Should the G8 become the Chevy Camaro SS Sedan?

[Kymerik]

Luckily it's only a matter of time until we can avoid this debate of what to call it...Hopefully GM will be dead and gone before they have to worry about keeping it or not.

 

[BlackCherry06]

GM's not going anywhere. They just have a lot of re-organizing to do, and a lot of blood to clean up after they stick a knife in the hearts of Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer and Buick.

 

[genericuser]

BWAHAHAHAHA.

Eaaaaaaaaasy like sunday moooooooooooornin'

 

[Rogue]

GM's not going anywhere. They just have a lot of re-organizing to do, and a lot of blood to clean up after they stick a knife in the hearts of Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer and Buick.

Buick is too big in China to get rid of.

 

[skylar2ups]

Buick is too big in China to get rid of.

Yes but that doesn't mean we wouldn't get rid of it here.

 

[mikeyb]

GM's not going anywhere. They just have a lot of re-organizing to do, and a lot of blood to clean up after they stick a knife in the hearts of Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer and Buick.

You forgot Saab and Opel/Vauxhall.

 

[Chibana]

I agree with others: keep it as a Chevy but don't call it a Camaro.

And God, I just don't understand how anyone could have purchased the miserable last gen Monte Carlo. It's hideous, and it's a steaming pile of pooh. I wouldn't own one if they gave it to me.

 

[Rogue]

I kinda liked the Monte Carlo when it was a 2-door Lumina.

 

[daonly1around]

def do NOT call it a camaro...

I say keep it as the G8... just a chevy

and if and when they do make it as a chevy Nascar should implement that as the "name" on their chevy cars

 

[Hughes412]

I agree with this guy. This car would bring respect back to Impala name plate. Power, handling and good looks too! That would be a car that you could be proud to say is a chevy Impala.

Let it be the new Impala and kill the lame-duck FWD Impala we have now. This car is available from a bare-bones yet respectable V6 sedan all the way up to a pavement scorching 400+hp V8 BMW killer, so there'd be an Impala for everyone's taste.

There's never been a Camaro sedan and there never should be, much in the same way the BMW 6-series or 8-series coupes have never been sedans. The M3 is available as a sedan because the chassis it's based on is designed to be both.

 

[Hughes412]

Did you ever see the one that Lingenfelter did? RWD with like 600hp. I tried to find it on the net but came up dry. I think it was green. Man it was nice!

I kinda liked the Monte Carlo when it was a 2-door Lumina.

 

[coolmazda5]

I'm with Mikey on this one.

I think it's been long enough that no one will get confused:

64 FTW

No, but serious, stop calling it a popular name hoping it will stick and people will buy it, just call it by its original name

The name Camaro on a Commodore will really piss off the enthusiasts and the GM "knowledgeable" buyers in general...

 

[Knox Joe]

I say stick with the old GM nameplates. Chevelle, Nova, Impala, any of the old ones that at least were produced with four doors.

Can't call it a Monte Carlo since it has four doors though. There's never been a four door Monte, that would be sacrilegious.

 

[Rogue]

what about a Chevette?

 

[Protephile]

what about a Chevette?

Like this one perhaps?

 

[starwars_guy456]

Like this one perhaps?

That's a bit of a girly-sounding name isn't it, perhaps not suitable for this type of car (from a marketing perspective)?

 

[AWDTerror]

bel air? caprice? maybe get them back into the police/leo market

 

[boostdog]

Monte Carlo? Talk about dirtied... Probably not a good idea to resurrect a name that Chevrolet ruined so badly. But, I guess they are re-using "Camaro" after they ran the last F-body into the ground...

joe dirt paging joe dirt your car is ready for pick up.