[Stew]

Originally Posted by JusticePete

It is soooo easy to build up and soooo hard to build down.

Isn't the CTS Sigma platform a considerably more expensive one than Zeta also?

[Rob@WretchedMS]

http://jalopnik.com/el-camino/

[JusticePete]

Originally Posted by Stew

Isn't the CTS Sigma platform a considerably more expensive one than Zeta also?

Yep.

[LS1hawk]

Possible el Camino and Nomad coming over. Things could start getting interesting!!

[SS 376]

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/16/e...aussie-dollar/

This is from an Autoblog article about how the El Camino is DOA. GM Int'l Operations head Tim Lee was asked about the SS, which is being made in Australia...

But what about the Chevrolet Caprice PPV, isn't that built in Australia? Indeed it is, and the upcoming Chevy SS performance sedan will be imported from Oz as well. Thing is, Mr. Lee says the SS "will have to take a very premium price position" in order to be sold in the States, and that's apparently not in the cards for an El Camino.

I can only wonder how much "very premium price" is.

[Bhobbs]

Sounds to me like it will start in ZL1 territory.

[VRCamaroSS]

Hope its not above 40K. If it is I'll just get a Silverado instead. But I"d love to have a RWD V8 Sedan.

[oklapike]

Originally Posted by Bhobbs

Sounds to me like it will start in ZL1 territory.

Well, since we can pretty much count out the extra goodies that you'd get in a ZL1 (e.g. MRC, PTM, and a supercharged V8), and since it's likely going to have an LS3 (rather than LT1) under the hood, I expect GM will only sell to those who have to have it and place an order. Once those sales dry up...

[LS1hawk]

It's seems that the more Reuss talks the more excitement drops. I guess time will tell how everything rolls out but it seems to be a very expensive venture on Chevrolet's part to bring over a car and sell such a low volume. A four door Vette sounds great but they should have really thought about a base model and a different name so this doesn't die after a year or two.

[SS 376]

Originally Posted by oklapike

Well, since we can pretty much count out the extra goodies that you'd get in a ZL1 (e.g. MRC, PTM, and a supercharged V8), and since it's likely going to have an LS3 (rather than LT1) under the hood, I expect GM will only sell to those who have to have it and place an order. Once those sales dry up...

But then who would buy the SS when it would cost about as much as a CTS-V, that does have everything the ZL1 has and then some? I think a $55K SS wouldn't be "low volume" so much as a flop. GM doesn't need another one after the problems with the Malibu...

[oklapike]

Originally Posted by SS 376

But then who would buy the SS when it would cost about as much as a CTS-V, that does have everything the ZL1 has and then some? I think a $55K SS wouldn't be "low volume" so much as a flop. GM doesn't need another one after the problems with the Malibu...

Well, I can imagine a few possibilities: a) GM is going to surprise everyone with a host of extra features we'd expect for a price point of $50~$55k, b) a much lower price than everyone is anticipating, or c) this car is being set up to fail (hopefully unintentionally).

[Rwarchol]

Originally Posted by oklapike

Well, since we can pretty much count out the extra goodies that you'd get in a ZL1 (e.g. MRC, PTM, and a supercharged V8), and since it's likely going to have an LS3 (rather than LT1) under the hood, I expect GM will only sell to those who have to have it and place an order. Once those sales dry up...

GM has said the LS7 will be in 2 H.O. vehicles in 2014 and with the Z06 not being one of them I'm guessing the SS Sedan will have one. It'll put the car above the SRT8 performance wise, which also means price, so I'm guessing it'll be a $48-$50k car.

[oklapike]

Originally Posted by Rwarchol

GM has said the LS7 will be in 2 H.O. vehicles in 2014 and with the Z06 not being one of them I'm guessing the SS Sedan will have one. It'll put the car above the SRT8 performance wise, which also means price, so I'm guessing it'll be a $48-$50k car.

LS7 as opposed to LS3...yeah I could see $48-$50k. The point I was trying to make though was Gen IV rather than Gen V.

On another note, at this point it (almost) makes more sense to delay the SS sedan until Alpha really gets spun up and then produce it in North America as a platform mate to the gen III CTS (and possibly 6th gen Camaro).

[Mr. Wyndham]

Originally Posted by LS1hawk

It's seems that the more Reuss talks the more excitement drops. I guess time will tell how everything rolls out but it seems to be a very expensive venture on Chevrolet's part to bring over a car and sell such a low volume. A four door Vette sounds great but they should have really thought about a base model and a different name so this doesn't die after a year or two.

It won't die if they don't need the sales volume...and it sounds like they really don't care if they don't sell a lot...it appears to be nothing more than a "because we can" car to support the name in NASCAR.

Originally Posted by Rwarchol

GM has said the LS7 will be in 2 H.O. vehicles in 2014 and with the Z06 not being one of them I'm guessing the SS Sedan will have one. It'll put the car above the SRT8 performance wise, which also means price, so I'm guessing it'll be a $48-$50k car.

When did they say that?