Chevrolet Camaro News
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Muscle-car fans have had quite a feast in the past two years, with the 707-horsepower Challenger and Charger Hellcat and the 526-hp Shelby GT350 laying untold stripes on countless roads across America. (Dozens of them may be ours. Maybe not. Prove it in court.) But they won't be able to pass up the final course in this heated-and-compressed-dinosaur-flesh smorgasboard: the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro, out this year as a coupe and lying in wait a soft-top convertible early next year. CHECK OUT: Extra-Long Dyno Pull Makes Mustang Tire Go Boom: Video Without straying too far from the classic...
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Chevy Already Offering Performance Parts For Sixth-Gen Camaro
The sixth-generation Camaro isn’t even on the market yet but Chevrolet is already previewing a range of accessories and performance upgrades for the car. From air intake and exhaust systems, to lowering kits, ground-effects packages, spoilers and even Brembo brake packages, the parts and...
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2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE Spy Video
It was only a week ago that we saw a hardcore version of the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro testing at the Nürburgring that we think might be badged a ZL1, or if labeled something else at least sit in the Camaro hierarchy where the previous ZL1 sat. Now a second Camaro prototype has been...
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2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Spy Shots And Video
Chevrolet is gearing up for the launch of its all-new, sixth-generation Camaro later this fall, with the most potent model at present being the 455-horsepower Camaro SS. However, for those buyers willing to wait on pulling the trigger, there’s an even hotter model in the works, one likely to...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Performance Specs Confirmed: Video
Though we’ve already had a taste of the performance of the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro during our brief drive of a prototype, we now know exactly what it can muster as Chevrolet has confirmed key performance specs for the car. The new Camaro, which lands in showrooms this fall as a 2016...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Full Pricing Released
The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro hits dealer lots late in 2015 and we can confirm the car will be priced from $26,695, including a $995 destination charge. That’s for the entry-level Camaro LT equipped with the new turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. The car’s engine is rated at 275...
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Where cars are concerned, our favorite figures involve horsepower, torque, and 0-60 times. That said, there's plenty of interesting info in the latest study from research firm Experian Automotive, which looked at the numbers behind the unlikely resurgence of the muscle car. While it includes the Chevrolet Corvette and the Dodge Viper in the definition—purists would balk at calling them "muscle cars"—registrations are up over 35 percent during the last nine years, which is welcome news for anyone who likes high performance. ALSO SEE: Dodge Celebrates Its Freedom With 'Predators' TV...
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Chevy Selected Eight Tracks To Test The 2016 Camaro: Video
Chevrolet has apparently been hard at work making sure its 2016 Camaro (both the coupe and the convertible) is up to snuff. To accomplish this, engineers have taken the car on a trip around the globe. This wasn't merely for sightseeing purposes but rather to ring out the all-new car at places like...
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Mustang Pulls Ahead Of Camaro In The Sales Race For First Time In Six Years
The all-new, sixth-generation Ford Mustang has been out for a bit now, and it's selling well. So well, in fact, that it recently overtook its arch rival the Chevrolet Camaro in the sales war for the first time since 2009, when the fift-gen Camaro landed. Through the first five months of 2015, the...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Preview: Live Photos & Video
Only a month after blowing us away with its all-new, sixth-generation 2016 Camaro, Chevrolet has now taken the wraps off the car’s convertible variant which like the coupe will be introduced for the 2016 model year. The new Camaro Convertible sticks with a conventional folding soft-top but...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Leaked Ahead Of June 24 Reveal: Video
Chevrolet recently released a teaser video for its upcoming 2016 Camaro Convertible, which the Bowtie brand has confirmed will be revealed to the world on Wednesday, June 24. However, since then official photos of the car have leaked onto the web. The leaked photos, more of which you can view over...
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Classic Camaro Burnout Is Slow, Sad, And Ends Poorly: Video
Burnouts are polarizing. Some folks love them, while other seem them as a way to waste money, rubber, and time. We here at MotorAuthority generally find them quite enjoyable, because we're children (both at heart, and mentally). Some burnouts, however, don't exactly get our hearts pounding. Take...
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Production of Chevrolet’s Camaro muscle car returns to the U.S. with the sixth generation of the General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] icon. The previous car was built at the Oshawa Car Assembly plant in Canada but the new one, revealed a week ago, is being built at the Lansing Grand River Assembly plant in Michigan. ALSO SEE: Official: Lamborghini SUV Confirmed, Sales To Start In 2018 The Lansing Grand River Assembly plant builds other GM models based on the Alpha platform underpinning the new Camaro, such as the Cadillac ATS and CTS models, and for the new Camaro it was upgraded at a bill...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Preview And Prototype First Drive
Happy, muscle-car fans? Just this past year you've been gifted a 707-horsepower Challenger Hellcat and a brand-new Mustang, with a 500-plus-horsepower Shelby GT350 waiting in the chute. It's been a Super Bowl of a year, with no deflation to spoil the fun. In fact, it's the opposite. A new version...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Leaked
Chevrolet plans to reveal the new sixth-generation, 2016 Camaro tomorrow. Thanks to CNBC Squawk Box it seems we don't have to wait that long to see it. The show discussed the car's debut during this morning's segment, and even showed two completely uncamouflaged cars. GM Inside News member HuJass...
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Will The First 2016 Chevy Camaro Special Edition Be Called The Krypton?
The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro hasn’t even been shown yet but there’s already talk about the first special edition model. The sixth-generation Camaro debuts this weekend, and a trademark filing made by General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] may hint at one of the car’s new special editions...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Revealed Further In New Teasers
Chevrolet has released what’s likely to be the last of its teasers for the sixth-generation Camaro muscle car due to be unveiled to the public at a special event being held at Detroit’s Belle Isle Park on Saturday, May 16. The latest teasers hint at some of the aerodynamic features of...
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GM Design Chief Ed Welburn Talks About The 2016 Chevy Camaro
We’re now just a little over two weeks away from the debut of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro at General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] May 16 celebration of the car at a public event being hosted at Detroit’s Belle Isle Park. And after several teasers showing the inner workings of the...
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The all-new sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro is set to be revealed May 16 at a special public event hosted at Detroit’s Belle Isle Park, and in the lead up Chevy has been dropping small morsels of information on the car. Previously, we learned that the new Camaro will be 28 percent stiffer than the current model, 200 pounds lighter, and—in SS trim—feature General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] 6.2-liter LT1 V-8. Now, Chevy has confirmed some of the tech features appearing on the new Camaro aimed at enhancing the car’s performance at the track while also making it...
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Hennessey HPE1000 Camaro Z/28 Roars On The Dyno: Video
As you know by know, the Hennessey Performance Engineering team likes to take everything out there that's already fast and powerful... and make it faster and more powerful. Such is the case with the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. This is a highly focused machine with over 500 horsepower and around 470...
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First 2016 Cadillac CT6 And 2015 Chevy COPO Camaro Head To Auction
Two General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] vehicles with serious potential for future gains in value will go under the hammer this weekend at a Barrett-Jackson auction in Palm Beach, Florida. But collectability is just one of the factors set to drive up bids; another is the fact that full proceeds from...
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Artist Turns 1983 Camaro Z/28 Into Non-Functional Hippy Coral Reef
The topography of the automotive art world is as varied as Malibu's famous canyon roads—lots of highs and lots of lows. The pinnacle is populated by greats like Jeff Koons and Andy Warhol—both did fantastic work with BMW—and the nadir by execrable carnival barkers like the pompous...
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EcoCar 3 Competition Aims To Turn Chevy's 2016 Camaro Into A Mean, Green, Hybrid Machine: Video
When enthusiasts consider Chevrolet's Camaro, classic designs, tire-shredding burnouts, and track-tuned Z/28s spring to readily to mind. Green technology? Not so much. But the Department of Energy and partner General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] have made the iconic piece of American iron the focus of...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro 28 Percent Stiffer Than Current Model
We’re now just a little over a month out from the debut of the all-new, sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro but that hasn’t slowed down the pace of Chevy’s teaser campaign for the car. Today we learned that that the car’s structural stiffness will be 28 percent greater than in...
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