Camaros are arriving!

Visited our Dealer yesterday, and they have their first Camaro.
It was in the P.D. area being prepared for registration. It will not be immediately for sale & is to be used as a demo, so i guess I'll go for a drive one of these days.
Has anyone had a drive yet?
Pickles.

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Originally Posted by Pickles

Visited our Dealer yesterday, and they have their first Camaro.
It was in the P.D. area being prepared for registration.
It will not be immediately for sale & is to be used as a demo, so i guess I'll go for a drive one of these days.
Pickles.

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I bet it would be on top of the urgent list in PD department. :lol:

Wanna see pictures when you drive it Martin! :goodjob:

Led to believe the one I posted in "Cool Rides" the other day is also one of the few that arrived at some dealerships.

https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...74&oe=5C48F53A

mate of mine has his yellow classic...
showcasing the plastic


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y23...psqdgwlxif.jpg



.. guess what the crowd are looking at? :dance:

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Originally Posted by Smitty

mate of mine has his yellow classic...
showcasing the plastic


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y23...psqdgwlxif.jpg



.. guess what the crowd are looking at? :dance:

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I don't think I could see the value in the extra cost over a new Mustang.

Be interesting to see a fair road test comparison.

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Originally Posted by Micks

Led to believe the one I posted in "Cool Rides" the other day is also one of the few that arrived at some dealerships.

https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...74&oe=5C48F53A

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Funny thing my friend, the one I saw was exactly the same!
Martin.

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Originally Posted by whitels1ss

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Be interesting to see a fair road test comparison.

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so say all of us ....

On spec...

the Camaro seems to be a bit lighter in weight than the Mustang.

Mustang is putting out a few more kilowatts but at a fair bit higher rpm.

Camaro seems to be advertising slightly better fuel economy

but looks as though it costs about $20,000 more to purchase.

Oh.... & you can't get a manual gearbox in a Camaro. :doh:

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Oh.... & you can't get a manual gearbox in a Camaro. :doh:

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That really sucks!! :rofl:

I wonder if they will be able to find a manual version when they race them in 2020.

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Originally Posted by whitels1ss

On spec...

the Camaro seems to be a bit lighter in weight than the Mustang.

Mustang is putting out a few more kilowatts but at a fair bit higher rpm.

Camaro seems to be advertising slightly better fuel economy

but looks as though it costs about $20,000 more to purchase.

Oh.... & you can't get a manual gearbox in a Camaro. :doh:

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"Manual Gearbox"?....Not yet!
Pickles.

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Originally Posted by keith reed

I wonder if they will be able to find a manual version when they race them in 2020.

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I don't think putting plastic panels on a purpose built control chassis with sequential transaxle gearbox will translate well to a road car.
All they are going to do is put the mustang panels on the "ford" chassis they are using this year, so I'm only assuming they will do the same with Camaro panels on the "Holden" chassis.

We need to remember that the race cars have nothing to do with what we see on the streets.

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Originally Posted by jc_sv8

I don't think putting plastic panels on a purpose built control chassis with sequential transaxle gearbox will translate well to a road car.
All they are going to do is put the mustang panels on the "ford" chassis they are using this year, so I'm only assuming they will do the same with Camaro panels on the "Holden" chassis.

We need to remember that the race cars have nothing to do with what we see on the streets.

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You missed my point. I was being facetious.

If the price was competitive with Mustang I'd have one over the Ford. But $20k more for a car in the same segment is only ever going to appeal to the brand loyalists. I hope they sell them all. But it's not reasonable to expect much of a following to be developed for them with the extremely limited numbers available.

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Originally Posted by macca_779

If the price was competitive with Mustang I'd have one over the Ford. But $20k more for a car in the same segment is only ever going to appeal to the brand loyalists. I hope they sell them all. But it's not reasonable to expect much of a following to be developed for them with the extremely limited numbers available.

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Exactly!

But I would go one step further & buy a manual Mustang for another $3,000 saving because I would prefer a 6 speed manual over a 10 speed auto. :cheers: