From my own point of view, if Chevrolet had truly designed it as a 'retro' car, much like the Mustang and Challenger, it may have sold better. Mustang has enough styling cues to be recognized as a spinoff of earlier year models, and Challenger is nearly a dead ringer, even though it is a larger car, based on the Charger/300 platform. When the 'new' Camaro came out, to me it didn't resemble any Camaro from the past. I owned a '71 SS Camaro, no power steering, with a 350. Not an easy car to drive, and I wasn't crazy about the visibilty out the windows back then, either. I owned a couple Camaro cousins, ('67 Firebird convertible, and '79 T/A 6.6, both used cars), and they turned out to not be that pleasant, either. To be fair, they were well used when I got them. LOL