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AZCamaroFan · 01-21-2014, 01:32 PM

3
1
2
5
4

but I put 5 behind 1 because 1 came first and looks very much the same, and 2 is growing on me so it might pass 1 someday

I love all Camaros

PalmerGA · 01-21-2014, 02:14 PM

My order of preference, from an appearance standpoint, would be:
1, 2, 5, 4, 3

Stock performance, it's: 5, 2, 1, 4, 3

RealG · 01-21-2014, 02:40 PM

1,5,2,3,4

This would be a great poll

Vipercar · 01-21-2014, 02:47 PM

5,1,3,2,4

cadyshac · 01-21-2014, 03:03 PM

1
5
2
3
4
Love the 5th gen but it is hard to beat the look of an early ss/rs

lbls1 · 01-21-2014, 03:06 PM

Gen 4 & 5 (tie), then gen 2, then gen 1 and finally gen 3.

2012-1822 · 01-21-2014, 03:17 PM

Used my own little metric on this. Excluded Neumatic and PalmerGA, nothing personal, couldn't figure out how to slide it in there, basically, pick one.

For everyone else, if it was incomplete, the remaining gens got an average of the points left. If there was a tie, it was average. Basically a 1st place vote was 5 points, 2nd place vote was 4 votes, down to 5th place vote is 1 point.

Here's my personal rankings, !st & 5th Gen tie for first, 3rd gen, 4th gen, 2nd gen

And the results are these:

127.5 points 1st Gen
105 points 5th Gen
73.5 points 2nd Gen
73.5 points 3rd Gen
54.5 points 4th Gen

Nesch18 · 01-21-2014, 03:22 PM

5
1
2
3
4

2012-1822 · 01-21-2014, 03:24 PM

What's funny to me is that the 3rd Gen didn't come in last. Of course these results aren't scientific. I like the 3rd gen from a styling stand point a whole lot. What it does have going for it is weight, so we can fix the performance with a crate motor.

But for those that were at Indy in the Fall of '08 when the big reveal was up there, had the mule and that preproduction car. In the big tent members of the design team were speaking. I can't remember who, not Al for sure, but a younger guy that maybe worked on the interior, he was making fun of the 3rd gen saying "that styling is not coming back." Me and my mullet took offense to that.

So from that I would have thought that the Camaro community would have regarded the 3rd gen in last place rather than the 4th gen.

Trentin24 · 01-21-2014, 03:25 PM

Gen 5
Gen 1
Gen 3
Gen 2
Gen 4

2012-1822 · 01-21-2014, 03:26 PM

Hey keep the results going, add another page, I'll be happy to update my results later, I saved the spreadsheet, so no biggie.

AZCamaroFan · 01-21-2014, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2012-1822

I can't remember who, not Al for sure, but a younger guy that maybe worked on the interior, he was making fun of the 3rd gen saying "that styling is not coming back." Me and my mullet took offense to that.

yeah they only sold 150,000 + per year the first 5 years of that design.
surprisingly for the car magazines when it went out of production Motor Trend actually praised the styling still.

ChrisBlair · 01-21-2014, 03:58 PM

1Gen. 1967 with wing windows. Wheel hop problems be damned, I'll fix that

Fiftydriver · 01-21-2014, 04:46 PM

From favorite to least:

5
1
2
4
3

Would imagine this will be a common reply.

01-21-2014, 02:14 PM	#30
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01-21-2014, 03:06 PM	#34
lbls1 Drives: 2002 Camaro SS SOM; 2015 Malibu LTZ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 4,031	Gen 4 & 5 (tie), then gen 2, then gen 1 and finally gen 3. __________________ '02 CAMARO SS SOM; 5.7L LS1/FLS6B '08 TBSS AWD Black Granite Metallic '15 Malibu LTZ 2LZ Turbo *'14 CAMARO ZL1 Blue Ray Metallic*

01-21-2014, 03:17 PM	#35
2012-1822 Drives: Black ZL1 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: City of Champions, Alabama Posts: 3,698	Used my own little metric on this. Excluded Neumatic and PalmerGA, nothing personal, couldn't figure out how to slide it in there, basically, pick one. For everyone else, if it was incomplete, the remaining gens got an average of the points left. If there was a tie, it was average. Basically a 1st place vote was 5 points, 2nd place vote was 4 votes, down to 5th place vote is 1 point. Here's my personal rankings, !st & 5th Gen tie for first, 3rd gen, 4th gen, 2nd gen And the results are these: 127.5 points 1st Gen 105 points 5th Gen 73.5 points 2nd Gen 73.5 points 3rd Gen 54.5 points 4th Gen __________________ Check out Alabama Camaros, for Camaro enthusiasts all around Alabama https://www.facebook.com/groups/1739...group_activity

01-21-2014, 03:24 PM	#37
2012-1822 Drives: Black ZL1 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: City of Champions, Alabama Posts: 3,698	What's funny to me is that the 3rd Gen didn't come in last. Of course these results aren't scientific. I like the 3rd gen from a styling stand point a whole lot. What it does have going for it is weight, so we can fix the performance with a crate motor. But for those that were at Indy in the Fall of '08 when the big reveal was up there, had the mule and that preproduction car. In the big tent members of the design team were speaking. I can't remember who, not Al for sure, but a younger guy that maybe worked on the interior, he was making fun of the 3rd gen saying "that styling is not coming back." Me and my mullet took offense to that. So from that I would have thought that the Camaro community would have regarded the 3rd gen in last place rather than the 4th gen. __________________ Check out Alabama Camaros, for Camaro enthusiasts all around Alabama https://www.facebook.com/groups/1739...group_activity

01-21-2014, 03:26 PM	#39
2012-1822 Drives: Black ZL1 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: City of Champions, Alabama Posts: 3,698	Hey keep the results going, add another page, I'll be happy to update my results later, I saved the spreadsheet, so no biggie. __________________ Check out Alabama Camaros, for Camaro enthusiasts all around Alabama https://www.facebook.com/groups/1739...group_activity

01-21-2014, 01:32 PM	#29
AZCamaroFan Camaro6 2016-2018 Drives: sometimes Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 18,453	3 1 2 5 4 but I put 5 behind 1 because 1 came first and looks very much the same, and 2 is growing on me so it might pass 1 someday I love all Camaros

01-21-2014, 02:40 PM	#31
RealG Drives: 2024 2SS Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: SoCal Posts: 602	1,5,2,3,4 This would be a great poll

01-21-2014, 02:47 PM	#32
Vipercar Drives: 2010 IOM 2LT/RS Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Oshawa, Ont Posts: 499	5,1,3,2,4

01-21-2014, 03:03 PM	#33
cadyshac It's in the hole! Drives: '11 2SS L99 SGM, '18 2SS, M6, HWSE Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,378	1 5 2 3 4 Love the 5th gen but it is hard to beat the look of an early ss/rs

01-21-2014, 03:22 PM	#36
Nesch18 Drives: 2013Camaro ZL1 Convertible Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: 08085 Posts: 138 View My Garage	5 1 2 3 4

01-21-2014, 03:25 PM	#38
Trentin24 Trentin24 Drives: 2011 2SS/RS Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Washington Posts: 1,377 View My Garage	Gen 5 Gen 1 Gen 3 Gen 2 Gen 4

01-21-2014, 03:58 PM	#41
ChrisBlair Buick 455 Fan Drives: 1970 Buick, 2012 1SS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Boston MA Posts: 5,957	1Gen. 1967 with wing windows. Wheel hop problems be damned, I'll fix that __________________

01-21-2014, 04:46 PM	#42
Fiftydriver Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SSRS RJT L99 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Fort Shaw, Montana Posts: 1,242	From favorite to least: 5 1 2 4 3 Would imagine this will be a common reply. __________________ Fiftydriver 2010 SSRS, RJTC, L99, Maggie 2300 SC, 3.4" pulley, Roto-Fab CAI, Dynatech Supermaxx LT headers, Dynatech High Flow cats, Corsa Cat back exhaust, Dual Elite Engineering catch can, MSD wires and Jannetty custom tune, JRE custom diff w/ posi mod, 3.91 LPE gears, Pfaht trailing arms, Pfaht trailing arm and Diff bushings, drop springs and sport sway bars front and back, Fesler dual guage pillar pod w/ AM Cobalt Boost and A/F guages. More to come!!