Quote:
Originally Posted by Cam#7
If you go to any car show that has a number of Camaros. The guy with the biggest smile on his face is '69 Camaro owner with a 350 / 4 speed that enjoys driving his car. The Gen5 cars have won many awards. In 20 or 30 years they all will be highly regarded like the Gen1 cars are now and how the 55-57 Chevys were in the 70's.
We are driving living legends !!!!!!!!!!
|
Uh.. I'm pretty sure everyone in a car show has a big smile on their face with regards to their own car. I sense just a tad of rose-tinting in your horn-rimmed glasses.
As for the Gen1 cars - there's no comparison - they were the originals. The Gen5 may or may not achieve "legendary" status because as many have praised it when it FIRST came out, as many have also criticized it after that. Legendary cars usually don't have such inconsistency in judgment.
Take the recent Ford Thunderbird for example:
http://www.canadiandriver.com/2002/0...hunderbird.htm
Note the emotional excitement of the reviewer despite the ergonomic short-comings of the car? Sound familiar? So where is the T-Bird now? I bet that the inconsistency of the car's reviews killed it.
Now whilst Camaro buyers tend to be ignoring the recent reviews of the Camaro and are still buying the Camaro in droves, nevertheless inconsistency of reviews can kill the likability of a car once the newer models comes along. Based on comments from people who have seen the Gen6 - I'm willing to bet that the Gen6 is the perfect Camaro - and if that's the case, you WILL forget the gen5 - that's just the way it goes.