Official 2016 Camaro Thread With Updates

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Sideways&Smiling

If Ford or Chevy made a new small coupe sports car from the ground up they could make something really special. I wish they would. They seem to be doing pretty well lately when it comes to engines.

Definitely a market the US domestics need to come around to. I thought GM was headed that way with the Solstice/Skye. Would have loved to have the Skye with the 2.0L Turbo in it.

[SVTSHC]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Let's not leave Chrysler out of this mix either though. With the Fiat tech and resources available to them they could do some wonderful things if they wanted too.

2020 Camaro

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by SVTSHC

2020 Camaro

Naaaaah (although....) that is the much hyped and written about 2014 Barracuda that I wanted so badly but destroyed any tiny amount of faith I ever had in the car blog sites (some may have noticed my hatred for them). I followed this car through all the articles from the first mention of it with great anticipation. Then in late 13 I was at a meeting with the Chrysler development engineers (some people actually do get to talk to these guys) and asked when it was coming out. They laughed at me and said the project had been scrapped back in 2011 and there was no intention of moving forward. Apparently they even had issued an actual press release saying so but it just got twisted around to say it would be a 2015 release. There are probably still blogs saying it is coming out "next year" to this day.
I am however hoping that Fiat will eventually revive it.

[jdmblood]

id consider the focus hatches to be great competition to imports.

focus rs vs type r
fiesta st vs brz/frs
focus st vs gti


.....etc etc

[BRZZZZZZZZZZ]

If I was in the market for a 'Maro I would be getting a Z/28. Now if only GM would give me cost on one, and finance me for 10 years (seeing as I work for them)...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by jdmblood

id consider the focus hatches to be great competition to imports.

focus rs vs type r
fiesta st vs brz/frs
focus st vs gti


.....etc etc

For all intents and purposes these days the Focuses are imports.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Naaaaah (although....) that is the much hyped and written about 2014 Barracuda that I wanted so badly but destroyed any tiny amount of faith I ever had in the car blog sites (some may have noticed my hatred for them). ....

I went through this in the mid-80's with the Nissan MID4. Everybody said it would be "any day now" and I had money in hand for a deposit for almost 2 years. When Nissan killed it I swore I would never buy Nissan until they revived it. I never have.


For those that don't know, Mid-engine/all-wheel drive/V6. Here's a little teaser. If Nissan dug it out of the archives and built it today, it would sell.


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWzJSPUu-gI"]Nissan MID4 mkII - YouTube[/ame]

[Timmy_Jones]

All the domestic muscle cars are just too big. The bloat is a real issue.

[SVTSHC]

Originally Posted by jdmblood

id consider the focus hatches to be great competition to imports.

focus rs vs type r
fiesta st vs brz/frs
focus st vs gti


.....etc etc

You think the type R would be good competition for the RS? *shrug*, it might be. Feels like the RS might be a class above with the additional horse and AWD though (granted that comes with weight).
The fiesta and the twins would be solid but the twins edge them out because physics.
The ST and GTI are a close match-up; I like that match-up.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by SVTSHC

You think the type R would be good competition for the RS? *shrug*, it might be. Feels like the RS might be a class above with the additional horse and AWD though (granted that comes with weight).
The fiesta and the twins would be solid but the twins edge them out because physics.
The ST and GTI are a close match-up; I like that match-up.

Ya, I would pit the RS more against the WRX/STI or Evo (if they still made them) if I was comparing.

[cdrazic93]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Let's not leave Chrysler out of this mix either though. With the Fiat tech and resources available to them they could do some wonderful things if they wanted too.

I remember this. Man was i excited for an american NSX but nah, should have figured it would implode

[SVTSHC]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Naaaaah (although....) that is the much hyped and written about 2014 Barracuda that I wanted so badly but destroyed any tiny amount of faith I ever had in the car blog sites (some may have noticed my hatred for them). I followed this car through all the articles from the first mention of it with great anticipation. Then in late 13 I was at a meeting with the Chrysler development engineers (some people actually do get to talk to these guys) and asked when it was coming out. They laughed at me and said the project had been scrapped back in 2011 and there was no intention of moving forward. Apparently they even had issued an actual press release saying so but it just got twisted around to say it would be a 2015 release. There are probably still blogs saying it is coming out "next year" to this day.
I am however hoping that Fiat will eventually revive it.

Gah.... this thing would have been attractive as hell. What a shame. Cases like this (and personally working in the industry) are the reason why I take every reputable car blog site with a grain of salt and completely disregard the non-reputable ones.

[jdmblood]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

For all intents and purposes these days the Focuses are imports.

They is from Europe yo!

[jdmblood]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ya, I would pit the RS more against the WRX/STI or Evo (if they still made them) if I was comparing.

The type r will definitly be a weapon