New Camaro Z/28. Warning: looking at this may require a change of pants

I see nothing new here. GM has pitted Corvette owners against Camaro owners many times before.
The matte finish... Just a ploy slash fad like vinyl tops. Saves the mfgr time and money as long as the public will accept it. The key is to get 100 people to say, "I like it' so 100 million more will say, "I do too".

I think you're right here but it's not such a bad thing. Almost everything about the way our cars look is subjective. One reason to latch onto a styling device is as good (or lame) as any other in my opinion.

Many of us have vinyl stripes on our cars...at some point a handful of people thought it was cool and started the trend.