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p>Congrats to Ford, they have a winner. GM should follow suit, but rather than invest in the public, and perhaps some after-market money-making add-on Camaro options, they want to recoup their entire investment up-front, without first asking the public if they want the damn car. br> -- P. Aaron Jones br> Huntington Woods, Michigan /p>

I am the owner of Classic Automotive Restoration Specialists, Inc. In addition to building national show winning restorations and Barrett Jackson world record price cars we build the all new steel 1969 Camaro body for Dynacorn. This is a GM-licensed body. I am very close to this industry/market and I agree with Eric Peter's analysis. I believe, however, there is one GM obstacle he over looked; the Corvette.

GM will never allow another vehicle, especially a Chevrolet, to out power/perform their flagship Corvette! GM has a difficult hurdle in that as Mr. Peters stated the price point must be low enough to attract young buyers, yet they also must have a performance version. The performance version by GM's terms will be lower than the Corvette. Recently on the Hot Rod Power Tour, several GM managers stated the new Camaro will NEVER have the new LS7 Corvette engine. (On the tour the new Camaro was on display each night at the GM booth.)

p>Just like the SSR I believe unless GM pulls some marketing miracle the car will be priced too high and lack performance. In my opinion GM needs to adapt Chrysler's philosophy of the SRT program, spreading performance across their entire product line. Examples are the SRT 8 Charger and the SRT 10 truck which used the V10 Viper engine and transmission. br> -- Jim Barber /p> p> Mr. Peters has only one thing correct in his article. The Camaro is a man's car; the Mustang is a girl's car. Perhaps the feminization of our society has supposedly kept the Mustang alive and kicking? How is a muscle car too macho Mr. Peters? br> --

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