Yes, the irony of this situation is right down funny, at least for someone who does not own the latest +General Motors Corvette offering, including its chief designer and supposedly engineer, +Tadge Juechter .
The previous generation of Camaro, while a decent sales success is nothing short of a brickhouse with wheels attached to it, a heavy clunker with questionable aerodynamics, sloppy handling and truly gross interior. To the benefit of the previous Camaro, at least it was there to supply the design inspiration for the rear end of the newest Corvette, right down to its awful tail lights.
To make this clunker handle and brake, it took a bit of money, as well demonstrated by the sales failure called Camaro Z28, a car that cost came very close not to just the cost of the base Stingray but the current flagship Z06 as well.
Since then, things have changed for better, at least for the Camaro, the car lost some weight, it gained smaller and lighter platform and it should handle better, hopefully. Interestingly enough, the new car, at least on paaper, comes very close to its GM stablemate, Corvette Stingray, while competing with Ford Mustang. This part is pretty amazing, considering the car is at least slightly heavier than the porker Stingray, has a bit less power and somewhat worse aerodynamics. Yet somehow, this new Camaro in the SS variant seems to be keeping up with the Stingray. So what happened here?
Well, while Camaro continues to improve, the Stingray stands still and this part alone makes it already a questionable value. Certainly, considering that Camaro costs at least twenty grand less, the value of the Stingray continues to diminish, at least for those valuing performance, not extra wax and clear paint protection film.
As a point of interest, the new Camaro SS has an electronic speed limiter, set at 165 mph, seemingly not to upset the feeble Stingray owners even more, LOL...
Although the competition with Mustang will be a good one, in the meantime, the owners of then newest Corvette should provide plenty of whining entartainment.
Not bad Camaro, and it is not a death machine like the corvette. Chevy really only needs one sports car, I think the corvette should be rebadged as a Buick. That way the old farts that own these cars can just shop at one dealer, since their other car must be a Buick.
ReplyDeleteBuick Reatta 😀
DeleteCorvette sales are sure to tank unless GM starts discounting the overpriced piece of shit C7.
ReplyDeletelets keep in mind Garbage Motors loves to send out Ringer cars.the CRAPMARO might not be as quick as they say.
ReplyDeleteThese are actual test numbers, slower than what GM claims officially. Either way, the faster the Camaro will be, the fewer Corvettes are sold.
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