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Thursday, May 15, 2008     Camaro5.com: the premier source of all things 5th-gen     Camaro5.com a great site, and it's run well. Better yet, they always have the absolute latest imagery of the upcoming all-new Camaro. This time it's a detailed interior shot and it's an opportunity to see a lot of previously unknown details. Follow the link in the title in the title of this post above to the Camaro5 forum for the full discussion thread. Reaction to the retro interior is decidedly mixed amoungst the readers. There are problems with the radio and steering wheel. The placement of the secondary gauges on the console - while true to the original car - is also not well received. To me, the low dashboard and raised major gauges serve to lighten up the interior. The Camaro is a large car - perhaps too large. The dashboard could well have been cavernous - but instead is expansive.  I do have a problem with the steering wheel - it looks too much like the one in the Mustang and I never liked round airbag pads. It reminds me of a bumper car in an amusement park. The radio and climate controls are another issue. The vertical chrome lines, and the way the unit sticks out, reminds me of something from the very early sixties - maybe a Corvair, although I can't exactly place it. And the secondary gauages on the console are so poor ergonomically that they will be nearly useless in the midst of enthusiastic driving. Too small, and in the wrong place. And I don't know what the bright green LCD screen to the right is... I hope it's there for the engineers and is not part of the final car.   BREAKING NEWS: GM will officially unveil the production Camaro at the Indy '08 "Back at the Brickyard" event! If you plan on buying a new Camaro, this is the event to get to.   Tools & Links for DrivingEnthusiast.net post number # 2392     View and add comments: Comments:   Trackback: Trackback Link and count:;[]   Permanent URL for this post: http://www.DrivingEnthusiast.net/sec-blog/2008/05/15.html#a2392   See similar posts in these categories: GM | GM - Camaro   Search Google for similar topics on the web: Google It!   RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net   About DrivingEnthusiast.net			Prior Blog Posts by Date May 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Apr   Jun Use this calendar to navigate thru prior blog postings by date.
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