I'm just wondering what we are all supposed to do for the next two years...I mean the Camaro is still a long way from the showroom. Obviously this car has impressed alot of the right people, but how is that excitement going to be kept up in the next two years? If it were 6 months from production I wouldn't be worried, but alot could happen in two years. Ford could quite possibly come out with a heavily refreshed Mustang that could take away alot of potential buyers. Now that the concept is out, Ford has had the chance see exactly what they are up against...Two years before it'll be ready for production If they have any common sense they will take the opportunity to crush or at least weaken the Camaro when it's launched. OK, so I guess my real question is how is GM going to deal with this? Is the Camaro going to be revised in secret over the next 2 years to keep up with current trends or are they just going to be relying on a softened version of the concept to push through to production? Anyone in the know have any feelings on this? My personal feeling is that if they were to get a slightly revised version of the concept to production in 6 months they would have nothing to worry about. The car seems to have been well recieved by the public and even though it's not what I and some others envisioned it to be, it's a good looking car regardless. What about 2 years from now though...How will it be recieved as a production model in 2 years? Could it really still have a chance in the market if it was only changed slightly from the concept? What if the retro fad comes to an abrupt end during this time? How could they ever restyle the car quick enough to keep it competitive?...I'd be interested to hear some other people's thoughts on this because I don't think that Ford will be sitting on their laurels.

 

Get Cammed

 

Uhh I believe this is the part where we save as much money as possible and only use the GM credit card. Thats my guess!

 

Ahahaha...yeah good point. Speaking of which, I noticed Im coming up on 1k in GM dollars.
Well, I have a lease that ends in about 2 years. That keeps me occupied some what. In hindsight, I should have kept my POS Taurus and cheap insurance rate, and put that money away...but I wanted a new car!!
Anyway, I plan on putting money from my pay check into a CD and letting it gain some interest every 2 weeks.

 

I've just applied for one. I also just purchased a condo, so I'll make sure to buy all my furniture and condo stuff on it to rack up points

 

Well, maybe I mislead people because of the beginning sentence in my first post...My main reason for posting was just to see what people thought about the car's design and production two years from now...I'm not too worried about what I'm going to, I'm quite content with my Z28...I was just wondering if any guys would chime in about what GM is going to do with the car from now until it gets into showrooms...

 

The only way mustang out sells this car is if they drop their price $3500. There is no competition for it.

 

For me, 2 year wait is perfect. I'll have my truck loan paid off by then a whole year of non debtness gathered up to slap down for a hellacious down payment

 

I have all the time in the world since I will get one after college. So being a Senoir in HS now I can save!

 

LOL!
I have the GM card with $500 credit already and in 2 years I hope to be out of school and making good money

Till then I'm going to baby my 98, maybe I can have both a 4th and 5th gen at the same time?

 

 

I call BS. With GM saying that the time is going to be 2-3 years away, they won't have to worry about those pesky annoying papparatzi (sp?) taking pics and posting them over cyberspace.

GM's had a great deal of security problems on the last couple of models, so this is probably a ploy to divert the papparatzi from snooping around GM's secret Camaro HQ. []

I won't be surprised if this car is not far away from production. C'mon guys, the General may be old but he sure isn't stupid!

 

The guy that started this thead implied that if ford refreshed the rustang it could somehow hurt Camaro. I said the only way that could happen is if they took $3500 off the sticker.
Hope that makes sense.

 

Not necessarily. The Mustang sells well enough on name alone, and a new version would be popular enough to take away sales from any car in its class. I also think this is close to production ready. Look at how the trucks were moved forward, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if GM actually has another Camaro somewhere that is actually more production ready, i.e. chassis set up right, different styling cues, practical interior, etc.

 

I know there has been a lot of euphoria around lately, but realistically how much do we actually know about how this Camaro will perform in the real world, and against the Mustang?