📰 Auto News GM cancels plans for Z/28 Camaro

[Mook]

The all-new Camaro we've been waiting on for two years is just a few days from showing its production face, and we've already got some bad news. The General has dumped plans for the Z28. The highly anticipated Camaro variant was rumored to feature the same supercharged 6.2L engine that powers the brawny Cadillac CTS-V with well over 500 ponies. Without the Z28 in the picture, the still powerful SS edition will be the range-topper for now, and we're expecting power to be just under that of the base Corvette's 436 hp.

While this is certainly bad news for Camaro enthusiasts, it does make sense in the face of $4.25 per gallon gas to cancel a supercharged monster that's likely to be eligible for a hefty gas guzzler tax. What doesn't make sense is canceling the Z28 moniker when it means much more to Camaro fans than SS ever will. There goes the aftermarket for louvers and mullet wigs.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/14/alas-z-28-we-hardly-knew-ye/

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[PANDA]

fail... so the Z28 was supposed to be better than the SS?

 

[CamaroSS]

gay

 

[CamaroSS]

fail... so the Z28 was supposed to be better than the SS?

faster yes, better, debatable

 

[Mook]

fail... so the Z28 was supposed to be better than the SS?

thats how its always been...rather, how it was in the past

 

[PANDA]

thats how its always been...rather, how it was in the past

seems to me that GM always bumped the HP up on the SS versions when in reality they were the same.

 

[EmersonHart13]

Go GM.

Maybe this is a just for now thing...?

 

[radioguy6]

i really like the old school Z/28 badges

 

[skeezer]

bullshit

 

[blakbearddelite]

whew! one less car to worry about being faster than me out the box.

 

[Mook]

seems to me that GM always bumped the HP up on the SS versions when in reality they were the same.

back in the original camaro days, the z/28 was top of the line

 

[Poopshinanigans]

I don't get that whole "cancel it cause of its gas", other than it will hurt the CAFE. People who buy those don't give a shit about gas mileage cause they can afford 11mpg. And it will be in such low numbers that all the 'balts and aveos would cancel it out.

 

[Burtonrider10022]

agreed.


i really thought this would see the LS7 before it saw the LS9

cause y would the LS9 z/28 camaro be faster than the LS7 Z06 vette?

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

its because the camaro competes with the corvette... and i think they dont want to ruin that reputation... and the fact that its like 40k less

 

[Mook]

the camaro has never competed w/ the corvette

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

are u kidding me? thats why they killed it, it was getting just as fast as the corvette in the 1/4 mile for half the price

 

[Mook]

surely you're joking

the vette and camaro cater to two ENTIRELY different demographics...the vette has never been simply about 1/4 mile times...its a track car, a straightline speed car, a better looking car (subjective obviously), better interior (subjective)...an overall "higher class" car

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

well if you compare 1/4 mile, they get pretty dam close

 

[Mook]

who cares? certainly not 80% or so of corvette owners (older men)

 

[Poopshinanigans]

They killed the GNX because it was faster than the Corvette, they killed the Camaro because of sales i believe, correct me if i'm wrong on that.

 

[Mook]

it was b/c of sales

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Thought so, not enough women were buying the v6s.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

maybe i was thinking about the gnx.. the one camaro that was a beast from factory, that one lol

 

[Mook]

zl1? thats not a fair comparisson

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

maybe it was zl1...... lol i havent a clue, all i know is it was a beast and close to none are made