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Old 29-08-2017, 01:36 PM   #1
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Default 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE

This thing is a pocket rocket. They give it a brief review plus a blast around Laguna Seca.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWCwaF-akd0
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Old 29-08-2017, 06:07 PM   #2
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Just cant dig the new generation Camaro.
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Old 30-08-2017, 02:57 PM   #3
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Just cant dig the new generation Camaro.
Neither can the American buying public. Sales actually dropped after it was released and has never picked up. They just don't like it.
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Old 30-08-2017, 03:16 PM   #4
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Bring on the GT500!
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Old 30-08-2017, 07:42 PM   #5
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i was laughing hard, thinking about how any normal person could drive that on the street!!
I mean, you'd need to have your orthodontist on speed-dial and Panadol as your driving sponser.

I no, i no it's a track, designed car but crap, i was even bouncing watching the video in front of my PC Lol.
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Old 30-08-2017, 09:18 PM   #6
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That thing is cool. Not Mustang cool, but I'd have it in my driveway.
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Old 30-08-2017, 09:23 PM   #7
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That thing is cool. Not Mustang cool, but I'd have it in my driveway.
Forget Mustang Cool- just a great engineered machine that would be a blast to take for a run on a country road.

Had a crap week with work-partners-life- take this for a blast on a track/remote country road and feel alive and like life is GOOOOOD......
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Old 30-08-2017, 11:54 PM   #8
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Neither can the American buying public. Sales actually dropped after it was released and has never picked up. They just don't like it.
Corvette sales are starting to take a dive too. They do that though because it's been out a couple of years now, the Camaro is surprising.
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Old 31-08-2017, 08:11 AM   #9
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I'd have this and a Mustang GT350/500. Garage complete.
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I am not sure I understand the desire for understeer/push. I can tell you, at high speed it is not fun.

LOL, you have to lift off the throttle and hope the front gets a bite, then there is a good chance the car wants to spin around on you. So then you are dealing with that.

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Old 31-08-2017, 10:14 AM   #11
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I'd have this and a Mustang GT350/500. Garage complete.
Agreed, I love it. It's big, it's boofy, it's a proper manual, it has some kool tech. And it's fast.
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Neither can the American buying public. Sales actually dropped after it was released and has never picked up. They just don't like it.
Just returned from LA / West Hollywood and every 2nd car seemed to be a late model Camaro!
Easy outnumbered Mustang sightings 2 to 1
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Old 31-08-2017, 12:12 PM   #13
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July car sales USA.
Mustang 6206
Camaro 4713

Mustang sales down about 3000 on July 2016 but that could be due to new model not far away.
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Old 31-08-2017, 01:20 PM   #14
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https://www.torquenews.com/106/dodge...aro-june-sales
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Old 31-08-2017, 02:54 PM   #15
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Just returned from LA / West Hollywood and every 2nd car seemed to be a late model Camaro!
Easy outnumbered Mustang sightings 2 to 1
Strange cause new Camaro has never outsold S550 Mustang.
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Old 31-08-2017, 03:07 PM   #16
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Strange cause new Camaro has never outsold S550 Mustang.
https://www.torquenews.com/106/chevy...2-month-streak
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Well for one month. Doesn't change the fact it's been a bit of a fail for GM.
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Well for one month. Doesn't change the fact it's been a bit of a fail for GM.
Not quite a fail considering Chev have both the Vette and the Camaro going against the Mustangs different guises.
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Well for one month. Doesn't change the fact it's been a bit of a fail for GM.
I can't comment on whether it is a failure for GM as I don't know what their estimates for sales each month is nor do I know what their expected return on investment for the Camaro was/is.
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Camaro is a fail, make no mistake. Camaro and Challenger are neck and neck ytd !
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Not quite a fail considering Chev have both the Vette and the Camaro going against the Mustangs different guises.
Sales dropping on release and never increasing over the previous model is a fail. They were banking on increased sales and knocking the Mustang off, which they failed to achieve.
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