Why so much hate for this car from some people? It's incredible at the amount of butthurt going around right now, and it shows - bad.
I see some of current 5th Gen owners hating on it when it does all performance metrics better. I am not saying this applies to everyone, but there is a common theme when a company redesigns a car... There is a segment of the previous gen owners rationalize their ownership of the "old" product. The truth is, you can actually like both, and not have to purchase another. I have seen this with Corvettes, Camaros, and Mustangs; the story always plays out the same. This is not a knock on the 5th gen - that car, to me, is fantastic, and we loved ours.
Also, people doubted the performance would be as good as GM hinted at. Then when all reviews are pretty unanimous, people refuse to believe them saying things such as:
"GM buys reviewers"
"GM gave the reviewers ringers to tip sales"
"Reviewers are GM biased"
etc
Here's the thing about 1/4 mile numbers... Yes, the 5.0 can run 12.6s stock. Some may even be faster than that. The average is probably 12.7-12.9 range. When C&D or R&T run 12.8, or 12.9 in the 5.0 compared to the Camaro's 12.3 or 12.4, there are Mustang owners that go into an nasty rage because they know a guy on the internet that went 12.5 stock. First off, you're assuming too much when you say this. Yes, there will always be people out there that outperform intial magazine tests. However, this will also apply to the Gen 6 Camaro. I promise that people will break into the 11s stock. Not going to happen for all, but some will - then everyone will claim the new Camaro runs 11s when most will not do this in stock form. I would also like to say, for the record, I owned a 2011 GT Premium for 4 years. I know that the 5.0 is a capable platform.
Also, on a final note to end my book, just because someone at your local dragstrip says, "it's stock", doesn't make it true. I don't care if it's your best friend. I used to participate in the local racing scene, and I can testify first hand that everyone is in a secret competition to be the fastest, and not telling the truth about mods, and trying to hide mods, and trying to deceive are all part of the game. There is a guy on the C7 fast list running bottom 11s "stock". Do you believe that? I don't. No matter what the guy says, or how hard he professes it. I wish more people would use their heads and just appreciate performance regardless of the brand. When the horsepower wars kick it up, we all win.
But, in the end, haters gonna hate. Haters make us famous.
