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Originally Posted by UnknownJinX
Probably because Ford's affordable halo car is the Mustang. Ford GT is the halo car, but it's out of reach of most people. Ford doesn't have much to worry about, in that case. A $100k Mustang is till nothing compared to GT's price tag and it also won't touch the performance of GT.
Meanwhile, GM's halo car is the Corvette and it's considered affordable. Of course GM will protect the Corvette sales first.
Speaking of Porsche, the less-than-optimal manual gear ratios on the GT4 might also have influenced by protecting the halo car(911 GT3). BMW also did it with M2C and M4. Same engine, tuned differently so M2C has less power. Camaro SS 1LE can supposedly give C7 Z51 a run for its money on the track, so I'd imagine Chevy would want to protect the C7 sales by restricting the Camaro. Can't have a car that beats the halo product.
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Well, there is no reason GM couldn't create a halo car that is way ahead of the Camaro. This performance and capability overlap between the Camaro and the Corvette is another sign of their... indecisiveness (in my opinion).
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