather they wait as long as possible to show the car. Its not as if showing it now is going to get it into showrooms any sooner. I find it infuriating when GM (or anyone else, but GM is particularly bad for doing this) shows a new car then 9 months later ordering begins. I don't see any reason why it needs to be any more than couple months between auto-show unveil & start of production.
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That's a fair point. GM is hardly alone, though. It's pretty much standard practice for the Detroit 3, as well as some of the European brands, to show off cars well in advance of release.
Toyota often takes your approach... "Here's the new Camry... Ordering starts now... Deliveries in a month or two."
In any case, I don't think that we're talking about 9 months between the debut of the Camaro and ordering. Let's say that it surfaces in January. Production in August... Ordering starts in May. It's like 4-5 months.