Posted on 02/17/2024 6:44:38 PM PST by Red Badger
GM stopped production of the Pontiac Fiero when only 16,000 were produced. (When the Fiero finally got everything right...)
Sticker price.... (1977)... $4775
I lived in Norwood, Ohio in the early 80s about two blocks from the GM assembly plant that was producing the Camaro. The big problem for GM in Norwood was getting enough UAW members to show up for work in order to run the assembly line.
Automatic transmission was an ‘upgrade’ option, as well as A/C. I got the AT but not the A/C.
I couldn’t afford one.
I just wanted a 2008 with the four taillights and a V-8
The two biggest customers for the Camaro:
1. Nurses, and
2. Women named Donna.
I had a fiero. Nice zippy little car.
Was a pain to get in and out, but once you had the process down, it wasn’t bad. Once inside it was surprisingly roomy.
My first new car - 69 Mach 1 Mustang. Price $3200. Those were the good old days.
Rednecks in Georgia...................
The Ford Mustang wins AGAIN!.........................
I’ve owned Firebird, Camaro, Charger and now finally MUSTANG!.................
Too expensive to buy. I last bought a car in 2006. A new one anyway. A Honda CRV, 5K down, and financed about 23K. Now, a new car is in the 60K+ range. Higher for a “better” car. At the time I bought my last new car, I purchased a home for 180K. I couldn’t keep up with the rising costs of things. Though I was making $6K a month, one illness and I had to sell it and bought a Manufactured in a park for $18k cash and settled in to a life of no work, and treatments.
The economic system is failing, and we are all being chased into the streets or a section 8 apt. Only the rich will have nice things. My daughter was paying $1250 a month for rent two years ago. She is now paying $3000 a month. But she has one more bathroom and the kitchen is nicer. My other daughter lives in the ghetto apartments in Tacoma WA, 3rd floor because her first floor apt was shot up while she and her hubby slept. Rent? $2700 a month...two bdrm one bath laundry in the common area.
Seems sustainable to me, she is a case worker for DSHS with a degree in accounting n social work, he drives for Amazon.
Chevy and Ford have similar issues in this market segment. Devotees. Ford guys. Chevy guys.
Chevy’s guys are divided between Corvette guys and Camaro guys.
Ford has no such dilemma. Ford guys have the Mustang.
Yes, there is a very limited market for the GT Supercar; its price is astronomical and out of reach but, for the very few.
The Chevy Corvette on the other hand is attainable for those who are on a Camaro budget but, really want a Corvette.
They can stretch their budget or, delay a purchase while saving more money and get the Vette instead of settling for the Camaro. A great many buyers opt for the latter.
So, my opinion is the Chevy Camaro is a victim of the Chevy Corvette. The Mustang has no such brand competition.
I like the looks of the current models, but my view on buying cars has always been they are a tool for transportation first, a fashion statement a distant second. A coupe that can comfortably make a road trip with just two people doesn’t meet my needs. Give it 3-1/2 more years for the kids to finish college and that might change.
It’s not a bad looking car. I can’t speak to the available options. There was a time in the early 90s when the Mustang came in a 4 cylinder. It looked great, but was underwhelming performance wise. The last iteration of the Camaro just appears too cramped inside to actually enjoy as a daily driver.
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