{"id":31413,"date":"2010-10-04T05:49:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T09:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=31413"},"modified":"2010-10-04T05:49:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-04T09:49:06","slug":"chevy-sets-30000-price-for-camaro-convertible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2010\/10\/chevy-sets-30000-price-for-camaro-convertible\/","title":{"rendered":"Chevy Sets $30,000 Price For Camaro Convertible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chevy will finally get its Camaro Convertible to market by next February.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a delay of more than a year, the Chevrolet Camaro Convertible is finally making it to market \u2013 although some might question the timing of a February launch for the ragtop muscle car.<\/p>\n

Then again, Chevy will put the focus on the Sunbelt first, revealing a production version of the Camaro Convertible at next month\u2019s Los Angeles Motor Show.<\/p>\n

But Chevrolet officials have jumped the gun, at least on pricing, revealing that the convertible pony car will carry a base price of $30,000 plus another $850 for destination and delivery.\u00a0 That adds up to about a $7,000 premium over the Camaro coupe.<\/p>\n

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By the time the convertible hits the road the reborn Camaro will have been on sale for nearly two years.\u00a0 It\u2019s a matter of debate whether that\u2019s unfortunate or fortuitous timing.<\/p>\n

As TheDetroitBureau.com first revealed last year, the original plans for a new Camaro Convertible were dashed by the bankruptcy of the ragtop roof\u2019s supplier.\u00a0 That forced Chevy to find a replacement and make some design tweaks to accommodate the switch.<\/p>\n

The good news is that the convertible now will arrive at a point in the life of a typical coupe when demand begins to soften \u2013 it\u2019s a segment where new is always better, so a significant update like this could help revive interest.<\/p>\n

“The Convertible will make the all-new Camaro, already a smash-hit, even more desirable to a greater range of drivers,” insists Chris Perry, vice president of Chevrolet Marketing.<\/p>\n

While Chevy is saving specific details for the L.A. reveal, it appears the maker will offer a convertible version of both the base car, with its 3.6-liter V6, and the more powerful V8 Camaro.\u00a0 Both 6-speed stick and 6-speed automatic gearboxes will be available on the ragtop as well as the coupe.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s a challenge facing the Camaro Convertible it\u2019s price.\u00a0 It appears that the open-air muscle car will come in about $2,000 more than comparable versions of the Ford Mustang Convertible.\u00a0 A price premium hasn\u2019t hurt the sales performance of the Camaro coupe, however, and that seems why Chevy is willing to risk going to market with a premium price tag for the new model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a year delay, Chevrolet will finally get the Camaro Convertible to market next February. But will it be hurt by a $7,000 premium that will put the ragtop $2,000 above the Mustang Convertible? More from TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31413"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=31413"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=31413"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=31413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}