That's like saying if a Hummer can scale a steep incline, a Ford Ranger can scale that same incline.

It is far from being that simple. Two different cars, entirely different dynamics. It is more than cutting a hole in the top and slamming it into a wall and saying "good enough".

 

Yeah... just attempted photoshopped T-Tops myself

Few things:
1) Windshield appears really damn small.. to do it "right" sort of like the 4th gen's were, you would have a big border area at the top of the windshield.. it would look really out of place. If you did it to match the windshield (4th gen), the T-Tops look hugely over-sized, and have a bigass curve to them.

2) From the top. You could keep the indentation in the roof, I think.The t-top opening size would be 2nd genish.

From the side, i don't think it would ever look good with the rear window. If you wanted to get rid of the rear window, it would look Mustangish like pointed out earlier.. the rear would look sort of stupid then unless you put some sort of design there (a window, like the mustang), or put a hatch on the car instead of a trunk.

Sucks.. I don't see t-tops being offered without a good bit of changes.. T-tops are damn cool, and it's probably the only real con to not getting a 5th gen over a 4th gen.

 

I don't care if they offer t-tops or a targa option on the new camaro as long as the hard top version does not have a B-pillar or the added weight needed to support said options. With that said I can't help but think of a mullet and a denim jacket when I see someone driving around with their t-tops out. I have them on my car but I didn't buy it new and I never take them out. Sorry.

 

I posted these in another thread, but is also relevant here...

Here are two variations with t-tops (blacked-out around windshield and body colored) with a blacked-out "hidden" b-pillar overlapping the rear side windows since it seems a given that a b-pillar will be necessary for t-tops. The rear side windows could be fixed or made to hinge open slightly. I also continued the lines of the "double-bubble" into the t-tops themselves.

T-Top #1

T-Top #2


I think it could be pulled off...

 

To me, it's not so much the t-tops ON that looks out of place, it's the t-tops with them off.

I think if you made the entire top section BLACK (like 4th gens) the rear window would fit ok.

also, if the sides of the t-tops were BODY COLOR (if the top wasn't all black), it would fit a lot better in the bottom picture.

The thing being though, would be with all the windows DOWN. The rear would just look stupid coming "up and over" the seats, and just ending. The b-pillar would fix this, but I think it might still look out of place unless the pillar were body-colored, or the entire top section was black.

 

If they were to make T-tops and don't want it to look funny, all they need to do is make the edge of the t-top body color. In effect, creating a colored roof rail that connects the A-pillar to the C-pillar. Just look at the 90's Nissan 300ZX for an example of that. Then if a b-pillar is needed, they can use the qtr glass to go over that pillar, taking the place of a colored body panel, give it a non b-pillar look.

 

There is NO problem with making the car look good with the t-tops on.

It's with them off, in my opinion. It would look ok with a Bpillar.. secondly, you need the bpillar for strength, i believe.

if all the windows were down, and T-tops off, the car would look sort of retarded, in my opinion..

the b-pillar though takes away some smoothness of the car

 

My bad, I was assuming you had a Camaro.

 

Rear quarter windows existed for three years, t-tops for over 20 years. Which is a bigger part of the Camaro heritage?

 

I agree.

And this is the basis for my next argument.
67-92 - (25 YEARS)
93-02 - (NINE YEARS)

No cup holders is part of Camaro heritage!! (atleast not standard)

 

The mullet and mall hair are big parts of the Camaro heritage too. Do you want to bring those back as well?

Some people need to quit living in the 1970's and 1980's. T-tops are old school. I could see a body colored targa top like the Corvette, but glass t-tops? Too disco.

 

Roll down quarter windows that haven't been used in non-convertable auto design since the 70's (the heyday of disco) are not old school?

 

The technical needs and styling compromises (of a b-pillar) will be the same t-top or targa.

I don't know what a targa top would weigh, but for mass-produced everyday driven car, a heavy or awkward top that requires two people to safely remove might not be a smart option.

I'm not sold that t-tops are a 70's/80's fad either that can't be incorporated in today's market.

 

I hadn't thought about the fact that a targa top may be more difficult to remove/replace by yourself than TTops. I have little knowledge of targa tops, but where are they stored when they are out? Do they have a place in the trunk like TTops do? If not I'd have no interest whatsoever in a targa top. I like to be able to drive somewhere with the top off and replace it when I get there, or if a freak rain starts I'd like to be able to pull over and put the top back on. I assume a targa top would be too large to store in the trunk, but since I've never actually seen a car with it I don't know.

I know a convertible would solve the problem of being able to put the top up at will, but I don't like the way a convertible top ruins the look of the car (IMO). And the fact that they are much more expensive than TTops doesn't help either. Oh, and let's not forget the added cost to insure a convertible...

Also, would storing TTops in the trunk be more difficult without the hatch type?

Call me 'old school' but I'll take my new Camaro with TTops, and find a hatch style trunk far more functional than a small trunklid that I can't actually fit anything thru.

Whoever it was that said they should make the edge of the TTop above the door body color so it keeps it's solid appearance from the side has the right idea. I was thinking the same thing.

 

Targa top stores in the rear trunk area, the same direction and position that you take it off the car in.. something like that