Report: GM To Reveal Camaro Plans This Week

[Mr.DJ]

Report: GM To Reveal Camaro Plans This Week


~ DETROIT — General Motors is about to make it official. ~

As reported earlier this year, GM is planning to produce the Chevy Camaro in mid-to-late 2008 as a 2009 model, according to supplier sources. But according to a report in the Detroit Free Press, GM will make production plans official during a speech this week by Chairman Rick Wagoner at a conference in Traverse City.

Consumers and media alike have been buzzing since the Camaro concept was unveiled in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It will be aimed at the same audience — mostly aging Baby Boomers — as the Ford Mustang and the soon-to-be-revived Dodge Challenger.

The Free Press said the production Camaro is expected to be offered with a choice of three engines, including a V6 and two V8s. The car will be built on the same rear-wheel-drive platform as the next-generation Pontiac GTO and one or two new sport sedans from Chevy and Pontiac.

What this means to you: GM couldn't sit on such a winner at a time when they need them. But how long a lifespan will all these neo-muscle cars have in an era of $3-plus per gallon of gas?

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Source: edmunds.com | Inside Line
Date posted: 08-07-2006

[Challenger4-TheWin]

if they release the pricing that would be sweet. When will dodge relase the prices, when dodge, when

[Tails]

Originally Posted by Challenger4-TheWin

if they release the pricing that would be sweet. When will dodge relase the prices, when dodge, when

A month or two before they send them to the dealers is my unedumicated guess.

[Challenger4-TheWin]

Originally Posted by Tails

A month or two before they send them to the dealers is my unedumicated guess.

2 of closest dealers told me they'll only accept deposits when pricing is announced.

[Tails]

Originally Posted by Challenger4-TheWin

2 of closest dealers told me they'll only accept deposits when pricing is announced.

For the goat, GM started accepting deposits around June '03, Started production around September. They announced the price around October. First deliveries were December 2003.