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Originally Posted by shaffe
I'll have to take Martin at his word because he knows lol. What I more or so meant by that comment is I don't know if they expected it to be as good as it turned out. I mean I sure as hell didn't expect Alpha to be able to put a 40K SS1LE on almost the same level as the 75K Z/28 from a year ago. I am sure they had a better understanding than me, just that maybe they still got caught a little off guard with just how good it was.
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It is wise to take Martin at his word, he brings a career's worth of experience in the field, and speaks from the inside view. Thanks Martin
BUT, I am sure that Ford knew EXACTLY down to the nth degree how good the Camaro was going to be, becuase the Cadillac ATS-V was pretty much the same thing. Just a different powerplant but similar power and torque.
The only things that surprised me was there was no eDiff and no PDR, which I was dissapointed in. But, those things were saved for the 1LE in 2017, which makes sense from a business perspective, and I was thinking from a purely performance perspective. The only other subtle differences were 20" instead of 19" wheels, and the diff had a differnent (longer) final drive ratio.
At this point, I think everyone knew how good the 2016 Camao was going to be except you. The car was staring you in the face. You could have even driven one (if you found one at a dealer and they let you test drive it) for pete's sake. How could you not know how good the chassis and powertrain were going to be? The ATS-V is why I started to save my money for the 2016 Camaro in my garage...