The debut of the Nascar Chevy SS this week came with excitement and sadness. Excitement in that finally we will see a production Chevy V8 RWD sedan again. Sadness in that GM seems to think that it should be a halo car that few can afford and even fewer will enjoy. It’s sad really. The G8 was amazing, one of the best cars made in recent years, certainly in the EFI era. So to capture that magic and bring it to the masses Chevy has decided to not capture that magic and bring it to the masses. What? After the jump is the full press release where the President of GM North America Mark Reuss said “the only reason we brought it over was to go racing” and “this is not the return of the G8.” Reuss says the SS will be upmarket from the G8 and not for the masses. He also says it will be a four door Corvette. I thought GM already had an upmarket 4 door Corvette? What was it called? The CTS-V? yeah that’s it, the CTS-V.

So here is my plea to GM, give the masses something besides boring, bland, crappy cars. The Impala, Malibu, and everything else under 30k suck. Sorry, they are fine for point a to point b transportation, but they have no soul, they aren’t fun to drive, and no one really wants one, it’s just what someone who needs a family car gets in that price range because they can’t afford a CTS-V. Give us a damn G8 already. 30k RWD, big V8. It would be freaking awesome. This news kind of ticks me off really. I was thinking about a C7 Vette, screw it I’m buying a Mustang.

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