Chevrolet Caprice Twin Top
What currently is Chevrolet’s Flagship vehicle? It is either a big V8 powered sports car in the Corvette, or a gas guzzling SUV with the Suburban/Tahoe range. Neither is a good marketing image in this day and age. I believe that when GM starts to build the Holden derived Caprice Police Cruiser at Oshawa alongside Camaro that they also build a Twin-Top version of the Caprice for public consumption. Note that while I have chopped the current car, by time this happened it would be the updated version with fresh styling. But remember that this is not meant to appeal to young boy racers, that's what the Camaro is for. It would be targeted at self-made small business owners and well-off blue collar older professionals like plumbers and builders who don't want to be seen in a flashy import or Cadillac, think Buick is their grandfather's car, but want to show that they have made it. Working-man luxury with a bit of style and size; but without being a muscle car.
Between the Camaro Convertible and the Astra Twin Top the basic engineering for this vehicle already exists inside GM. Fitted with a version of the Chinese Park Avenue or an HSV interior, it will be able to command a very high price for a Chevy, lifting the public perception of the value of the brand as well. This can only aid higher transaction prices for all Chevy’s going forward. But it won’t sell in high enough numbers to adversely effect CAFÉ numbers and being a cruiser, not a sports vehicle, it can be offered with only a base DI 3.6 V6 with 6M/6A or the rage topping DI 3.6 V6 Two-Mode hybrid drive.
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