So the Z28 Road Racer isnt the ultimate road car anymore and becomes a base model? common...

 

How much would an LS7 Camaro cost? 40K, 45K, 50K?

 

I was always on the side beleiveing the 427 could be offered. GM can do whatever it wants.

I liked this excerpt the best

...For production we would obviously do like we did in the old days -- you would have a popular-priced six-cylinder version, then you step up to an eight, then you step up to the next eight

Sounds like an RS V8 to me!

 

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I would think that means the top Camaro has to be in line pricewise with the top Mustang. So if GT500 is 40, Top Dog is 40. Don't think you'll see many, nor would they sell many, $50,000 Camaros.

 

I'm sorry but I just don't think the SS badge means much, its not pure. Its been on a lot of other models. To me Z28 is to the Camaro as the Z06 has become to the Vette. I think Z28 should be the top model, maybe an RS middle model with a v-8. But if I had to buy an SS to get an xtra 100 horse I think I would get some z28 badges for it. I mean do we really want to share the SS badge with the cobalt, and everything else. Z28 distinguishes the Camaro IMO.

 

The "SS" term has been down-marketed so completely by the endlessly tacky marketing dept. at GM, that I honestly, truly pray that it never again makes an appearance on a Camaro.

They have pussified it so much by taping it onto vanilla V-6 Monte-carlo's and whatnot that any prestige that once came with the name now means nothing.

 

there WILL BE! a SS camaro. bet on it.

 

i think there will and should be an SS camaro.. but i think the Z28 should reign as the top model, put an LS7 in it, price it to compete with the GT500

there is only one Z28, and that's a camaro, the SS moniker is across the Chevy line.. as Scott likes to say, if it's an SS, you know it's a chevy, if it's a Z28, you know it's a Camaro..

so, like the Vette's Z06, the Camaro should have it's top of the line Z28.. they should have a
base camaro LZ8 250hp v6, $20,000
an RS mid range LS4 300hp v8, $25,000
the LS2 400hp SS, $30,000
and the top of the line LS7 500HP z28, $40,000

 

RS shouldn't automatically mean V8. Rally Sport was originally a style package that offered different headlamps, tail lamps and chrome trim. It was available on every Camaro from the base 230cid-L6, to the SS-350, to the Z/28 race car in street trim. The only trim options that couldn't be combined were SS and Z/28.

If GM wants to make a spoiler/stripe style package called "RS" make it optional across the board on any model Camaro. (Convertible included.)

People have been suggesting a base V6, a performance V6, a base V8 and a performance V8. (And then a little later a Super-performance V8.) Although Lutz himself suggested that any engine in GM's stable could end up in a production Camaro, I just don't see a need for a performance V6 AND a base V8. The two are going to cut into the same market, especially when you consider the V8s will have AFM. I don't buy the "insurance is less for a V6" argument either. As I have reported on numerous occasions, that is a myth and my own personal experience when checking insurance prices with my carrier for my then 16 year-old son, I found that the cost to insure a V6 Mustang was double that of a V8 Mustang GT. Its based on historical data for each particular model and varies by carrier. (Check with your carrier for your costs.)

As I see it there needs to be only two engine options initially, but I can see three if that's what people want.

Base V6 (3.5L 200-250hp)
Base V8 with AFM (5.3L ~300hp)
SS V8 with AFM (6.0L N/A or possibly supercharged 5.3L ~400-450hp)

A little later (12-18 mos.) GM can introduce a Super Camaro street-racer with 500+hp to go against the GT-500. (This will be the Camaro I purchase.)

 

That's exactly what I've been saying. Agree whole heartedly. Z28 is and means and stands for Camaro.

 

The "SS" questions will always loom. I bought the last SS Camaro because of the look (spoiler & hood did it for me) and the legendary name. The watering down has gotten better over the last year (TrailBlazer & Cobalt, Imp/Monte at least got a V8), but there are questionable choices as well-Silverado, Malibu/Maxx. I will have an SS if it's available in the new gen.

 

questionable choices as SS Silverado? Its a Big Block right? Its lowered a bit of a hotrod. Thats the very definition of what SS is supposed to be.

 

I like what GM did with the Silverado and Trailblazer SS. Totally different animals then their siblings.

I believe from the beginning the Camaro SS has always tried standing at least a head above the Z28. I dont see that changing. I very much doubt we'll see a LS2 SS and a LS7 Z28, that would not make much sense.

 

The Hot Rod SS 350 & 396 was the Mach1 429 or 428 (I get those two confused) competition and The 302 Z28 SCCA Road racer was Boss Mustang SCCA Road Racer competition. A head above in what? The 1/4 mile? Who cares. It out handled the SS because thats what it was. What is it about Z28 ROAD RACER that people do not get?

 

As I recall back in the early 60's you could order a SS and it came with a base 6 cylinder and bucket seats and SS trim. SS certainly hasn't meant the same thing to every one, including Chevrolet.