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Originally Posted by mjk3888
If all 5th gen owners would have been this realistic about the weak points of the 5th gen design maybe GM would have heard enough to decide to address the visibility. The guys on here crying foul to anyone who criticizes the visibility are the kind of people GM thought was smart to use as the focus group. Hopefully this go around people will be more realistic about the downfalls of the car. I will live with it but I would have loved a little better visibility and rear seat space.
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I've spoken to the engineers and designers about this at length. The visibility concern has been a popular criticism since day one. We've seen it on this site, in surveys, in magazines.
I think people were very real about their impressions with the last car. Not sure why you think they weren't. It shows in their execution of the new one. Fact is: As you can see briefly around this thread: reduced visibility (vs other, more mainstream cars) is an issue worth noting, but nearly everyone here has stated in some fashion or another that they're willing to deal with it because something else about the car makes up for it to them. So, the team made a conscious decision to prioritize the design of the car. Meanwhile - they HAVE improved visibility to a degree (except rearward).
Same thing goes with rear seating space. People wanted a lighter car. Lighter means smaller. Smaller means limited rear seat space.
Unfortunately, you cannot please everyone, and some features just aren't possible to engineer or design in together. A "Have your cake and eat it, too" scenario...So it's up to the Camaro team to decide what's most important based on their own expertise and enthusiast/customer input. It's called trade-offs.