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Originally Posted by rocket403

In the early 60's Ford brought Shelby in to get back at Ferrari and turn around their GT40 program after they asked Shelby to turn their mundane 6cyl Mustang into something more than it was. Shelby took it to SCCA championships over the Vette. The GT500 was never a direct competitor to the Vette but mags would always put the biggest of Ford to the biggest Chevy.

The Camaro is the direct competition too the Mustang today but Camaro is not the top that Chevy has to offer so again we have top vs top comparison even if they really are not focused to compete against the other.

Question is Chevy going to make any changes with Camaro the platform is tight so they could leave it alone and add more engine to put the Camaro back on top, but Chevy has it's top car and has always made sure that nothing else would step on the Vette's toes.

I always wondered what was said when Buick and Pontiac had the faster cars and did anyone loose their job when the Vette was dethroned by the GN or Firebird.

Ahhhh, the good ol' days... When I first started at GM as a co-op student at Buick, we had game boards tracking Buick sales vs Oldsmobile sales. Even as a 17 yr old college student I thought that was really bizarre and counter productive. Toyota must've been laughing their asses off.

The GN hurt a lot of feelings at Pontiac and Chevrolet. When I got my first Vette, a friend had a GN. His "stock" went up in the eyes of management. I got the side-eye. Which was an improvement from the times I used to show up to work in a Mustang I eventually bought a Skyhawk and left the Mustangs at home. Then all was well with the world, but I digress.

When I started at Buick, Lloyd Reuss (Mark's dad) was Chief Engineer of Buick. He had a secret project going to develop a 2-seat sports car for Buick. Very hush-hush project. When he left to become Chief Engineer at Chevrolet, the plans got shelved. Then he came back as General Manager of Buick and the plans were dusted off and the Buick Reatta was born.
Those were very interesting times.