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Built to rival Mustang, '67 Pontiac Firebird was instant success
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Flamboyant Pontiac boss John DeLorean wanted to offer a sleek
1960s two-seat sports car called the Banshee, which would be a lower-
priced rival to General Motors popular Chevrolet Corvette. But GM
turned him down flat because it didn't want a competitor to the hot
Corvette.
DeLorean thus settled for making the 1967 Pontiac Firebird. It was
a racier--and better--version of the original Chevrolet Camaro, which
debuted in the fall of 1966 as a 1967 model. The Firebird arrived in
February...
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A moment to mourn Camaro and Firebird
Chicago Sun-Times
; News item: Faced with operating losses of $500 million per month, General Motors Corp. on Wednesday will announce cost-cutting measures ...
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Pontiac's Firebird ends its 36-year flight in high style.(E)(Auto Weekend)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Dan Lyons Two time-honored nameplates will soon disappear from the American road. Confirming years of speculation, GM has announced that it will cease production of its two veteran pony cars - the Pontiac Firebird and the Chevy Camaro - in 2002, capping a 36-year production run. GM's sport
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Comparing the new ponycars: Ford Mustang, Chevy Camaro and Pontiac Firebird. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; I won't grow up, I won't grow up, I don't wanna go to school Lyrics from the musical ``Peter Pan The Ford Mustang, Chevy Camaro and Pontiac Firebird are not arrested adolescents in a technological sense. In their recently redesigned forms, they are technically current and reasonably sophisticated
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Chevrolet trims ads for Camaro; mulls more.(Chevrolet Motor Div.)
Advertising Age
; Mr. Washington is a staff reporter at Automotive News. General Motors Corp.'s Chevrolet division has cut advertising for its slow-selling Camaro. Several magazine ad sales people. who ...
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Bye-bye Camaro, Firebird, Century? // GM may eliminate well-known, but slow-selling, models in big cost-cutting move
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... program, say industry analysts and the trade publication Automotive News. For sure, the program that will be announced tomorrow is expected ... venerable.' " Discontinuing the Camaro and Firebird would be lousy news to those who have long been waiting for the mid-1993 introduction ...
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Chevrolet cuts back Camaro ad budget
Automotive News
; Sales tell the tale 1995 1996 1997 Camaro 97,525 66,866 55,973 Firebird 42,302 32,622 32,524 Mustang 136,962 122,674 116,610 DETROIT -- Chevrolet has cut advertising for its slow-selling Camaro. Several magazine advertising salespeople, who spoke on condition they not be identified, said Camaro ads
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Can Hill rev up Camaro, Firebird? (Dave Hill as vehicle line executive and chief engineer of the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird)
Automotive News
; Vette exec takes charge of slumping sporty cars NASHVILLE, Tenn. - General Motors is putting Dave Hill, its top sports-car guru, in charge of the slumping Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird. Hill, who is vehicle line executive and chief engineer for the Chevrolet Corvette, adds the Camaro and
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GM pony cars face extinction: slumping sales imperil coupes. (General Motors Corp. considering the elimination of the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird coupes because of declining sales in sport cars)
Automotive News
; ... GM wants to differentiate its vehicles under its brand-management strategy, why have both a Camaro and a Firebird? Automotive News put that question to Chairman Jack Smith during an interview last fall. That's a pretty good question, Smith said after a laugh ...
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N.J. fans lament the demise of fabled Camaro, Firebird
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; 00-00-0000 N.J. fans lament the demise of fabled Camaro, Firebird By BRIAN ABERBACK, STAFF WRITER Date: 08-28-2002, Wednesday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B Everyone who was anyone at Bergenfield High School in the late Eighties ...
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New Jersey Fans Lament Demise of Fabled Camaro, Firebird.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; By Brian Aberback, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 28--Everyone who was anyone at Bergenfield High School in the late Eighties and early Nineties drove a Chevy Camaro or Pontiac ...
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