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z28 canceled
« on: March 21, 2009, 05:27:46 PM »
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We've reported on the shelving of the Camaro convertible, but news has emerged the high-horsepower Camaro Z28 variant has been outright killed by the Carpocalypse and GM belt-tightening.

Paul Eisenstein at The Detroit Bureau is reporting GM is shelving plans for a 570 HP Camaro Z28. The reason? It would be prohibitively expensive for GM at this time. With a program price around $50 million, the Z28 got the axe in favor of other efforts.

The bad news continues as the convertible, which was previously delayed a year, faces the collapse of the German supplier providing its convertible top. The unnamed source within GM went on to note, despite the bad news, there's still a desire by the program groups to build both of these cars; but it'll take significant engineering finagling to bring them to market for the right price. [The Detroit Bureau]


570HP is a lot!

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Re: z28 canceled
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2009, 11:41:39 PM »
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...the Z28 got the axe in favor of other efforts.


somebody else got the ax as well...rick.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/29/AR2009032900708.html

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Re: z28 canceled
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2009, 12:35:17 PM »
Personally, I think the Z28 was the bigger loss...