It's poor foresight for GM to think that there would not be a market to continue the Camaro against the Mustang. Chevy just let the Camaro languish in an old bodystyle and platform to the point that it was not interesting anymore except only to the die hard Camaro enthusiasts. I think people are desiring something new and fresh.. After so many years of being stale, not many people were as interested in the last Camaro for a few reasons. One, is that the Mustang was freshended and updated more frequently the past decade. Two, the used car market is flooded with used Camaros that look not much different from the newer ones, so there is not as much incemtive to buy a new one. Three, interior room and versitility was limited... the ride was also harsh. I also think too many people asociate the Camaro as being a harsh riding plastic lined rattle trap. All of the four F-bodied cars I owned (83,85,89,92) certainly were.
Of course...GM is always wrong...Ford however is perfectly in the right by still using the 1978 FOX platform, which debuted on the Farimont, on the 2004 Mustang, and not re-designing the car from 1979 through 1993 was also the right thing for Ford, but of course in GM does it, then it sucks...
GM was also wrong for offering more HP in both the V8 and V6 engines.
GM was wrong for offering better looking cars.
GM was wrong for offering better handling cars.
Both the Mustang and the Camaro were updated once through their prouduct cycles. The Camaro was introduced in 1993 and was updated in 1998. The Mustang was introduced in 1994, and it was updated in 1999.
Ford produced and sold more Mustangs than Camaro's, so by that rationale there would be more Mustangs on used car lots, and less incentive to buy a new Mustang, also Ford concentrated heavily on fleet sales for V6 Mustang convertibles, so those will also flood the used car market too.
The Camaro was not interesting.....
I dont know, but when a car offers about 50 more horsepower and an extra gear in a manual transmission, in a lower slung, better looking and handling car, thats interesting enough for me..
If you need scoops and spoilers...you might want to go get and Eclipse or something and go to Pep Boys..
Chevrolet was not wrong for droping the Camaro, if you have a car with declining sales, on and older platform, with a needed expensive re-design comming up, and you are also facing decling market share, and slower sales in your bread and butter car line-up, what do you do...you pick your battles...I hate to say it..but cars like the Cobalt, Malibu, Impala, Silverado, Equinox and even Corvette are more importaint to Chevrolet than the Camaro, cars like these are what bring in the dough and help pay for funding for cars like the Camaro, remember that its been more than 20 years since a Camaro has sold more than 200,000 units.