01-11-2010, 03:15 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Beretta was not a replacement for Camaro, but was going to be Camaro.
There were no V8's planned for the chassis, just teh Quad4 and DOHC 3.4. Only FWD V8 chassis around were for Caddy.
Even if there was a few mules that were running around with V8's and turbo Six's, they had zero production intent.
GM80 project I belive was the name of the FWD Camaro program.
Probe was not to replace the Mustang, but become the Mustang. When people pitched a fit, they pulled out of the program.
Third gen was also supposed to be a FWD car as there were two programs running in the late 70's, a FWD based program to make it like a large J body, or a RWD program very loosely based on the X body.
Both cars were too far along development, and they kept them going foward. Since Mustang FWD was going to be made on a Mazda-based platform, the engineering was done and they kept it for a sporty FWD coupe to match with the Celica and the like.
Same for Beretta
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Last edited by NastyEllEssWon; 01-11-2010 at 03:20 AM.
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