New comparison review just up on MSN:

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/artic...newcarresearch

This is the part that makes me grind my teeth:

 

yeah its BS. i wish they would/could have not involved the govt. just the beginning of our rights being taken away by ...... nevermind thats a different thread.

 

They don't have the money to finish development.

 

" ...Developed and ready for production, the exciting Z28..."

 

yeah everything ,from what ive heard, is pretty much ready to go. its just not the right time to put out a HI PO veicle after the govt. tells you to start making more fuel efficient cars.

 

Correct, but there is the problem of production costs, which occurs during production.

 

All they need do is make the mailslot wider and functional and drop in an LSA. They could use the current production line. Maybe I'm naive but that doesn't seem too expensive.

 

The Z/28 is going to make a return....

2 things need to happen for the z/28 to come back.... one being that the regular camaros sell exceptionally well. The other is all cars in chevy's line-up need to make an average fuel economy of 35mpg, I belive by 2020. If the z/28 runs a 14/20mpg like the Cts-V, chevy won't pull the trigger until the other vehicles in there line-up can make up the loss.

I can see both those thing happening in the future, maybe around 2012-2013. But you never know......

 

thats a long way off. by that time they will have to redesign the camaro. they better get it out sooner than that.

 

I've put any future hopes in a Z/28 into the 6th gen - as slim as they are.

 

if they ant to do it , they need to do it by next fall. in 2010 as a 2011. just like the vette was with the z06. the c6 vette came out in 05 and the z06 came out in late 06 as an 07. or was it late 05 as an 06?

 

Well the ZR-1 came years later....

I still can't see the z/28 coming within the next 2 years.. but I know GM won't let this name slide by if there is a demand

 

Why not? They let the Camaro name languish for nearly a decade. And not for lack of demand.

 

yeah i know the zr1 came years later but the z28 is the top for the camaro and until the zr1 came out the z06 was the top. after the new model came it was a year and a half before the z06 came back. i dont think it would work out if they held their plans from now , til 2 years from now. things change and so would the car and the idea of it. with the design now with the lsa motor, they need to get it out now before the govt. really puts a stop to everything not involved with hybrids.

 

I see your point....

but we'll see who's right, hopefully you are, because I can't wait.


Btw, a camaro v6 hybrid is still in discussion as a future engine. To bring GM's image up.