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Old 01-22-2008 | 01:00 PM
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What the Mustang guys think of the new Camaro...

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Old 01-22-2008 | 01:50 PM
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Surprising how many Cobra owners will sell their Ford for one.
Old 01-22-2008 | 02:11 PM
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I swear I left a response to this earlier???

But I had said I was surprised at all of the positive comments!

I own a couple 'yota's too so I posted the pics @ ToyotaNation.com and it got positive comments over there too!

Of course, there was also the "usual" everything GM makes is crap comments....
Old 01-22-2008 | 02:24 PM
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Wow its always nice to hear postive comments from non Camaro owners. They like the car more than half the members on this site.
Old 01-22-2008 | 02:37 PM
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Wow its always nice to hear postive comments from non Camaro owners. They like the car more than half the members on this site.
My thoughts exactly.I had to stop reading this section of the message board for a while because of all the whining!
Old 01-22-2008 | 02:44 PM
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seems to be a lot of positive over there but its definitely comical to see people commenting on weight, interior etc... all based on pre-production info. Also a lot of comments about being sick of retro.... also funny considering how ford and chrysler are both complete knock off's of older versions of their cars whereas camaro is a new age interpretation of an old car. not really the same thing.
Old 01-22-2008 | 02:58 PM
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Some of those positive replies surprised me too.
Old 01-22-2008 | 03:56 PM
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Yes, it's nice to see the ++ comments from mustang guys....but who really cares what mustang guys think?
Old 01-22-2008 | 04:26 PM
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And I thought all Mustang owners had bad taste...hmm, I guess I was wrong! I'm glad they like it - certainly renforces what a smash hit this car is.
Old 01-22-2008 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JB22
seems to be a lot of positive over there but its definitely comical to see people commenting on weight, interior etc... all based on pre-production info. Also a lot of comments about being sick of retro.... also funny considering how ford and chrysler are both complete knock off's of older versions of their cars whereas camaro is a new age interpretation of an old car. not really the same thing.
-The new Camaro is the same thing as the new Mustang and Challenger. --It's retro and modern just like the new Mustang and Challenger.
-The 4th Gen. is Modern plain and simple
-The New Edge Mustangs and SN95's are Modern
-The 5th Gen. Camaro, New Mustang and Challenger are all clearly Retro.

Makes sense to give the Boomers something they can truly relate to, at a point in their life that they can go out and buy one no problem, since they might not of had the chance back in 1967-69.
GM is following Ford's lead and so is Chrysler.
Retro styling at this point in time in automotive history=Healthy PROFITS.

In 30 years if the Camaro is still with us along with the Mustang, GM and Ford will do the same thing for Gen. X, make a retro modern version of the 4th Gens. and SN95's.
Old 01-22-2008 | 04:57 PM
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WOW Im pretty suprised by the responses. I figured they would bash it just because it was a camaro! Some did but the majority really like it! AND they didnt need Scott over there telling them to calm down its a pre production picture! This is one impressed chevy guy, maybe stang guys arent all bad!

heres a couple photoshop they did! damn impressive!

Old 01-22-2008 | 05:14 PM
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-The new Camaro is the same thing as the new Mustang and Challenger. --It's retro and modern just like the new Mustang and Challenger. .
all three are retro and have some modern influences, true

but they do not share the same ratio of retro to modern

retro---------challenger--------mustang---------camaro--------modern

thats how i see it
Old 01-22-2008 | 05:17 PM
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They didn't do that photoshop dummy....its on this site too.



Quote the damn ****, I hate when people put up damned links....I don't want to click on your damned links all day
Old 01-22-2008 | 05:20 PM
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Am I the only one who got confused by the terms "Mustang guys" and "think" in the same sentance?
Old 01-22-2008 | 06:15 PM
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And I thought all Mustang owners had bad taste...hmm, I guess I was wrong! I'm glad they like it - certainly renforces what a smash hit this car is.
LOL! Thank you!
From my perspective as a former Mustang owner , let's just say that perhaps a lot of those people over there are just a bit late in developing their appreciation of fine cars... I know this happened to me!
I bought a new Mustang GT ragtop in '85 and kept it for 10 years... and sold it because I realized that the fillings in my teeth were beginning to loosen after driving that car for so long!
... bought a '94 SHO and enjoyed it for a good few years... until GM put the LS1 in the Camaro. After 1 test drive, I was hooked and that was it for me. Dumped the SHO PDQ and I've never looked back since...
Don't think for a second that GM isn't looking at a whole bunch of conquest sales from other marques - especially current Mustang owners who still want to drive an American sports coupe - V6 or V8 and whose leases are coming up.
After assessing the appeal of the 5th Gen car, ya gotta be pretty narrow-minded (or just plain stubborn) to not seriously consider getting one!
As a former Mustang owner, I can tell you... I've been there, gone through this process. The LS1 4th Gen made it a total no-brainer for me.
Just glad to see the scenario repeating itself 10 years later... better late than never!!

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