Is this a Chevelle and not a Camaro?

 

Sure looks like CAMARO to me!

 

It's game 7 of the world series, ninth inning, GM down by 3 with the bases loaded and two out. GM brings the new Camaro to the plate. It's a deep blast to center, no doubt about it, kiss it goodbye, GM hits a grand slam.

In other words, I really like it (well duh)

 

I'll take mine in Red. Great job Scott... beautiful concept. I know it will continue to be refined... but you nailed the design... right on target... now BUILD IT!!!!!!!

 

Are you saying that you think the car looks like a concept Chevelle or you think this concept would make a better Chevelle than Camaro?

From the pics shown, there is no way this car can be anything other than a
retro 1st gen Camaro concept. I don't see even the smallest bit of Chevelle in that concept.

 

What shows can we see the car at, or are we not privy to that info yet? Please tell me either Baltimore or Philly (or both) will have it.

 

There were shows that were listed in a post about 2 weeks ago. May be in the Future Vehicles forum?? Detroit is the unveiling. It'll be at New York from what I remember.

 

Thanks. Guess I'll have to track that one down. I can't make it to NYC, since it's probably during tax season and I'm busy / working 6 days a week generally then . Same reason I can't think of coming to NAIAS until I'm out of public accounting, or find a way to swing it once I get some seniority.

 

Just a few things I was thinking about after posting and eating dinner. Feel free to comment on what I say good/bad or whatever.

1)To start with, this photo of the two different body heights has to be a few years old. Comparing body heights is not something that is done at the end of design. My guess is from what Danno saw at the clinic this photo must be dated from late 2003. Since the concept is comming out in a few weeks and the concept will probably be very similar to the production version, the design has probably been frozen for a while and therefore quite possible that these photos are not dead on.

2) Along with that idea comes the idea of how and why these photos were "leaked". Besides the usually ideas of someone trying to make money by leaking them or an outside supplier being the cause of the leaks is it possible that it was GM itself who leaked the photos to drum up good publicity. Think about it, GM has gotten it's unfair share of bad press about stock prices but also think about one other important thing, the challenger pics that I'm 99.9 percent sure were leaked by DCX. Woudn't you want to shut everyone up and bring on good press with a design that would blow everyone out of the water.

It might be the reason why GM hasn't reacted the same way like when the ZO6 pics were posted, it may because they leaked it themselves or someone else leaked it and GM isn't going ape because they know the real car is better than that.

Note: When I mention GM leaking photos, i hope everyone understands that it would be people a little more up than Red. He's too much of class act and straight shooter

Isn't it funny that the ZO6 leak was about exactly a year ago

 

My take, for better or worse:

I like it for the most part, and I'm sure the production car will be very good and much different from these pics, but I dont see one damn bit of 3rd or 4th gen influence. Hopefully this was remedied in the final concept. There are a great few cars in the world, at least in my opinion, that are better looking than those two. Theres not much 2G in it either, save for the taillamps.

Also, I hope in some small way that the Tri-bar logo is used rather than a bowtie. Kinda like the vette has no bowtie on it and the mustang has a very low-key ford designation. Its more than just another chevy car imo.

All in all, im just happy to see it back.

 

Two very good suggestions. How hard could it be to put the Tri-bar logo on the front?

 

I like it a lot! I bet it will look even better in person. I like the interior very much as well! Be interesting to see what's changed at NAIAS... Good job GM!

 

Guess I'll throw my couple pennies in as well. Just by the front view pic I have to say it strikes me as kinda weird looking. The sharp pointy mirrors and the front clip are what throw me for a loop. And the rearend is kinda odd looking to me also. But then again i wasn't a fan of the fourth gens when they came out and i now own a 94. I also know that this is just a concept and the final product may not look exactly like the one pictured. I'm sure that if i saw it in person i would get a totally different vib from it. Although i can't really give any constructive ideas that i think would better improve it, i am happy that a new Camaro is in the works. Whether the masses like it or hate it I say good job to all at Chevrolet for making this happen and i look forward to seeing one when they hit the showroom floor.

GrayZ28

 

Seems to me like the leaked pictures were only a first draft, and are probably older than we will ever know. I wouldn't bet that it looks that way in production, although it does look ok so far.

 

All I know is come January 8th I will be sitting in front of my computer, weeping. Weeping like a man who has just found his best boyhood friend, Teddy, who he hadnt seen in 25+ years and just happened to find while snooping around in a dark corner of my mom's attic last week.