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Originally Posted by PAULSTS1
Hi Ming:
How many have asked that the Camaro be re-introduced and now that the factory has given it the greenlight, will never purchase one?
GM must create smaller more long-range vehicles using State of the Art technology, or the company will come to a grinding halt.
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Paul, I know there will be some here in Texas that will buy a pickup instead of a Camaro, despite being Camaro backers. I know a guy like that. He went for a new Mustang and got talked by the salesman into an F-150 instead...like I wrote in another thread, the pickup truck, once a farm vehicle, has become the "tough guy vehicle" (even for desk job guys) that the muscle car used to be...and it appealed to his vanity when the salesman said "A guy like you should be in a truck like this". So lots of guys I know at work drive a pickup who never needed one and are now talking about trading out, even some guys living in apartments and town homes who use the bed maybe once a year for a big screen TV they could've had delivered.
Maybe the Camaro, if the fuel economy is good enough, can capitalize on that.
Long range and high fuel efficiency are two different things, of course. You could get long range by putting a massive gas tank in an SUV and require a 200 dollar fill up.
A minicar with great fuel efficiency is not going to be the best long-hauler. Not unless your commute is long like mine with just a lot of back country roads with 35-65MPH speed limits.