Chevrolet Camaro News
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Your humble editor will be heading to sunny Southern California to drive the 2011 Camaro Convertible this week, and I'd like to know if any of you in readerland have any questions for myself or the Camaro engineers, PR folks, and designers, regarding the upcoming 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible. If you have questions, leave them in the comments section, and I will address them as soon as possible. We'll have a first drive of the Camaro Convertible as soon as I return to my cold Midwestern bunker.
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Camaro Convertible SS To Pace 2011 Indy 500In a homage to the 1969 Indianapolis 500 pace car, Chevrolet has announced that for 2011, it will again provide white Camaro convertibles to pace the race around the Brickyard. Only this time, they will be 2011 Camaro Convertible SS models. 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of both Chevrolet and the...
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Baldwin-Motion Name Returns On 427 And 454 Custom CamarosLate last year we reported on the return of two dealer-built Chevrolet Camaros, one from DeNooyer Chevrolet in New York and the other from Georgia’s NeSmith Chevrolet. Such performance cars have always been an important part of Chevrolet’s heritage, with names like Yenko, Nickey and...
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2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible Picked As Indy 500 Pace CarFor the past two years the Chevrolet Camaro has starred as the official pace car of the Indianapolis 500, providing spectators with some eye-candy on race day and laying the base for a new special edition of the beloved muscle car destined for the showroom. Now that task is being handed over to the...
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Chevrolet Promises Camaro News At Barrett-Jackson Auction TonightChevrolet is promising to break some Camaro news tonight at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., but the company isn't saying what. It's unlikely that the news will be related to the upcoming Z28--although, who knows?--so we speculate that Chevrolet is likely to unveil something...
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Could The Camaro Run In NASCAR?One of the criticisms constantly leveled at NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series is that the cars used in the series don't match reality. The Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry, and Chevrolet Impala are all front-wheel-drive mid-size sedans in production form, yet their bodies adorn rear-wheel-drive platforms that...
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The Chevrolet Camaro and American rock star Kid Rock are perhaps two of the more well-known symbols of Detroit, and in honor of the musician's 40th birthday, he was given a brand-new Camaro SS. NASCAR star Jimmie Johnson did the honors, presenting the "Cowboy" with a black SS with black wheels, black-wall tires, and the number 40 painted on the doors. The fuel-filler door is stamped with the words "Made in Detroit" while the hood had an "American Bad Ass" logo. Kid Rock's party was held at Ford Field in downtown Detroit, and the Camaro was uncovered before being hoisted by a lift. Talk about...
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2012 Camaro Z28 To Be Called Something Else?We'd thought that the resurrection of the Z28 name for the upcoming high-end Camaro--which will have a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8--was a foregone conclusion. Sure, we'd heard that GM (NYSE:GM) is using the name "HP Edition," but we figured that was just internal speak. But now we're not so sure...
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Chevrolet Posts Configurator For 2011 Camaro Convertible OnlineIf you're in the mood to go topless with your next Camaro, you can start building options online already, even if the car doesn't go on sale until next month. Options are listed under four sections--Powertrain, Packages, Interior, and Exterior--and some of the more interesting ones include 21-inch...
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2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Configurator Now OnlineDeliveries of the new 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible start next month but you can build your dream version now, virtually. Once you load up all the options, which for simplicity are divided into four different sections--Packages, Powertrain, Exterior and Interior--the configurator will dish out...
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Chevrolet Camaro Outsells Ford Mustang In 2010--First Time In 25 YearsNow that 2010 is well and truly over, we can look back at the year and see who came out on top in the sales race. While the clear leader was the Ford F-Series, which came away with 528,349 in total sales for 2010, it was interesting to see that the Chevrolet Camaro, which for 2010 was only...
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Rumor: Camaro To Get More Powerful V-6We've already told you that rumors about the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro are leaking out. Now we've heard another one--this time concerning the V-6 powerplant. A post on the Camaro5 forums suggests that a new direct-injection 3.6-liter "LFX" V-6 is going to replace the current 3.6-liter mill. The LFX has...
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The dust has barely settled on the launch of the new Chevrolet Camaro Convertible, which has entered the market with a 2011 model year tag, but already the first details for the car’s 2012 model year have started to seep. Although unconfirmed by Chevrolet, the new 2012 model year Camaro is expected to feature new paint and trim options, as well as a brand new V-6 engine. Codenamed the LFX V-6, the new engine should give the Camaro a leg-up over its Ford Mustang rival thanks to a number of fuel saving technologies and expected 330 horsepower output--25 more ponies than the Mustang. The...
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Video: Woman Rams Cop Car With Camaro, Results In BurnoutThe driver of this Chevrolet Camaro is probably not one of the smartest people out on the roads, as evidenced by her futile attempts to evade a pursuing police car by reversing into it. All she manages to achieve is creating a lot of smoke from the burnt rubber of her tires. Also keep an eye out...
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VIDEO: Woman Rams Cop Car With CamaroWhen the police pull you over because you've been careening recklessly through a suburban neighborhood, you shouldn't slam your Camaro into reverse and smack into a police car several times. Because if you do, you'll end up in handcuffs. And in this day and age, on YouTube. See, those who work in...
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MotorAuthority's Top 5 Photo Galleries Of 2010With just hours left in 2010, we're all gearing up for holiday parties, dinners, or dates. But if you have some time to kill this evening, we've got the perfect distraction: our top five photo galleries of the year. These are the galleries our readers visited most, and--with one exception--it's...
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2012 Camaro Options Are Beginning To LeakWith the 2012 model of the Camaro likely arriving in the summer, some options and color schemes have begun leaking out to the forums from dealers. Among them are a 45th anniversary package, a rearview camera, and a special suspension for improved ride and handling on the SS. We'll see if this holds...
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Top Ten Reason To Buy A Chevrolet Camaro In 2011Here are the ten-best reasons to buy a Camaro in 2011: 1. A Z28 model is likely to join the lineup, and it could happen in 2011 as a 2012 model. 2. Even without the Z28 and its supercharged V-8, there is still the strong V-6 and the plenty-fast V-8 powered SS. 3. There's a lot of custom Camaros on...
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It may already be sold out, but that doesn't mean this video of the designers of the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible sold by Neiman Marcus isn't worth watching. I stumbled across it on YouTube this afternoon, and for the hard-core Camaro freak, it's worth a peek. [Chevrolet]
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 RenderedLeft Lane News has put together a rendering of the upcoming Camaro Z28, and it shows a few differences over the current top-dog SS. The most notable difference is the hood, which in this rendering is raised with a bunch of louvers. The lower front fascia also looks a bit different, as it appears to...
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Two Dealers Offering Mega Horsepower Custom CamarosIn a throwback to the muscle-car glory days, two Chevrolet dealers are using GM factory parts and the General Motors ordering system to create custom Camaros that pump out as much as 700 horsepower. Not all of the parts are Camaro parts--some appear to come straight out of the Corvette catalog...
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Dealers Bring Back COPO Special With Custom CamarosIn the tradition of dealer hot-rod legends like Don Yenko and Fred Gibb and their 9561 and 9560 packages, a pair of Chevrolet dealers are working the GM order system--plus a little magic on the side--to turn out special-edition 700-horsepower 2011 Camaros from factory parts. Of course, not all of...
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Ford Admits Camaro Sales Will Outpace Mustang In 2010The numbers don't lie, and Ford has conceded what we already suspected--the Chevrolet Camaro will outsell the Ford Mustang in 2010. Through the end of November, Chevy had sold 75,685 Camaros, compared to 68,264 Mustangs (Dodge sold 33,461 Challengers). So barring a run on Mustangs during this final...
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HAM Radio Fans Helped Chevrolet Come Up With Unique Antenna Solution For Chevrolet Camaro ConvertibleJalopnik has a nice piece detailing how Chevrolet decided to mount the AM/FM radio antenna on the upcoming Camaro convertible on the rear decklid spoiler in response to complaints for Camaro enthusiasts about the possible use of a traditional whip antenna. We won't go into deep detail--you can surf...
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