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http://www.motortrend.com/news/chevy-ss ... t-planned/

Goddamnit. So much for ever picking up one of these cheap. I don't want a Dodge!! I mean, I have one now...but I don't want another one!

GM needs to fastrack a SS Sedan replacement built on the Alpha platform (ATS-V & Camaro) with the LT1 and a rev-matching stick. SInce the ATS is offered in AWD, there is no reason why AWD should not be an OPTION as well.

I bought both a 2016 Camaro SS and a SS Sedan with stickshifts last year. The performance, revmatching stick, and LT1 of the Camaro are all awesome. But, the terrible visibility and useless rear seast/trunk make the Camaro a failure for a street car., while the Corvette is a better track car.

The SS Sedan is a great daily driver, but could use the new Alpha chassis, stick, and LT1.

It's ridiculous that GM doesn't offer a 4 door version of the current Camaro.

At least he put his money where his mouth is.

It is true, though. GM does not make a sedan with the LT1, regardless of transmission. We need one!! It would actually be the closest spiritual successor to my CTS-V. More than the V2 and more than the V3.

People are going to remember history different than it happened. What they'll remember is GM imported the Holden Commodore here, again, sold as a Chevrolet SS. It sold few, so they closed the factory. That is such a perversion from what actually happened.

The real story is, they sold what they planned to sell (there was zero marketing, and thus no money wanted to be spent on a greater restyling effort), and the factory was closing anyway.

GM is suffering from a lack of variety.
I am sounding like a broken record but GM advertises 3 performance cars. The cheapest V8 starts at 38K. GM says "If you don't have 38K, you must want a FWD boring daily driver that now looks halfway decent. Now there will be 2 performance cars, one with a pretend backseat, and one with no back seat.

I guess GM doesn't know about the 3 series, VW, Dodge, Honda Accord V6, Audi, Hyundai/Kia, Ford to an extent (Fusion Sport, Focus ST/RS), Nissan, all of which make cars that would wipe the floor with the Cruze, Malibu, and Impala. I really think they messed up. GM should have made the Malibu a little bigger. The Cruze is their mid-sized, the Malibu would be the mid plus, full minus sized rental company special, and the Impala should have been on the Alpha!!!!! Then you could have a large Alpha 4 door Impala SS, a slightly smaller 2 Door Monte Carlo SS (B and G body replacements, like they historically practically shared a chassis). This would have been awesome. This would have given them a GN platform for Buick that could be turbo since the Chevys would be V8 N/A.

This would have filled out there performance portfolio to look like this:
Cruze SS hatch, Monte Carlo SS, Impala SS, Camaro, Corvette
instead we have:
Camaro, Corvette, maybe Cruze SS hatch...