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Mickey Richaud

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eeee... is that for real? looks like a cartoon caricature of what a Camaro should look like.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
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eeee... is that for real? looks like a cartoon caricature of what a Camaro should look like.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[/ QUOTE ]See the discussion thread on the new Dodge Challenger concept. the new Camaro is also discussed there.
 
IMO, the Camaro concept car is a modern interpretation of the original .. they tried to push the envelope quite a bit and although the end result isn't quite right (I find it busy in places and overall too aggressive)I give the designers an A for effort. The Challenger concept by contrast is safe ... looking very much like the original that has been cleaned up by a custom tuner/builder. Since it looks so much like the original more people are going to be comfortable with it and like it but it really doesn't push the brand into a 2006 vehicle.

Cheers,
John
 
All I can say is: it's the ugliest Camaro ever...and it's exactly what I'd expect from GM at this point.
 
It was on the front paper of the paper here yesterday....apartently a bunch of Quebecers are P.O'ed about the fact that the new Camaro will be produced in the USA instead of Quebec where it was perviously....Although it's not a smooth looking as the Challenger it's about time we finally got a new Camaro....I am a member of some clubs where petitions(and rumors) have been circulating for years....Remeber this is just a concept...hopefully the production Camaro will be a little more like the Camaro we remember.
 
YUCK! Almost looks like an Dodge...oh, wait - isn't one of the bosses at GM an old dodge man?
 
It looks like it was influnenced by the Cadillac Division.
Ugly,Ugly,Ugly!

- Doug
Oh,did I happen to mention how ugly it is?
 
Well, the new Mustang is a Modern-retro of a circa 69 Mustang. The Challanger is a modern-retro of about a 70 or 71 (the Mopar guys are gonna let me have it if I'm a year or two off) So it only is common sense that the new Camaro is the same idea. A modern-retro of the iconic 67-69 Camaro.
Hopefully for GM that is the overstyled "show" version. If not it's really gaudy.
It looks like a classic Camaro had a 3-way with an Avalanch and an Aztec. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/pukeface.gif
Not nearly as nicely done as the Mustang and Challanger. I think both of those are some of the neatest cars to come out of detroit as of late.
I find it very amusing that the 'Stangs are trouncing the ricers at thier own game in the sport of Drifting
 
well... you know... torque helps out quite a bit in over coming friction... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
I just can't imagine that there will be that much of a market for the Camaro, especially if it is third to market behind the retro-Stang and retro-Challenger. It couldn't survive went it was only up against the Mustang, and it was actually a nice looking, very good performing coupe. (Build quality, that's a different story.)

The American pony car market was about 120,000 units in its entirety when the Camaro died. There's more competition for just a slightly larger pie. (Mustang did 160,000 in 2005 -- less than 1987 or 1988 with a nearly 10 year old car.)

Don't get me wrong -- I'd personally love to see more sports, pony and muscle cars. But I'd a) like to see -modern- cars to compete with German and Japanese built cars, and b)hope that GM and Ford would conduct their businesses in a more rational way, building class-leading products that are mass-market and profitable, not niche and break-even at best.

And once again -- wow that Camaro is UGLY! I'd rather have that rusty '68 sports coupe with a two-quart a week oil addiction over a new 2008 Camaro.
 
Thanks Sammy for saying its the ugliest Camaro ever. That was my first thought when I opened up my copy of Automobile last night. The new Challenger on the other hand is rather pleasing to my eye.
 
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And once again -- wow that Camaro is UGLY!

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Seems the design community does not agree ...

https://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=4346307

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The award it won doesn't necessarily mean it's pretty, just that it evokes a brand image/concept in a new way. Additionally, one would have to consider what other cars really tried to update an existing brand. (Challenger is simply a resto-mod.)

Also take into consideration the list of judges, which is heavy on American-based designers, such dubious minds as Chris Bangle, and guys like Giugiaro who haven't penned a beautiful car in decades.
 
That's like clothing fashion designers awarding each other for their outstanding designs. That the general public will never wear.
 
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And once again -- wow that Camaro is UGLY!

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Seems the design community does not agree ...

https://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=4346307

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Well now, it's for a non-profit organisation of
Opthomologists, and if GM builds that homely beast,
I'm almost certian it *WILL* be non profit...

SteveL
 
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That's like clothing fashion designers awarding each other for their outstanding designs. That the general public will never wear.

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Same way with movie critics!
 
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