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Old 09-04-11, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by harlockssx
Try sitting in one...no dang visibility, really pretty dangerous how difficult it is to see around you while driving one. Looks good, preforms pretty well. Needs to be at least 500lbs lighter though. SOOO heavy!
The sucky visibility is a characteristic in most true muscle cars too. It's just how they are built. It can be kind of sketchy when your maneuvering in heavy traffic, but you get used to it. My gf couldn't even see over the dash from the passenger seat
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Old 09-04-11, 01:13 AM
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Its growing on me and I like it, but where is the 4 door platform to compliment it, Chevy needs a version of the G8
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Old 09-04-11, 02:55 AM
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this thread sucks without pics :-)
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Old 09-04-11, 07:46 AM
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The camaro is nice to look at, but 392 Challenger please
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Old 09-04-11, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by <VENOM>
Its growing on me and I like it, but where is the 4 door platform to compliment it, Chevy needs a version of the G8
You want a 4 door camaro? Totally defies the muscle-car concept. It's like what Dodge did with the Charger.....
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Old 09-04-11, 10:14 AM
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I agree, I think GM did do a good job with the Camaro. It certainly is a head turner. I just can't wrap my head around the idea of muscle cars now a days having smaller engines all the while having better efficiency and power. Give me the five and half liter eight cylinders, that's where my head is at. Something that truly roars when you step on the accelerator. If I had to go with a 'muscle car' from GM, my choice would be with a CTS-V hands down.

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Edit: Of course I forgot that the pinnacle of General Motor's powerful cars is the ZR1. But then again I'm getting away from myself.
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Old 09-04-11, 10:17 AM
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Old 09-04-11, 02:07 PM
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I think all of the Big 3 are doing a good job with the retro cars. The Mustang has looked great since the 2005 refresh, and only getting better. With it's new 5.0 Coyote engine, it's seems to be a screamer.

The Camaro is a real head turner, and that 6.2L sounds like a decent engine.

I like the Challenger with the hemi as well. It's the heaviest of the three, so its performance does lag, but who the freak cares? I'd take any of the three.

My only disappointment is that the Camaro is without its cousin, the Firebird. It's just not right.
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Old 09-04-11, 10:40 PM
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Its definitely a hit with consumers but it hasn't grown on me yet. I do prefer the mustang over the camaro due to the mustang having decent body lines and still looks like a mustang.

I still think the camaro looks to boxy and boat looking. I mean i guess people like it. There everywhere now.
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Old 09-05-11, 03:41 PM
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I love the ls3 but, the 302 is Boss. Mustang is a way better car. They are everywhere, marketing is key people.
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I like the new Camaro SS, but I would probably never own one. I prefer the look of the new Mustang, Challenger, and Corvette, but you really can't go wrong with any of them. It's weird to have a new Camaro, but no Firebird/Trans Am.

I'd love to have a CTS-V though.
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Old 09-06-11, 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by BrettJacks
You want a 4 door camaro? Totally defies the muscle-car concept. It's like what Dodge did with the Charger.....
I guess, why can't GM sell a full or midsize sedan equivalent to the G8 that is now missing
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Old 09-06-11, 03:18 AM
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Originally Posted by <VENOM>
I guess, why can't GM sell a full or midsize sedan equivalent to the G8 that is now missing
I think its going to take them time to come out with an equivalent to that now that Pontiac is gone. I generally hate Pontiac's, but i love the G8 GXP. That thing looks mean and sounds bad ***. They didn't sell that well though, I remember they discounted them like crazy even before Pontiac was set to close up shop because they had a very high amount of them still in inventory. Seems like not too many people are interested in it.
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Old 09-06-11, 06:21 AM
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Pontiac was an awesome company, I was sad to see it go. Wish they had kept it rather than Buick.

Chevy could use a good 4-door, but thankfully they'll never do it to the Camaro. Something like the G8 would be pretty sweet.
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Old 09-06-11, 06:32 AM
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I don't like the weird scallops in front of the rear wheel arch. Looks cheap and ugly.
Everything else is pretty good on the outside. Never sat in one but I doubt it'd be anything fancy.
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