04-26-2019, 02:30 PM | #1 |
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GM Head to busy Pushing Electric instead on Camaro
GM to busy pushing Electric instead of focusing on Camaro sales like they ought to be......Sad.
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04-26-2019, 03:25 PM | #2 |
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they could do both. They spent a lot of research and development on electrifying the camaro (had a bunch of universities give them free ideas before the 6th gen even went to market). Pretty sure Chevy is just debating if the market is moving towards cars as a service and personal ownership is going to die out fast (auto driving cars will make that happen extremely fast) or if there's a significant amount of time left for people to drive their own cars around and then they can put out hybrid/electric camaro's.
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04-26-2019, 03:35 PM | #3 |
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“Muscle cars are important to automakers because the owners are the most enthusiastic brand champions for them. Friendly muscle car rivalries are just as fierce amongst owners as they are between the manufacturers,” he said. “If a company wins the heart of an enthusiast through a muscle car, they are likely to also sell them other vehicles, such as trucks and SUVs.”
Chevy can't figure that out. |
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The standard battery is iffy. They are not lifetime batteries.
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there is no reason the e-maro couldnt be at least available as an option.just because a car is electric it doesnt have to be styled like a dorkmobile...
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Spoiler alert electric is the future!!! At least until we can really figure Hydrogen Fuel Cells haha
This isn’t a bad thing, unless you want GM to fall behind the competition.
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The “young people” don’t give a shit about muscle cars, even if they see 1000 commercials for them.
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“Advertising works when the consumer is surrounded by messaging. Just running an ad on TV won't do it alone," Davidman said. "The Challenger has been integrated into programs beyond the traditional advertising placements, shows like ‘Top Gear,’ ‘The Grand Tour,’ ‘Fast and Loud,’ ‘Motor Trend. Even ‘NCIS LA’ has used it.”
Ads are working for Chrysler. We don't see any for Camaro.
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04-26-2019, 10:48 PM | #13 |
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I always find it interesting that there is this hate for electric cars by some muscle car fans. It's almost as if the waning popularity in the Camaro or a Corvette is due to the Bolt or the Volt. It's like an ultimatum, you can't like both. Realistically GM knows there's a place for both, that's why they sell them. I had a Chevy Volt for 3 years, I liked it a lot. Awesome commuter car, tons of gadgets, plenty of torque, decent hatch space to haul family around. I just recommended one to a friend, and he bought it.
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I feel like that article summed up pretty much everything that has been discussed to death and back, even on these forums. Nothing new, nothing surprising.
And my stance on this is always the same: Electric is the future, self-driving is the future, but there will always be a market for driving enthusiasts. We're still decades out from even beginning any discussion of potential future autonomous highway systems when human drivers aren't a thing. Not even the most radical left-wing legislation could make that happen. You still have tons of cars from the 90's running today as daily drivers with no sign of letting up, and people will continue to maintain cars as long as they can last. I think we're about to enter a very interesting era in history where vehicles on our roadways have the highest technology gap since the horse-drawn carriage and automobile occupied the same streets 100 years ago, but like that time, it will be a very gradual change.
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