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shadoquad

Wonder how far they're willing to let it encroach on the Vette in terms of performance and cost.

m4a1mustang

It doesn't matter. GM will make the same mistakes it's always made and the Camaro will die off once again.

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shadoquad

Although, you have to admit, the Camaro raised the bar enough for Ford to get off its duff and finally make the Stang a contender again.

m4a1mustang

Ford was planning on it all along. They don't react to anything GM/Camaro does. They do what they do and it works.

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shadoquad

That's a bit ridiculous. It's like saying that Ferrari doesn't react to what Lambo or Porsche are up to.

They're direct competitors, they react to each other.

m4a1mustang

Dude, you just earned another whooping at the next meet.

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FuszNissan

They do react, they just do it wrong.
Ford had huge success by going retro with the mustang, so GM/Chrysler tried it and I think they missed the boat.

Camero
Challenger
GTO (this could have been huge, but fell short)

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shadoquad

You forgot to throw the Charger nameplate on there, which failed as egregiously as the GTO in terms of "retro name, modern bland design"

Kirkster

Ford went with a nice retro.
Government Motors went with cheesy retro, I loved the look of the car but then I sat in it, and almost puked on the center console which looks hideous.

Then you take a look at the weight 3900 pounds Vs. the 3600 for the mustang, which pretty much killed it for auto-x.

And then GM put on 20 and 21 inch wheels and that completely killed it for auto-x due to the complete lack of decent race rubber.

I was actually looking at a rustang before buying the Z but no one had any clues about the performance packages and other options I was looking for...

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Ha ha! interesting thread. Btw, Steve bought the car I spec'd out with Lou's guys before we failed to arrive at a deal..... In case you wondered where I went, well......





It's a large amount of fun..... We need to start a Z refugee club..

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