The quarter windows on the 6th gen Camaro bother me

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 06/04/2015 at 17:45 • Filed to: None

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Since the 2016 Camaro has been announced, I’ve been trying to come to grips with its quarter windows. There’s something about them that’s just a bit off to me. They may well grow on me over time but right now every time I look at the new Camaro I can’t help but be bothered by the quarter windows.

Something about the back half of the Camaro’s roofline is both familiar and off-putting to me. The most obvious problem is that it looks like a flattened 1971-73 Mustang hardtop, minus the recessed rear window (a.k.a. tunnel backlight, according to Ford).

The last time a new car’s styling bugged me as much as the 6th gen Camaro’s quarter windows was the the 5th gen Honda Prelude. It just didn’t look nearly as good as the 4th gen and the headlights were weird.

This:

Was a terrible replacement for this:

Now that I think of it, the 6th gen Camaro also looks like a squashed 5th gen Prelude! No wonder it bothers me so much!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Textured Soy Protein 06/04/2015 at 17:50

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The whole car looks a little off to me proportion wise. Don’t get me wrong I think it looks good, but it just doesn’t work overall.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Textured Soy Protein 06/04/2015 at 17:51

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a flattened 1971-73 Mustang hardtop, minus the recessed rear window

So:

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I know, I’m being snide. It would be cool if it *were* set up like this, though.

 V8 Rustler > Textured Soy Protein 06/04/2015 at 17:51

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It looks nothing like it, but with that color it reminds me of the a blue 2 series.

Wobbles the Mind > Textured Soy Protein 06/04/2015 at 17:54

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Extending quarter windows is the new thing. I’ve seen worse though.

Tekamul > Textured Soy Protein 06/04/2015 at 17:54

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Those windows are completely pointless. Actual transparent area is probably 15 square inches. With meaty trim behind it, you can only see through it from straight on. May as well have skipped them.

Textured Soy Protein > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/04/2015 at 18:00

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Flattened, but not that flattened.

Thunderface > Textured Soy Protein 06/04/2015 at 18:16

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Now it bothers me, too :(

Textured Soy Protein > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 06/04/2015 at 18:19

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I agree. I think it’s because they took the styling elements from the last one and transferred them over to the new one, but it’s a smaller, narrower platform. there’s also entirely too much metal and not enough glass above the rear wheels.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Textured Soy Protein 06/04/2015 at 18:21

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Yeah the lack of glass is really strange to my eye. I wonder what visibility is actually like. The hood seems a little short for the styling too.

Textured Soy Protein > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 06/04/2015 at 18:24

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Visibility was terrible on the last one. GM actually came out and said visibility still sucks on the new one and they don’t care because their customers told them the looks trump visibility.

Textured Soy Protein > Wobbles the Mind 06/04/2015 at 18:26

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I hate that stupid piece of black plastic on the Camry’s C-pillar.

Chasaboo > Textured Soy Protein 06/04/2015 at 18:29

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Of the Camaro, Challenger, Mustang 21st century revisions the Camaro is the ugliest and by a large margin. It’s funny because the early Camaros were so hot looking but now, yeesh.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Textured Soy Protein 06/04/2015 at 18:30

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I couldn’t deal with that, I’m a function>form kind of guy.

GhostZ > Textured Soy Protein 06/04/2015 at 18:44

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Agreed 100%. It makes me think they had to shoehorn the design just to meet rollover safety requirements.

Textured Soy Protein > Chasaboo 06/04/2015 at 18:49

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I rather like the facelifted 5th gen Camaro (2014-15), especially as a 1LE, ZL1 or Z28.

The new 2015-up Mustang is way better looking than the 2016-up Camaro.

Rico > Textured Soy Protein 06/04/2015 at 19:02

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On the Prelude it looks like they just swapped the headlight and tail lamp shapes from one gen to another.

Textured Soy Protein > Rico 06/04/2015 at 19:11

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Good point! They also made the newer one boxier and more upright.

desertdog5051 > Textured Soy Protein 06/04/2015 at 20:18

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I’m not feeling the pain.