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Originally Posted by Jeb114
Just my opinion, in 2002 when the Camaro left the scene because it was a sales flop. We waited for the GTO and most of us were hopeing it was going to be some sort of retro version of the old GTO. and it wasn't. Big sales flop. Seeing GM's big mistake ford came out with the retro looking Mustang, and the crowd went wild. Dodge came out with the retro Challenger, and the crowd went wild. GM said ok lets retro the Camaro, and the crowd went wild. Now the designers are saying we don't want to follow the originals. My Opinion Lighting struck for the Camaro in 69/13. I got one of each. I am 61 now, and if history is a teacher, somewhere around 2065 The car company's after slumping sales will say lets retro to the 2010 cars. I won't be here to see it, but I bet the crowd will go wild!!  |
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but every GTO imported was sold. You can't consider it a sales flop since from day one it was an imported car limited by Holden production capacity. It did not meet the new airbag safety requirements for 2007 which is why importation stopped. It was never meant to take on Mustang sales or serve as a replacement for the Camaro.
Also, do you consider the new Mustang to be retro? It's selling better now than the 5th gen Mustang did.
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