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Originally Posted by ar0ck
When I first got into the game, the whole reason I subscribed to them for a year was because they ran a 4-5 magazine spread on DIY upgrades for 3rd gens, this was probably back in 2002-2003.
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True, they did run a lot more third-gen related stuff back then. First one I bought was because there was a maroon 87 that had a lot of work done to it. There were still articles about TPI and the like, a lot of LT1, and a growing number of LS1 articles because everyone was getting into the tuning.
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Originally Posted by WayFast84
.... but I think the problem is that GM hasn't really made anything new that is affordable to an average car guy and the market has been topped out for these cars for a while.
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That's you re-writing history. At the time when I started reading GMHTPM, the ONLY fun to drive cars available were $28-35k Camaros and Firebirds and 45-55k Corvettes. If you wanted affordable, you had to get a couple of year old LT1 Fbody, B-Body, C4, or god forbid something with TPI.
Throw in the occasional 3800SC Wbody cars, GM didn't make much else for 10 years (1992-2002)
Over the last 10 years, we have or had *takes deep breath*
Cobalt SS Supercharged
Cobalt SS Turbocharged
Ion Redline
HHR SS
Sky
Sky Redline
Solstice
Solstice GXP
G8
G8 GT
G8 GXP
Grand Prix GXP 5.3
Monte Carlo SS 5.3
Impala SS 5.3
CTS-V LS6, LS3, LS9
CTS VSport
XTS VSport
Regal GS
Corvette
Corvette Grand Sport
Corvette Z06
Corvette ZR1
Camaro
Camaro SS
Camaro ZL1
Camaro Z28
SS
Silverado SS
Trailblazer SS
Realized that the "non-affordable" fifth gen Camaro outsold the 4th gen almost 2-1, and it's only been on sale since 2010.