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Future Truck: 2011 Chevrolet El Camino SS ??

Old 07-06-2007, 11:58 AM
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http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/2011...aminohans.html

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Old 07-06-2007, 12:15 PM
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Default RE: Future Truck: 2011 Chevrolet El Camino SS ??

OK, I admit it, I kind of like it... ...always did like the El Camino, and the Ranchero to a certain extent. But then what can I say, I'm a Magnum owner.
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I could never decide if it was a truck trying to be a car or vice versa. One word sums up El Camino for me...blechhhhh!
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Default RE: Future Truck: 2011 Chevrolet El Camino SS ??

But alas, the El Camino has been out.... Well, not really.... Down Under there is a version of the Camino. It's called the Ute. I have never been an El Camino fan but the pics of that one look pretty good. Personally I would come out with the Chevelle first then introduce the El Camino as a take off of the Chevelle as it was yesteryear IFFFFFFF it ever came to that but with Bob Lutz in charge, pipe dreams are the in thing.

http://www.lsx-tuning.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=28865

As you scroll down, the first two pics are pretty close to the pics I have seen of the proposed G8. (The red ones) The pic says 2006 Grand prix SS but the pics I have seen through Pontiac, this car is the G8 but with hood scoops of the first pic on the 2nd pic) . Notice the similarities to the GTO. The lower facia is the Monaro facia, I wish they would have put on the current GTO, but Bob Lutz thought better of it.

The pics of the Ute are near the bottom as you scroll down. I don't much care for it. I know of no plans to introduce the Ute to the states.
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Thats a good looking truck. I would buy one.
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Default RE: Future Truck: 2011 Chevrolet El Camino SS ??

I have had family member who owned El Camino's so don't take this negatively. I would not buy one.

If I got a truck, then I would stylize it but I would not buy an El Camino.

One thing about the older El Camino's is that they were bad machines.
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Default RE: Future Truck: 2011 Chevrolet El Camino SS ??

ive seen the holden version of this around here...there is a guy with a black one. he did a nice burnout at the woodward dream cruise last year...and amanda and I have seen G8s riding around the area...specifically on 75...the same areas where we saw the new Z06 a year before it was released...as well as new GT500s.
that being said, I would never buy an el camino, or any car/truck vehicle...they cant be functional as trucks, much like the SSR. if i wanted a vehicle that looked like that, i would just get a GTO.
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Default RE: Future Truck: 2011 Chevrolet El Camino SS ??

I agree, it doesn't make sense to buy a truck like that which offers none of the benefits of a truck. The SSR was proof that this market segment will not come back.
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i have been discussing the SSR on another non-GM site, and i was amazed at how many people REALLY like them...!
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Default RE: Future Truck: 2011 Chevrolet El Camino SS ??

IF the back was open it would be ok, for someone like me. I could use it to haul the dirt bike, but then have a performance vehicle. It would be easy for me to get the bike in the back as it is lower and I am short.

Another issue I could see is the rear end weight. It may be a little to light and would not hook up easily.

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