Camino LS6

Looks like an airborn hit.

Imagine being the driver.

Verify that the cat(s) and O2 sensor are undamaged.

And better looks.

The right set of wheels could solve all of that.

Look, this car was designed with and for sharp creases and angles. Now they have grafted on a soft, blobby nose and a sort of generic Bangle-butt. They just don't work on this car. Very likely, this was done to bring the design "in line" with current Chevy design language. It get the rationale, but I think it a stupid approach. I also think the car suffers for it, and will have a lesser impact because of it.

What does any of that have to do with anything?

The sounds these contraptions make may just be the best part! Only the Caddy is viable - and it cheats. Very entertaining, the Yaris had me cracking up.

Fresh spark plugs would be on my list.

Oh, I agree. It's just that the car's history is known that far back which I like. And the ad text seems to indicate a larger story, I like cars with a good story attached.

The vehicles I have now wouldn't make an impressive map - unless you count the Camino's ride on a transporter from Nevada to PA.

No argument there. This car really isn't my style, but the condition and the history are appealing.

there was a time we had that kind of talent hanging around C&G. Indeed. And I miss that a great deal.

At minimum.

Yes, and not on a hand me down platform. Zeta was all new , and all Holden.

Total clean sheet architecture.

Quality post. Thanks for a good read.

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You completely miss the point. This "refresh" ruined the looks of the car and that wasn't necessary. Zeta isn't very old, certainly not as old as a W-body, nor as played-out. Your assertion that this car will not come here in other bodystyles may, or may not, be true. In fact, I almost hope it doesn't now that it looks the way it does. To me, this is just the final fumble in the way GM has handled Zeta throughout the architecture's history.

Amazing state of preservation. A flathead 6 in '58 with a pushbutton auto is such an oddity.

I guess I find the styling so offensive because, if I only look at the side and not the nose or tail, I can see the attractive car this used to be. If I had never seen the VE, I would just find this new car to be boring and unoriginal. But I did see the VE, fell in love with it in Ute and wagon form, expected to have one of my own, and now see this watered-down bit of mess held up as a replacement. That makes the VF even uglier to me than it might otherwise have been. The headlights? They are the worst bit of all.

Are you nuts, hyper? All they had to do was not ruin it. Unfortunately, they did just that. The VE was perfect at its debut as far as styling goes, this is a pointless (and obvious) nose and tail job that does the car no justice. W-body? Are you serious? Zero comparison there.

I see the precise opposite. The car went from sharp and unique to shapeless and generic.

The headlights remind me of those goofy units on the last Monte Carlo FWD. A frog-eyed nightmare.