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Originally Posted by mt3130

I personally think that attaching too much to the Camaro's past pigeon holes you as far as where you can take it in the future. Look at how much the Camaro changed from the the first through the fourth generations.

Major change IS the Camaro's heritage, much in the way that not being able to tell the difference between any BMW or Porsche produced in the last 15 years is their heritage.

In my opinion, if Chevy takes that approach with its models, buyers will look elsewhere. Those brands sell for the cache and bragging rights that come along with them. By all accounts, the new BMW 3 series has completely lost its identity, yet sales have never been better. In order for Chevy to achieve and sustain success, it needs to come with fresh products and features that buyers want. For all you guys that love hard plastics and paying $40k for a stripped down model, that will still be an option, but it wouldn't be wise to assume that's what everyone wants.

Personally, I would like to see Chevy adopt Ford's model of refreshing the Mustang every 3 years. If you are going to have a 6 year generation cycle, why wait until the 5th model year to do the refresh? The original design gets stale, and by the time the refresh comes out, everyone is looking forward to the next generation. The 5th gen refresh had one good model year, followed by a year of getting its butt kicked by the Mustang and even the Challenger, even with GM offering 20% off MSRP.

People are choosing with their wallets to pay more money for less performance twice over when you look at the new Mustang sales compared to the new Camaro. I know that all of you will say that its because I'm comparing a new Mustang to an old Camaro, but the Camaro was refreshed just one year prior to the new Mustang, and outperforms the new Mustang, so the comparison isn't completely unreasonable.

If GM knew the Mustang was going to curb stomp the Camaro in sales this year, why the hell didn't they work to get the Camaro to market in early to mid 2015, rather than halfway through the 2016 model year? It seems to me that GM didn't anticipate the refreshed Camaro falling out of favor so fast.

$40,000 for a stripped down Camaro? You are correct, at those prices, people WILL start looking elsewhere.......