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GM sweats the engineering at the Nurburgring for the Camaro ZL-1
2011-11-14 16:12:00 We’ll have to admit it: as much as we dislike the Camaro’s rediculous size and bulk, as well as it’s concept car styling (especially the dashboard), we have to admire its engineering. It gets the worldwide platform with IRS that the Ford Mustang is still missing, it takes full benefit of GM’s engine families, and next ...
2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 endures 24-hour track test
2011-10-22 10:43:00 With 30 years of track events under our belts, failures have been the rule rather than the exception. Attacking Watkins Glen with 10.5″ disc brakes up front and 8″ drums in the rear and doing 140 MPH used to be crazy with complete brake swaps necessary each evening of the track weekend. That meant rotors, calipers, ...
Question: Anybody need a 550-HP Supercharged Camaro?
2010-10-07 04:48:00 Answer: of course we do. And as usual Camaro5.com has all the scoop on the upcoming new models of the Camaro, including the 2012 Z28, the 2011 Camaro convertible, and the styling changes coming for 2012: front and rear lights, side mirrors and more - no word yet on the planned and very much needed dashboard change. But the ...
1991 camaro wont run right
2009-09-16 04:55:00 ok i have a 91 RS camaro with a 305 v8. the problem is when the car warms up the RPM's will flutter and the car will try and stall. when put in great the car will stall. i even put it in a shop and they couldn't figure it out. i have replaced the spark plugs, rotor, distributer cap, idle air con
1991 Camaro Won't Run Right
2009-09-16 04:55:00 ok i have a 91 RS camaro with a 305 v8. the problem is when the car warms up the RPM's will flutter and the car will try and stall. when put in great the car will stall. i even put it in a shop and they couldn't figure it out. i have replaced the spark plugs, rotor, distributer cap, idle air con
Momentum Race Group to toss in the Camaro on the Koni Challenge!
2009-09-13 22:46:00 The following press release is no doubt just the first of the Camaros headed for the Koni Challenge. The major difference between the Camaros and Mustangs racing here and in the Rolex series is the engine - the Mustang has raced for several years with an engine that is not a production engine, against competitors with production engines. Unfair? Yes. Would it have been competitive otherwise? Apparently not, since Ford saw fit to force a non-production engine thru the sanctioning bodies. Of course, just about anything can be made to be competitive - look at the success of the original Saturn cars in endurance racing for several years. The Camaro will do well in a form that corresponds to it's production version. That's fair. Press Release follows: PRESS RELEASE:DALLAS, Texas - Momentum Race Group is pleased to announce it will be fielding a new two car team for the 2009 Grand-Am KONI Challenge competition. Featuring the new Riley Technologies-built Camaro, the team is putting to...
95 Camaro with 3.2 SHO engine swap
2009-09-13 21:20:00 The Yamaho 3/3.2 liter SHO engine is a classic engine - one of the best engines produced in the past 20 years. So good that once their host Taurus disintegrates from simple wear or cancerous salt, the engines tend to survive for another day. Their second lives are in usually other Ford products, ranging from swaps into a Ranger and Focus, as well into small sports cars such as a Miata. There there is the extreme: one SHO engine ended up in an off-road vehicle. This latest swap is probably the furthest afield for a SHO engine. So far afield that it's builder was hounded off the SHO forums where he announced his project. This time the mighty Ford SHO engine gets swapped into a common Chevy Camaro. The builder gets an A for effort (although we have yet to see the car run) and an A for chutzpah. The builder is located in Cheektowaga, NY - outside Buffalo. The engine swap started in early 2009. The good news is that, after checking on this own...
Want a 600-hp Camaro with a Warranty?
2009-09-02 07:01:00 With some of GM's factory performance programs on the back burner, a Chevrolet dealer and a performance tuning shop in upstate New York have taken it upon themselves to turn up the heat. DeNooyer Chevrolet in Albany, N.Y. and Redline Motorsports in nearby Schenectady have joine
The New Camaro has a few problems!
2009-07-22 04:00:00 As reported on Camaro5.com, the new Camaro has a couple of things you need to make sure are correct before you leave the dealer. Actually about 70 things. Major things. What a hunk of junk... a georgeous hunk of junk (at least on the outside), but still rather lousy. Follow the link to the Camaro5.com forums for more: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/s-howthread.php?t=30865 001. Loose Bolts that hold fluid back causing leaks (ex: on oil pan, tranny fluid) 002. Trunk Locking mechanism (issues with opening w/o adding down pressure to top of trunk first and/or emergency release appears to be loose keeping the trunk from locking properly) 003. Loose plastic paneling around the 4-gauges cluster, launch control, cigarette power plug as well as Left and Right A-Pillars Trim Loose, sill trim loose, and dash pannel where doors and dash meet popping open. 004. Loose Spoiler/installed correctly (Re-torque Spoiler bolts) 005. Wiper transmission cable overheating from engine causing a shor...
World?s First LS9 Powered 2010 Camaro SS
2009-07-02 07:02:00 This is the first shot of the Hennessey's new baby running, and does it sound mean. Sure, the open headers have something to do with it, but still, damn. I have to wonder how wicked it sounds in person. But while I think the idea of dropping the ZR1's powerplant into a new Camaro is cool
Camaro Roof Renovations
2009-07-01 15:58:00 If you're a regular reader of Hemmings Muscle Machines, you may recognize my '67 Camaro RS. It's a fairly basic ride, sourced from southern California where it seems to have lived its entire life before getting shanghaied and brought back to Vermont. The car has been serving to fulfill
Camaro looses both wheels
2009-06-16 14:11:00 We've seen this week what happens when a cheap GM car looses a wheel. How about when another GM car looses them both?
Camaro convertible prototype coarse and ugly
2009-06-16 01:28:00 Autoblog has the first photos of an actual pre-production Camaro 'vert, scheduled to go into production next summer. Originally it was this summer... but supply problems got in the way. Take a close look at this photo - the A-pillars are *huge*, and just as worse the windshield header is gigantic. And look at the height of the drivers seat - won't many drivers have the header right in their eyes? And then look at the rear side windows... hopefully those do go down all the way (although they are both down to the same position on each side, suggesting they won't) - otherwise some unlucky passenger is going to get speared in the head. If all this is true... then this is one lousy convertible. And that's not even counting how much it must weigh. How does a 4200 pound Camaro SS sound? Sounds SLOW to us.
K9 Camaro
2009-05-28 13:00:00 The Sacramento Sheriff K9 Association recently restored a 2002 B4C package CHP commercial enforcement vehicle into a Sheriff's K9 vehicle. They changed the hood, rims, and color scheme to black and white. They also added LEDs all over, including the hood scoop. The vehicle is a fully functioni
Summit White Camaro goes into production this summer
2009-05-26 21:08:00 Now that's a handsome car in white... though personally we're hooked on the dark blue. Nevertheless, given the pending bankruptcy as a wild card, it is (was?) scheduled to be orderable this summer. More info at Camaro5.com - the single best source of all things 5th-gen Camaro: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/s-howthread.php?t=24221
Will the Camaro Save GM?
2009-05-22 16:00:00 Jay Leno sure thinks it will. Over at jaylenosgarage.com, the host of The Tonight Show is running a video about the 2010 Camaro, a vehicle he thinks will be "a hit right out of the box". Green cars and hybrids may be all the rage, but the man who replaced Johnny Carson likens them to "sensible sho
Jay Leno intros the new Camaro SS
2009-05-13 09:20:00 What a life: gigantic car collection, car website sponsored by NBC, test cars arriving all the time... and the best late night show on television. Could life for Jay be any better? Jay was handed the keys to a Camaro SS this week and gives us an introduction to the car. Which of course in the best Jay tradition also includes a burnout.
Meet the 2010 Camaro SS
2009-04-14 00:01:00 This past week, Rob Einaudi and I had a blast covering the New York International Auto Show for CarDomain. We got to enter early, have some great meetings and generally got to poke around more so than your average Joe. All in all, a great experience. One major highlight of the week was our
The first new Chevrolet Camaro that gets crashed
2009-04-03 01:53:00 On March 16, the production of the new Chevrolet Camaro officially started. Only four days later, the first crash was recorded on Dundee Road in North Oakville (at least it’s the first crash we’re aware of). We know that everytime a great car is launched these things will happen, it’s just that we weren’t expecting it so soon. It was only a minor crash, not anything terrifying, but the car’s gonna need a new nose, that’s for sure. Well, life goes on, let’s hope it’s gonna be some time before we see any other Camaro crashes. Source: Krisztina Neglia (Via Jalopnik) Post published on Rpmgo.com The first new Chevrolet Camaro that gets crashed Related posts:The Chevrolet Camaro won’t be coming to any major auto shows in 2008 According to KickingTires, the new Chevrolet Camaro, which everyone...2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS photos Thought the press release and the official photos of...Chevrolet Camaro interior spied A couple of days a...
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Bullrun 2: Episode 5 – Goodbye Team Camaro.
2009-03-23 21:49:00 This past week on Bullrun remaindered me more of the topsy-turvy 2009 NASCAR season in the fact that strong team such as Team Solstice and Team Lexus that are normally fighting for the top spot in each leg now found themselves either towards or at the bottom, while teams like Team Avalanche and Team Camaro found themselves at the top for what I can remember the first time, but will it continue into the next leg?There are two critical parts needed in a competition like Bullrun, first picking a co-driver/navigator that can find their way from one checkpoint to another. From what is shown on television, it’s always interesting seeing how some of those teams find their way to that next checkpoint with just a simple card that in a lot of cases now doesn’t even list an address or even a state.Of course the second critical part needed in these competition and that is just as important as a co-driver, I’m talking about the vehicle you bring, which in a lot of ways could mean the diffe...
Camaro de arrancada
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2010 Chevy Camaro
2009-03-18 09:00:00 Configure yours today. I'm quite impressed, and I'm not a huge muscle car fan.
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Camaro5.com reports phtogs Camaros outside assembly plant
2009-03-08 16:21:00 Camaro5.com, the best source of information about the 5th-generation Camaro, has snapped some pics outside the Oshawa assembly plant showing over 100 new Camaros lined up and awaiting shipment. Whether these are going to dealers or whether these are the final test fleet isn't clear - although if you look at the other pictures on the site you'll notice that the window stickers are blank.
Classic Chevy Camaro Muscle Car
2008-12-25 21:06:00 The Champ Originally uploaded by Extra MediumThis is an Awesome shot of a Classic Chevy Camaro Muscle Car!
Transformers Movie Deluxe Class Bumblebee 2008 Camaro
2008-10-14 06:52:00 Transformers Movie Deluxe Class Bumblebee 2008 Camaro by Hasbro Buy new: $20.28 74 used & new from $14.75 Transformers Movie Deluxe Class Bumblebee 2008 Camaro - Before he came to Earth, BUMBLEBEE could have cared less about his appearance. As long as his alternate mode kept him hidden, and protected his plasma cannon from the weather, he was content. But now, on Earth, he has found friendship for the first time in as long as he can remember, in the person of Sam Witwicky. At Sam’s urging, he scans a sweet new vehicle form. Now, he’s still ready to fight to the end against the DECEPTICONS, but he sure hopes nothing too bad happens to his paint job. Convert this AUTOBOT figure from menacing robot mode to Camaro concept vehicle mode and back again! It features a cannon that converts to a blade in robot mode! This is one awesome figure for your collection!
2010 Camaro goes on sale TODAY!
2008-10-13 13:27:00 The 2010 Camaro goes on sale today. Specs have been known for several weeks, and final prices were just announced yesterday. For the amount of performance delivered, the prices are fabulous. My sole reservations about the car center around it's shear size and weight. 422 Horses in the SS model are going to have to pull ~3900 pounds with a driver. The car is just enormous and while it's well equipped it won't make a good track car. There will be a gigantic rush to order today by many different kinds of enthusiasts. One point really strikes me by the press release below - the Camaro has an IRS and the Mustang doesn't. For all the BS that Ford uttered about how certain enthusiasts don't want it (to cover the fact that it was designed, tested, and ready for production - then cut at the last minute for cost reasons), the inclusion of one isn't stopping the buyers of the Camaro. In fact, these modern specs - especially the excellent V-6 - are seen...
First Drive: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro V-6
2008-08-27 16:04:00 No more guessing. No more hype. No more waiting. At long last, Chevrolet has opened the doors to its feverishly awaited 2010 Chevy Camaro sport coupe, and we’ve enjoyed a thorough shakedown run (in a “99%” prototype). Let’s not keep you in suspense any longer. The envelope, please: Chevy’s new two-door is…very good. Very, very, very ...
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Fergie reveals Camaro SS front end
2008-08-22 14:36:00 The first official picture of the front end of the Camaro SS comes courtesy of an ad placed by GM in a Conde Nast supplement Fashion Rocks. No, we don't read that magazine and wouldn't go anywhere near it, but here it is. We've seen this front end before in spy pics - it differs from the base Camaro in the badging and under the bumper with a deeper and more forward air dam. Interesting that here we are several months before production - with pictures and specs of nearly everything. GM hasn't officially released any other detailed images of the SS, or under-hood engine pictures - but those will come. We'll probably have the complete details and images after the Los Angeles show in November.
A dose of photography - 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS.
2008-07-31 20:29:00 Back in 2006 while I was up in Boston, Massachusetts taking in the World of Wheels show, I came this 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS. This wasn't the first time I had seen this ride in person before as this Camaro was on display at the 2005 World of Wheels too. I really didn't know too much about it from the photo, however while watching an episode of NOPI Tunervision, they featured this very ride with the owner. From what the owner said, the Camaro features a 502 V8, C5 corvette taillights and was built in 9 months. what an amazing Camaro. Comments.Rear View- RacedrivenDon't forget to visit Racedriven.com for more related posts.
2010 Camaro Press Introduction and specs
2008-07-21 22:18:00 You have to hand it to Chevrolet... they beat the Mustang again, hands down. When you compare the standard 300-HP V-6 engine in the Camaro to the lowly 210 HP V-6 in the Mustang... ther eis no comparison. When you compare the standard across-the-board (all Camaros, all options) 6-speed transmisisons (auto and manual) to ye old T-5 in the V-6 Mustang (a transmission that literally dates back to 1983) and the 5-speed autos and manuals in the other models - saving the 6-speed manual only for the Shelby - there is no comparison. And, of course, the Camaro has a standard IRS... something that Ford designed for the Mustang and then dropped at the last moment. Chevrolet press release follows: FOR RELEASE: 2008-07-21 Chevrolet Unveils The 2010 Camaro - A Fun, Efficient Sports Car For The 21st Century function SetValues(){var getx = 'window.event.clientX'; var gety = "window.event.clientY";} .wordtodisplay{font-family:aria-l; font-size:16px; color:#ff0000; cu...
Official 2010 Camaro specs now available
2008-07-21 21:40:00 GM has released the specs, along with a nice document that describes the upcoming car. http://www.drivingenthusiast.ne-t/sec-gm/camaro/2010/camarospec-s.pdf (suggest <right click> and "open in new tab>) Full specs, colors, and extensive images are on Chevy's own site: http://www.chevrolet.com/camaro-/ (suggest <right click> and "open in new tab>) And, if you're wondering how it stacks up against the new Challenger, as well as the existing Mustang, try this comparison chart: http://challenger.drivingenthus-iast.net/sec-competition/index.-htm (suggest <right click> and "open in new tab>). The V-8 Challenger gains a 6-speed manual and limited slip diff in 2009. The Mustang remains unchanged for a shortened 2009 model year, then gets a re-skin for 2010.
What happened to the Brembos on the Camaro?
2008-07-20 20:06:00 Looks like the bean counters have hit the Camaro... it's lost it's rear Brembo calipers and gone back to a single-piston caliper. Look at the 1st picture below of the production Camaro SS: small 4-piston Brembos on the front only. And compare that to the 2nd picture of the Camaro testing at the Nurburgring several weeks ago - larger front Brembos and 4-piston rear Brembos. Rotor sizes have also been downgraded - particularly at the rear. And lest you think that rear brakes don't make that much difference, remember that the Camaro is a 52/48% fr/rr weight balance car - unlike the grotesquely obese Shelby at 58.5% in the front (same as most front wheel drive cars!). So, yes, a 4-wheel multi-piston braking system would have made a phenomenal difference for the Camaro. So, either the bean counters made a last-minute cut in production spec, or the Nurburgring car wasn't production-based, or the Nurburgring car was a higher level car such as the supercharged Camaro Z28 - w...
Production Camaro Revealed
2008-07-18 15:47:00 Several sites beat Monday's planned introduction by GM by releasing sets of photos today. Autoweek has an overview here, with full details after next Monday afternoon: http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pb-cs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/FR-EE/261484376/1528/newsletter01&-nbsp; However - as usual - the folks at Camaro5.com have the full set of photos: http://www.camaro5-.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51-71 and the specs of the first two engines that will be be offered: a standard 296-HP 3.6 V-6 and a 416-HP 6.2 V-8. The V-8 model weighs 3700 pounds and has a 52/48 weight balance. Furthermore, the V-8 has variable cylinder shut-off and with the 6-speed transmission will have extraordinarily low revs at highway cruising speeds. Like the Corvette with the similar engine and transmission, careful drivers will find high-20s on the highway. Both V-8 and V-6 models "blow away" the Mustang by a considerable margin. And rumor has it that the 2010 Mustang ...
The 2010 GM Camaro
2008-06-25 04:05:00 This year in November the General Motors is going to represent to the automotive community a fair share of Camaros in during the annual Las Vegas SEMA Show. The 2010 Camaro was proclaimed to be the Official Car of this show and of course the automaker will use opportunity to turn it into the most popular ...
By: New Car Search
Camaro SS prototype spotted
2008-06-21 13:34:00 Yet again, the folks at Camaro5.com have pulled off getting pre-production pics of the upcoming Camaro. This time it's the SS model - showing the final headlights and wheels. Note the under-bumper front spoiler. We can't see the brakes here... and we don't as of yet know the specs of the engine. More here: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/s-howthread.php?t=4699 (sugg-est <right-click> and <open in new window>)
Buzz Garage: Chevrolet Camaro Concept
2008-06-17 09:30:00 With the Chevrolet Camaro Concept at the 2006 Detroit Auto Show, GM has been surprised us all with the help of South Korean designer Sangyup Lee. And now Camaros fans have been waiting for the return of the badge since the fourth-generation model... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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Hemmings Cruise-Ins: The 1968 Chevy Camaro SS
2008-06-11 07:01:00 Forty years ago, cars were cooler and gas was cheaper. The first part of that statement is just my opinion, of course, but you'll have to forgive me. I recently attended my first cruise-in at Hemmings Motor News in Bennington, Vermont. The weather in the Green Mountain State wasn't exactly s
The 2009 Chevrolet Camaro SS ? Now a 2010
2008-06-03 04:08:00 Two-and-a-half years ago, the 2006 North American International Auto Show in Detroit turned out to be quite festival of retro-design. After all, among the cars displayed there were a new Dodge Challenger, a new Shelby Mustang, and a new Chevrolet Camaro ? a line up previously seen over 30 years before. For much of the next two years, there were hints in the press that Chevrolet’s offering, the re-vamped Chevrolet Camaro SS, would be put into production in the first quarter of this year ? 2008 ? and put on the market late in the year, as a 2009 model. Last March, however, everything changed. Chevrolet decided that it would make better business sense if the Camaro was pushed back, and so, instead of an early 2008 introduction and a short life during the year as a 2009 model before switching to a 2010 designation, production would begin in February 2009, and the car would be a 2010 model until the fall of that year, when it would switch to a 2011 designation. All this, of course,...
Showoff of the Week: Mike's Camaro
2008-06-03 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor Because it's physically impossible for me to write anything about a Camaro without making a Dead Milkmen reference, I'm going to describe Mike's '73 Z28 as bitchin'. But there are plenty of other words?wicked, gorgeous, awesome?that...
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2009 Chevy Camaro
2008-06-02 23:29:00 my future car/ 2009 camaro Originally uploaded by lovebumblebee218The 2009 Chevy Camaro is just around the corner! It will be coming to a dealer near you soon, dont miss this one! It is so bold yet so subtle with its curves and fine lines. It has a retro look, but a modern twist that is creating some serious buzz.I get the question very often, is Pontiac coming out with a Trans Am since the Chevy Camaro is coming? I regret to say, there are no plans at this time for the Trans Am to come back. But, you know if the Camaro is a huge hit what will happen. GM will have a Pontiac, GMC, Saturn, and maybe even a Buick version of the same car!
Worker at GM plant fired over Camaro photo leak
2008-06-01 03:57:00 Worker at GM plant fired over Camaro photo leak An electrician working at General Motors' Oshawa Assembly Plant lost his job this past week after company officials linked him to the leak of several photos showing a prototype Camaro body shell. The photos found their way onto the internet May 22nd and were published by multiple major automotive websites, including Leftlane. Details of the leak come via a source within the plant, who claims to have intimate knowledge of the controversy. According to our tipster, the employee — who has 28 years seniority — used a camera phone to take pictures of the body to show to his children at home. Unfortunately for the unidentified employee, friends of his children got ahold of the photos and distributed them on the Web. It's not known exactly what the photos depict, but it appears GM might be starting to test the assembly process at the Oshawa, Ontario plant, where the Camaro (and other Zeta-platform variants...
Fiero Trouncing Camaro in Black Magic Face Off
2008-05-31 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief We're in the final round of voting in the Black Magic Face Off and Steven's Fiero is killing Joe's Camaro. Voting ends June 8, so Joe still has a shot, but with almost 300 votes Steven...
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2010 Camaro V6 : First Look
2008-05-27 00:00:00 Soon after the news of a new Camaro dropped, talk of possible engine packages was flying. Among these discussions was a decently powered V6 that had remained for the most part unspecified. Earlier this week, some new pictures hit the web and they should answer a few questions. Technorati Tags: Cars and Motors Gadgets Miscellaneous Sports Travel
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The 2010 Chevy Camaro Preview
2008-05-23 07:12:00 The 2010 Chevy Camaro is one of the most highly-anticipated new vehicles to come from GM in years. Ever since it was announced, a stream of pics and speculation have fed ever growing excitement for the reborn muscle car's return. Enthusiasts have already seen virtual road tests, camo-free spy shots, and even videos of the car in action, but now one intrepid spy has managed to take things a step further -- they may be a little blurry, but someone captured an example of the 2010 Camaro making its way down the production line. It's unclear where or when they were taken, but speculation is these pics are from GM's Oshawa, Ontario plant where the Camaro will be built. Given that the car is set to launch as a 2010 model (and the assembly line is conspicuously empty) these are almost certainly just preproduction examples, but it's interesting to see how the hot new coupe will be put together. One surprising thing about the photos is the complete lack of human beings in them -- meaning ...
2010 Camaro - 2010 Camaro Spy Video - 2010 Camaro First Look - 2010 Camaro
2008-05-23 06:24:00 2010 Camaro - 2010 Camaro Spy Video - 2010 Camaro First Look - 2010 Camaro Concept Becomes 2010 Camaro Reality - 2010 Camaro Videos - 2010 Camaro Newshttp://classiccustomandspor-tscarvideos.blogspot.com/2010 Camaro Spy Video - The 2010 Camaro concept car became the 2010 Camaro. I love it when concept cars become reality and the Chevrolet Camaro has long been my favorite car. Chevy Camaros are simply the stuff legends are made of and the 2010 Chevy Camaro certainly looks promising.In a spy video that Chevy Camaro fans won't want to miss, see the 2010 Camaro as it takes to the test track.Rumor has it that there may be a 2010 Chevy Camaro Super Charged SS version of the new 2010 Camaro, but for now, it is just that ...rumor. Chevy is remaining tight-lipped about the particulars for the new 2010 Chevy Camaro so I guess we just have to hope that a 2010 Chevy Camaro Super Charged SS version is in the works.Tags: entertainment, video, 2010 Camaro, cars
More Camaro pictures (!) - V6 engine
2008-05-23 02:32:00 An old saying: "It never rains but it pours" Meaning: When troubles come they come together. Origin: A proverbial phrase. The origin is unknown but the phrase itself was known by the early 18th century. For example, this item from a work by John Arbuthnot, 1726: "It cannot rain but it pours; or London strow'd with rarities." Troubles, in this case, in the form of leaks for for GM security to investigate. Even more pictures became available on Camaro5.com late today - this time they are of the V-6 engine. It appears, although it's not confirmed yet, to be the direct-injected 3.6 liter DOHC VVT V-6. If not, it's the port-injected engine of the same displacement. This is the same one that attendees of GM's Camaro focus group event saw and drove this week to wide and universal acclaim. One big question remains: does it have direct injection (DI)? The engine looks like the Caddy direct-injected version of this same basic engine, ho...
Camaro5.com gets Camaro production line images
2008-05-22 04:23:00 The folks at Camaro5.com have pulled off a second scoop in the same day: images of a pre-production Camaro going down the asssembly line at GM's Oshawa assembly plant. No, the Camaro is not going into pre-production phase: that doesn't happen until the end of the year. And there won't be any production cars built (for-sale) until February. Instead, these very early cars save money since they don't have to be built by hand, they test assemblies received from contractors, they ensure the car will go together properly when the time comes, and they allow engineers to make (very) minor changes if they should be needed. Above all, they help ensure that Job#1 will be RIGHT. And while I'm not on the market for a new Camaro, as a Driving Enthusiast and car nut I'm always interested in seeing how things go together. In this case, two things stand out right away: the inherent strength of the structure, including the front strut attachment and reinforcement (look at each side of the stru...
Camaro Focus Group
2008-05-22 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief Tim De Young, who posts over at 5thgen.org, was selected to be a part of a 15 member focus group which got to see and drive both the V8 and V6 Camaros at the General Motors...
By: CarDomain Blog
Camaro5.com has the scoop on the latest Camaro focus group
2008-05-21 22:04:00 General Motors product development engineers have been busy finalizing details of the upcoming 5th-gen Camaro, and the Camaro5.com forum has an inside story on the focus group that was held by GM in their product development center last weekend. Several lucky very fortunate forum members were invited to attend and were treated to a unique - but confidential - show. "Maximum" Bob Lutz even did a fly-by in his personal jet plane! &-nbsp; What is a focus group? It's a formal meeting (usually with a non-disclosure agreement in place) held by a vendor to brings together groups of existing and/or potential owners to show them future products and to methodically solicit reaction/feedback- to specific items. In this example, the attendees were asked a long list of questions pertaining to specific parts. One exampel was about the feel of certain controls (sound, click, travel, tactil... |
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