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It's not that a car company can't keep a low-production model around, it's that GM chooses not to. They have cars like the Corvette which eat up the budget for a high-cost, low-production vehicle, and there has been a lot of non-ignorable overlap between the two models in the past. And the Corvette will die, too. The C8 cost the farm to develop, and where do you go from here with a mid-engined V8 2-seater when those lines fail to age well? Meanwhile, Ford continues to bet on their own horse, and they're winning...
I've been a Camaro enthusiast since I was a little kid, in fact I was born the same year the third gen was released. I come from a line of muscle-car enthusiasts.
I can say this with certainty: GM has had a stick up its ass for a solid eon, now.
GM is an extremely conservative company and has produced a lot of cars designed on a spreadsheet. Every now and then they lighten up, have a little fun, and allow something good to come through, like the 6th gen. Or who let a mid-engined Corvette out of the bag, who knows. The only thing is certain: GM will kill every good thing it produces.
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