Re: Ford tried to save our manufacturing plants: Mullaly
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Camaro outsold Mustang for quite a while, thanks to a decade of pent-up demand from GM fans and a huge marketing boost from its Transformers tie in.
I read a book about the new Camaro. Its construction is much more complicated than slapping a different body on a VE. The chassis was modified significantly, with the locations of both front and rear axles moved forward (I think wheelbase was changed also), and the front suspension entirely redesigned to be lower and accommodate larger wheels. This was all done to preserve the cartoonish proportions of the concept car, which Chevrolet unbelievably designed and showed to the public with no plans to put the vehicle in production.
Contrast this approach with Ford, which designed the production version (including chassis) of the 2005 Mustang and then created a radical concept that predicted the styling of the production car.
Any wonder why GM went bankrupt and Ford didn't?
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