Vette is mid engine. How about a 350 hp Fiero style Camaro, Just for a generation of course.

[3rdgennut]

You likely won see such a thing. First, we’ve been told it’s off Alpha2 so mid engine isn’t in the current plan or future.

maybe we will get lucky and some big wheel at gm can roll out a "Fire Arrow" that fits the bill.

 

[3rdgennut]

The Chevy SS was direct competition to sedans like the BMW 550, which retailed around 60-70k at the time. The SS was a great car for its time and was never given a good environment for sales.

Around the time the SS same out, I was really upset with my BMW 550 issues (the original N63 engine, nuff said) Chevy dealership and asked about the SS, they always assumed I was talking about the Camaro. When I specifically said the SS, not the Camaro SS, I was told by several dealers that "why would I want to drive a malibu when I was looking for a performance car"

Chevy obviously did not educate their dealers, or the dealers had so little hope of actually getting one that they were trying to drive sales to something they could get.

As a result, I dropped out of the market, had my injectors replaced a 4th time, and then a few years later had the engine replaced under the class action settlement (yeah, one where the consumers actually got a good outcome, not just the lawyers), and drove it for another 9 years before it became uneconomical for upkeep and repair. By then the SS had gone away.

I've not found a new car that can hold a candle to the BMW 550, the later M550, or the Chevy SS in terms of a solid highway cruiser that also gives you great performance at a less than M5 price. The i5 M60 is close, just not enough range and too slow on charging. I am hoping that somewhere between the Charger, the Ford Mach 4 (mustang based sedan), or the new Chevy/Buick, I will find that again.

I agree 550 is the perfect adult car. maybe if i ever get some throw away money i can get a used one. i dont trust their reliability tho.

 

[Stonehauler]

I agree 550 is the perfect adult car. maybe if i ever get some throw away money i can get a used one. i dont trust their reliability tho.

There is a very good reason I did not buy a used 2022 M550i when I had the chance...I could just not get myself to trust in the N63 engine, no matter how many improvements it had. It was an absolute blast to drive, and the push back into the seats (and those seats are the best ones I've ever had..and would only get better with ventilated seats) was incredible. The suspension was also some of the best I've driven. I've driven that car 800+ miles in a single day and was able to get out and not be sore in any way, or I could turn on sport suspension and just have an absolute blast going around a corner and seeing that SUV that was riding my tail learn that...no, it's not a sports sedan and that it had better slow down... But I was not able to trust the engine reliability agian either...

I just could not push the button on that used 2022 like I really really wanted to due to my experience with the 2013 model I had. I ended up buying my wife a new car and I am driving her 10 year old one...waiting for my dream to materialize.

I am really hoping that the Camaro is what Chevy enthusiasts want, that it finds good audience beyond the enthusiast market...but I really want the Buick version to be an updated/upgraded Chevy SS, with a great interior, fantastic and comfortable handling and a kick-butt 500+ hp V8

If not, maybe that mustang based sedan that Ford teased will do the trick...otherwise, I might be stuck with the...shudder...Charger