Chevrolet Camaro News
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Detroit is dying, fading into a cheap reproduction of its one-time Motor City greatness. But that doesn't stop the city's sprawling suburbs from hosting one of the biggest, most impressive displays of cars anywhere: the Woodward Dream Cruise. This year, it's sponsored by Chevrolet. Chevy's involvement won't change the fundamental nature of the event, which includes about 1.5 million attendees and a seemingly endless stream of historic, vintage, exotic, and otherwise envy-inducing cars. There will be a slate of special Chevys on display, however. Some of the Bowtie's best will be on display...
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Female High School Student Wins 2011 Chevrolet Camaro For Good GradesA high school freshman from Texas, Kenzie Deaton, is the proud owner of a brand new 2011 Chevrolet Camaro, which she won as part of a competition being run by her school in an effort to get students to improve their grades. The only problem is that Deaton is just 14 years of age so can’t even...
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Chevy To Invite Customers To Camaro Homecoming In Canada: VideoThis year will mark the 45th anniversary of the Camaro and the centennial anniversary for Chevrolet. To celebrate the event, Chevrolet and the Ontario Camaro Club are inviting customers to Oshawa, Ontario, Canada from June 10-12. Planned events include a plant tour, a product announcement regarding...
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Chevrolet Marks 100 Years At The Indy 500Chevrolet has been a part of the Indianapolis 500 for 100 years, which is as long as the race has been around. As we've already reported, the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible will pace the race, making it the 22nd Chevrolet to do so. In addition, Chevy engines will be used in IndyCar in 2012...
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro V-6 Engine Detailed: VideoWe've already reported on the changes to the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro V-6 that allow the engine to drop 13 pounds and add 11 horsepower, bringing the total amount of ponies to 323. Now, for the more visual learners in the audience, there's video of Tom Sutter, the chief engineer, talking about the...
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More Power, More MPGs For 2012 Chevrolet CamaroPerformance enthusiasts love to have their cake and eat it, too. Which usually means gaining more power while also improving fuel efficiency. Chevrolet is aiming to do just that with the 2012 Camaro, thanks to a new cylinder-head design for the V-6 engine. The new design will bring together key...
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In the world of automotive audio enthusiasts there are competitions called "sound offs." In their simplest forms, these are gatherings of cars with modified sound systems where a winner is chosen for a variety of reasons. The 2012 Camaro ZL1 doesn't have much in the way of a competitive audio system, but it doesn't need one. It has its exhaust. With the 2011 Ford Mustang GT500 on the streets and Chrysler's SRT8 crew now out from the projects hangar, the sound off is ready to begin, muscle car style. Here's Chevy's entry. Judge for yourself.
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The Vroominator: At Least Your Slow Car Will Sound Fast...Want a sports car or muscle car but don't want the expense of higher fuel bills and insurance costs? Want to enjoy the rumble of a big V8 but don't want to wake the neighbors every morning when you leave for work? Your wishes have just been answered, and for only $40. What you need is the...
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Lingenfelter Set To Unveil 800 Horsepower Twin-Turbo 2010 Chevrolet CamaroAftermarket performance maven Lingenfelter Performance Engineering has more Camaro upgrades in store for the Camaro5Fest that takes place this weekend at the Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Arizona. The company will be bringing an 800-horsepower twin-turbocharged Camaro to the festival...
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45th Anniversary Edition 2012 Chevrolet Camaro PreviewOur muscle cars are all middle-aged. The Mustang turned 45 back in 2009, and will be 50 before we know it. Now, the Camaro is throwing its own 45th birthday bash with the 45th Anniversary special edition. Fortunately neither the Camaro nor the Mustang are growing soft around the middle as they age...
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Lingenfelter Working On World's Fastest Camaro: VideoLingenfelter has already posted a sub-9 second run in a modified Camaro. But that's not enough for the company, which is gunning to better that time with an LS9 Camaro that now makes 1,200 horsepower at the rear wheels. Upgrades over the eight-second Camaro include a race suspension, transmission...
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Baldwin Motion Introduces Fantastic Five PackageAftermarket tuner Baldwin Motion has just released a "Fantastic Five" package for the Camaro SS that consists of five different levels of available power, from 525 horsepower up to 800. The base SS-427 is the 525 horsepower model, and it comes with a new exhaust, race-prepped aluminum cylinder...
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Eighteen-hundred and nine point six, to be exact. That's a lot of horsepower. Drag fiends, savor the heady aroma. The owner of this completely nutso twin-turbo Camaro built by Late Model Racecraft is Kelly Bise. It was built for the Texas Mile, and will be hitting the long and straight stretch this weekend. This one is a safe bet to break the 200 mph mark. The question is how far beyond will it go?
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Camaro To Be Sold In China As Ke Mai LuoChevrolet is preparing the sell the Camaro in China, and the car will called "Ke Mai Luo" in that country. No, we don't know what that means (a quick Google translation failed us) but we do know the car will be launched at Auto Shanghai (Shanghai Auto Show) next month. A base Ke Mai Luo with the...
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Donald Trump To Drive 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Indy 500 Pace Car At 2011 Indianapolis 500The seemingly unavoidable Donald Trump will be making a public appearance on one of racing's biggest stages this May when he takes the wheel of the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Indy 500 Pace Car at the 2011 Indianapolis 500. The race takes place on May 29, and one of its traditions is to have a...
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Spy Shots: 2012 Chevrolet Camaro Synergy SeriesFollowing recent reports of Chevrolet launching a new special edition version of its Camaro muscle car roughly every six months comes a new set of spy shots of a mysterious prototype of the retro-styled muscle car. With the 2012 model year just around the corner, and a host of upgrades likely with...
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Report: 2013 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 To Get 600 HPThis may come as a surprise to those of you that have been living in a shadow-filled cave for a few years, but Ford and Chevy tend to have a bit of a rivarly in the pony/muscle-car segment. It looks like things aren't reaching a cease-fire for the next round of updates, either, as a new report out...
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VIDEO: Hennessey Camaro Convertible Hits The MarketWhen the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible launched earlier this year, it was perhaps inevitable that the tuner market would follow with its own take on the car. Well-known tuner Hennessey has done just that, with its HPE600 Camaro Convertible. Using an Eaton TVS2300 Roots-type supercharger...
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Cut-and-Shoot, Texas. A name like that just screams "Lone Star State." And if you don't pay attention to your speed while traveling through Cut-and-Shoot--and especially if you don't pay attention to a blacked-out Camaro with a Transformers logo on the hood--you might be screaming about a speeding fine. You see, the local police force has turned this Camaro into a patrol car, complete with black-on-black graphics and clear strobe lights. So, leadfoots, be on the lookout for this car. This Camaro doesn't belong to a Transformers fan-boy, it belongs to the local law. [Jalopnik]
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New Camaro Edition Set To Be UnveiledAccording to Camaro5, a new edition of the Camaro will be shown off at that Web site's "Camaro5Fest" on Friday, April 15. Details are very sketchy at this point, but we'd guess that whatever Chevy is showing, it will likely be something on a relatively small scale, since reveals like that of the...
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Video: Hennessey Shows Off 2011 HPE600 Chevrolet Camaro ConvertibleAching for the sounds of some vicious, hotter-than-stock American V-8 action today? Hennessey has your fix: the 2011 HPE600 Chevy Camaro Convertible, previewed in this video. As you might guess from the car's name, the HPE600 packs 600 horsepower--602 to be exact--of supercharged, dyno-tuned fury...
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Camaro Outsells Rivals In FebruaryThe Chevrolet Camaro out-dueled the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger in the sales race for last month, according to Camaro5. The forum lists the Camaro as having sold 6,245 units in February, while Ford sold 3,697 Mustangs and Dodge moved 3,227 Challengers. As for why this is, it's hard to say...
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David Beckham Trades Porsche 911 Turbo For Chevrolet CamaroYou may recall our story last month about soccer star David Beckham selling his modified Porsche 911 Turbo. We can now reveal why: it appears Beckham is using part of the $217,100 garnered from the sale of the Porsche for a new 2011 Chevrolet Camaro. The V-8 powered Camaro SS, which in the spec...
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Video: Chevrolet Camaro Spotted With Ridiculous 30-Inch WheelsCall it a Hi-Riser, or Donk, or Bubble, but whatever it is it looks down right stupid. Nevertheless, one owner of a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro has decided to install these 30-inch ‘dubs’ on their car. Wheels of this size are nothing new and have been seen at auto events and conventions for...
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