Hey Poltergeist

[Kat]

You heard anything about this? It's an old date but say it on another board today


Saleen confirms intent to produce version of Camaro


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Posted Nov 5th 2006 7:28AM by John Neff
Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Chevrolet
Forever known as a tuner of all things Mustangs, Saleen is going to be broadening its portfolio to include more than just that one pony car in its corral. An interview with Steve Saleen by CarCrazy.com Assistant Editor John Breaux reveals that Saleen will likely be working with General Motors on future products, including the new Camaro.

Saleen also reveals that the Camaro's top end V8 will be a 6.2-liter producing 450 horsepower that will also be the new base engine in the Corvette. The Camaro's base V8, he goes on to say, will probably be a detuned version of the same engine. From there, Saleen plans to have a base Camaro model available making around 485 horsepower, with a supercharged version producing 600 horsepower. Saleen has been buddying up with General Motors on the set of the new Transformers movie, where a new Camaro has been cast to play the

 

[Poltergeist]

Yeah I heard about it a while back. I think Saleen will fail thou. When they kick up the hp and put their body kit on they'll want big money for it. While this works in the Mustang world where there are a bunch of versions with nothing to move up to that's not the way it is in the GM world. Try to charge too much for a Camaro and potential buyers will just say "forget that, I can get a Corvette for that much". Also I don't see GM wanting any of it's dealers selling a 600hp Camaro, that would piss off more then a few Corvette and Z06 owners. GM will always want the Corvette to be the king.

Also Saleen's name in the Mustang world is pretty much crappy right now. There are a bunch of complaints about the fit of their body kits and lack of customer support.