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Originally Posted by Alan47717
Appreciate the damning with faint praise of the non-V8 engines. I have never used the lack of TV commercials as evidence of a marketing shortfall. I maintain it is a lack of coordinated, continued development of the product TO be marketed. You just can't just put out a model range of cars, give it a mid-cycle sheet metal refresh, call it a day and then complain about declining sales. Ford and Dodge don't do this and they reap the benefits.
And one last word on the all important issue of trunk space (which is ample, by the way, it's just the narrow opening). The Malibu has been in production since 2009 with a trunk opening not terribly larger than the Camaro (I owned a 2012) and it is definitely something you have to live with. But people have been living with it on that platform for fourteen years.
I really don't have anything more to say except what I keep hearing from you and others is an autopsy of why the patient died. I essentially agree the death was more or less inevitable (no 7th gen coming), but end of life quality could have been a lot better (more sales) if the right people had wanted it badly enough.
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Sorry trunk space is NOT ample. I’ve been berated for this but you cannot get a set of golf clubs in the trunk. You could get 2 bags in a Gen5 and you could get 2 in an ATS, an Alpha stablemate.
As I’ve said, I wanted a Gen6 as much or more than anyone on this sight, but that was a deal breaker for me.
If we weren’t in the middle of GM devoting heavy cash and resources in EVs we might have seen a better send off.
I may be way optimistic here but I’m hoping GM has such outstanding plans for an EV Camaro (coupe or coupish) that they just aren’t worried about a farewell simply because in their minds it’s a short hiatus.