Chevy Designers talk 2013 Cup Car Redesign

[flyersfan4888]

Chevrolet working hard on its car of the future - Jan 18, 2011 - NASCAR.COM

Just an interesting article I found...

 

[Jonathan Patten]

CAMARO. Did anyone else read into this besides me?

 

[Numbers]

CAMARO. Did anyone else read into this besides me?

sadly no. GM has all ready said they have no plans to bring the CAMARO in to NASCAR.
how ever i have read in vairus other places that gm plans to promote the hell out of the volt..
so my guess(and proubly worng at that) is the volt.

Watch Out Dodge,Toyota,And Ford The Volt Is Coming To NASCAR...

:twitcy:

 

[labontefanboy]

sadly no. GM has all ready said they have no plans to bring the CAMARO in to NASCAR.
how ever i have read in vairus other places that gm plans to promote the hell out of the volt..
so my guess(and proubly worng at that) is the volt.

Watch Out Dodge,Toyota,And Ford The Volt Is Coming To NASCAR...

:twitcy:

If it is the Volt, I hope Hendrick's batteries malfunction a lot.

 

[Numbers]

If it is the Volt, I hope Hendrick's batteries malfunction a lot.

if it is the volt..i wonder if toyota will bring in the prius LOL

 

[celticfang]

Then Tesla can join too

LOL at a Prius COT

Hey, weirder stuff has happened!

 

[Jonathan Patten]

sadly no. GM has all ready said they have no plans to bring the CAMARO in to NASCAR.
how ever i have read in vairus other places that gm plans to promote the hell out of the volt..
so my guess(and proubly worng at that) is the volt.

Watch Out Dodge,Toyota,And Ford The Volt Is Coming To NASCAR...

:twitcy:

VOLT? Over the Camaro? No no no! I drive a 2011 Camaro, and I made it very clear to both my sales rep and also the rep at the Daytona race that I think that the Camaro should be in NASCAR, and that most American race fans would agree with me. When I was at Daytona, many people agreed wtih me when we were talking to the rep. It's such a shame...it would seriously boost sales for the Camaro!

 

[Ten0r]

VOLT? Over the Camaro? No no no! I drive a 2011 Camaro, and I made it very clear to both my sales rep and also the rep at the Daytona race that I think that the Camaro should be in NASCAR, and that most American race fans would agree with me. When I was at Daytona, many people agreed wtih me when we were talking to the rep. It's such a shame...it would seriously boost sales for the Camaro!

The problem with talking to your sales rep is that you're already interested in the Camaro. The principle behind win on Sunday sell on Monday is that you're going to purchase the vehicle strictly because it won on Sunday. That means you're appealing to the non-initiated of the brand who wouldn't take a look at that car for one reason or another.

Example: I love DODGE!!!! Dodge Charger, Dodge Challenger. I'd never look at Chevy or Ford because I'm Dodge all the way....Wait a minute...did he....Jimmie Johnson just won his 8th straight championship in a 2013 Camaro....man that thing must be fast....must have.....GIVE GIVE GIVE.

The main idea here is sell to those who don't already know the brand that well. That's why the Impala is such a good choice at this time. The Impala has gotten a lot of sales because of NASCAR and that's where Chevy needed the sales. The Camaro has a long following that needs no introduction to the masses. Why waste advertising dollars for a couple hundred more camaros when you can sell a couple thousand impalas with the same dollars.

 

[Justin Stelzer]

Friggin hybrid cars taking the spotlight.... I'm a huge chevy fan but I can only sit back at laugh at them if they choose something like the volt. I'd say dodge and ford will be the only manufacturers to keep up the muscle/pony car tradition. Too bad...

 

[Justin Stelzer]

I'd say dodge and ford will be the only manufacturers to keep up the muscle/pony car tradition.

not that there was one.....

 

[instantCLASSIC]

As far as I heard, Chevy wouldn't do the Camaro yet due to it not fitting within their guidelines/templates. With a 2013 redesign of the whole body/chassis, they can make a Camaro body the way they want it I'm sure. Maybe it will be considered for the 2013 new car.

 

[Justin Stelzer]

As far as I heard, Chevy wouldn't do the Camaro yet due to it not fitting within their guidelines/templates. With a 2013 redesign of the whole body/chassis, they can make a Camaro body the way they want it I'm sure. Maybe it will be considered for the 2013 new car.

I hope, i read about their main complain being the height of the greenhouse, but I don't think that they will get far with that because the high greenhouses were for safety reasons when the car lands on its lid (ex: Ryan Newman at the amp 500 in 2009), but I'm just hopping that there will be a place in the middle that chevy and NASCAR can meet on this.

 

[James Hodge]

I would love for NASCAR to get back to the true meaning of "stock" car and have their cars really represent the best they have to offer. To me, Chevy running an Impala when the current model is so outdated (a now 5 year old design) and nowhere near the best they have to offer. Cruze or Malibu would be a logical choice if Camaro isn't an option.

No no no! I drive a 2011 Camaro

Just a sidenote here, but if you bought that yourself at 18 I'll be extremely impressed.

 

[kricher2]

I would love for NASCAR to get back to the true meaning of "stock" car and have their cars really represent the best they have to offer. To me, Chevy running an Impala when the current model is so outdated (a now 5 year old design) and nowhere near the best they have to offer. Cruze or Malibu would be a logical choice if Camaro isn't an option.



Just a sidenote here, but if you bought that yourself at 18 I'll be extremely impressed.

I think that if NASCAR doesget back to the true meaning of "stock cars" then more people would watch and also the racing would be a lot better,:notworthy:

 

[Jason Roush]

The world is going to end in 2012 though I thought

 

[Jonathan Patten]

The problem with talking to your sales rep is that you're already interested in the Camaro. The principle behind win on Sunday sell on Monday is that you're going to purchase the vehicle strictly because it won on Sunday. That means you're appealing to the non-initiated of the brand who wouldn't take a look at that car for one reason or another.

Example: I love DODGE!!!! Dodge Charger, Dodge Challenger. I'd never look at Chevy or Ford because I'm Dodge all the way....Wait a minute...did he....Jimmie Johnson just won his 8th straight championship in a 2013 Camaro....man that thing must be fast....must have.....GIVE GIVE GIVE.

The main idea here is sell to those who don't already know the brand that well. That's why the Impala is such a good choice at this time. The Impala has gotten a lot of sales because of NASCAR and that's where Chevy needed the sales. The Camaro has a long following that needs no introduction to the masses. Why waste advertising dollars for a couple hundred more camaros when you can sell a couple thousand impalas with the same dollars.

Thanks for explaining that to me. I'm not brand loyal, even though I drive a Camaro I completely understand what you're saying, and it makes sense!

 

[Jonathan Patten]

Just a sidenote here, but if you bought that yourself at 18 I'll be extremely impressed.

Well it's time for you to be impressed! It's only a V6, because i didn't want to pay for V8 insurance! I split the cost with my parents. I saved up a LOT of money to get it. And I'm glad I waited for it!

 

[Enter Sandman]

Well it's time for you to be impressed! It's only a V6, because i didn't want to pay for V8 insurance! I split the cost with my parents. I saved up a LOT of money to get it. And I'm glad I waited for it!

A V6 Camaro still blows away buying a brand new Sunfire at 18. What a piece of junk that car was. That ended my GM loyalty. Now Mazda has it.

As for the NASCAR models, I'd love to see them run the Challenger, Mustang, Camaro, and a retro Celica. Believe it or not, the '77 Celica was a pretty hot looking car. I'll have to see if I can find a pic of one again to post.

EDIT: Image Hosting here doesn't work with my iPhone, so here's a link to the pic instead:
77 Celica - Google Search

 

[Fisha695]

I would love for NASCAR to get back to the true meaning of "stock" car and have their cars really represent the best they have to offer. To me, Chevy running an Impala when the current model is so outdated (a now 5 year old design) and nowhere near the best they have to offer. Cruze or Malibu would be a logical choice if Camaro isn't an option.

I brought that up on the NTG forum and the replies I got were amazingly funny. According to the kids over there (who I guess ya know are "experts" now) no NASCAR fans want the cars to use stock bodies or look stock, and the few of us that do want that should go watch Touring Car racing because that's not what NASCAR is about. But at the same time they're complaining about how the COT is ugly and looks nothing like the car it's supposed to represent (like the previous generation of cars did?).

Seriously read through this thread Big Things Coming in 2013.. There are some good laughs from some of the kids that think they are experts on what the fans want. :lol:

Believe it or not, the '77 Celica was a pretty hot looking car. I'll have to see if I can find a pic of one again to post.

EDIT: Image Hosting here doesn't work with my iPhone, so here's a link to the pic instead:
77 Celica - Google Search

I've been wanting to see that comeback but not as a Celica but instead as the new Supra.