Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Some ideas that might fly for GM

People wonder about the raging success of the new Mustang, Camaro and Challenger. Well-"Duh!" The Mustang looks like a '68 Mustang, the Camaro looks like a '69 Camaro and the Challenger looks like the "Vanishing Point" car-a 1970 Challenger. You know what these cars are when you see them. Everything else looks like a Toyota Camry.  Even a Mercedes or BMW doesn't stand out from the Hondas and Toyotas. That's why the GTO failed. It looked like a Grand Am on steroids. Car and Driver said it best-"It runs like a Corvette, handles like like a BMW and looks like a rental car." High Performance Pontiac called it "The best car nobody bought."  Seeing the success of the retro-Camaro and Mustang, if GM had any brains they could use the Camaro / Cadillac CTS platform and bring back the SS Chevelle, or the Judge or the Hurst / Olds. The CTS / Camaro platform already has the 6.2 liter 556 hp V8 and a six-speed manual or automatic trans available. Think how cool a white and gold 1969 style "442" or Orange "GTO Judge" would be with the modern amenities and suspension. They could charge whatever they wanted, and people would line up around the block. But no, let's have another Chevy Volt derivative. Mastermind 

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