Chevrolet Camaro News
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Today, I got my first official taste of Fireball Run. I spent the morning behind the wheel of Team High Gear Media's 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS, before switching seats and taking over navigation duties in the afternoon. To reiterate, the Fireball Run is billed as an "adventure rally" which places an emphasis on scoring points in pre-assigned missions over pure abject speed (with the exception of a handful of track and autocross events spread throughout the run). While teams do score more points for being prompt, the rules of the game are set up to discourage speeding on public roads. This means...
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2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible: Teased, Priced At $30kThe Chevrolet Camaro Convertible is going to arrive a little bit earlier than we expected. Chevy showrooms will see their first drop-top Camaros in February—likely just in time to see the buzz build up to summer—and it's a 2011 model. Pricing was also revealed: $30,000, including an...
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Fireball Run Day 7: The High Gear HandoffYesterday was my last day on the Fireball Run. Today High Gear freelancer Tim Healey takes over my seat in the Camaro alongside Joel to head for the finish line in Galena, Illinois and I sit in the Kansas City airport. I wish I didn't have to leave, but the keyboard calls with a French accent as...
Nelson Ireson -
Fireball Run: My First DayI haven't yet driven the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS that Team High Gear Media is piloting in the Fireball Run, but I did get a chance to observe the festivies while getting ready for my turn as a particpant tomorrow. This evening, I watched Nelson Ireson, our intrepid track driver, take the helm at...
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Fireball Run: The Author Dives InI just arrived in Topeka, Kansas, to join Team High Gear Media in the Fireball Run. Today, I will mostly serve as an obsever, but tomorrow the adventure begins in earnest for me. My apologies for the lack of a recap yesterday, I was busy taking care of last-minute housekeeping before heading to...
Tim Healey -
Report: Next-Gen Zeta Platform To Underpin New Chevrolet, Buick and Cadillac SedansGeneral Motors’ rear-wheel drive Zeta platform was pioneered in Australia for the locally built Holden Commodore sedan but right from the start Detroit had global intentions for the design. Today, Zeta running gear can be found in models sold in China, South Korea, the UK, and in North...
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Our guys are still moving their way eastward across the country as they participate in the Fireball Run, and here's a quick peek at what happened on days three and four of the Run. On Day Three, our guys had no problems with the Fireball Run's assorted missions, only missing one 10-point bonus. But despite being armed with a battery of navigation systems, our intrepid co-drivers struggled a bit with navigation. This isn't their fault--technology led them astray. Yes, even in 2010, GPS navigation isn't perfect, and it can lead you into a 50-mile cellular dead spot--twice. So our guys have...
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Fireball Run: Day Three, Mission ImprobableWe woke up this morning not knowing what to expect. It turns we had even less of an idea than we thought we did. Frenetic mayhem is the only phrase I can find to describe what went on inside the Camaro SS. But as crazy as it got, it was fun. The day started out well enough. Feeling good from our...
Nelson Ireson -
Fireball Run: A Recap Of The First Few DaysThe Fireball Run has begun, and our guys in the Camaro have already had track experience, stumbled across a prototype Mercedes being tested, and spent a lot of time searching for a fire extinguisher. The big news is that after Day Two's track events, High Gear Media edged into the points lead...
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Fireball Run: Day Two, Las Vegas Motor Speedway ResultsToday the Fireball Run headed out to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the first track challenges of the rally. Both road course and autocross competitions were up for grabs, with the winner taking home 100 points--points that will become key as we head into the mission competition tomorrow. I chose to...
Nelson Ireson -
Want The 2011 Chevy Camaro Convertible? Grab Your CheckbookThe 2011 Chevrolet Camaro convertible is on schedule to arrive at dealers by March, and it's as eagerly awaited as the revived 2010 Camaro coupe was 18 months ago. If you're impatient, and want to be the first kid on your block with a cool drop-top bowtied muscle car, pull out your checkbook. You...
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Fireball Run: Day One Summary And Photo GalleryNelson and I landed in Las Vegas earlier today for the kickoff of the Fireball Run, which starts with track events at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Friday morning. The entire day has been pretty much a whirlwind with a few ups and downs. Everything has worked out so far but not without a little brain...
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Valentino Balboni. Lamborghini's test driver of the last 40 years, the now-retired Balboni has a special-edition Gallardo made in his honor. He'll be driving one in the Fireball Run. And I have to race him. The 2010 Fireball Run will be the first time Balboni has participated in a multi-day road rally anywhere in the world. OK, so it won't be true wheel-to-wheel racing, but rather time trials. One car, one track, running against the clock. But it's a contest of speed against a legend, and I'm calling that racing. So who the heck am I? Away from my day job as editor of Motor Authority, I'm an...
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High Gear Media Takes The Wheel Of A Camaro At The Fireball RunHigh Gear Media is taking the country by storm, starting September 23 and running through October 2, as we join the Fireball Run, which starts in Las Vegas and ends in Galena, Illinois, raising awareness of missing children along the way. We'll be team 68 out of 75, and we will be taking the wheel...
Tim Healey -
Fireball Run: The RouteOver the eight days from September 24-October 2, Team High Gear Media will be driving a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS, all but living out of it as we compete our way across the country. We'll be traversing 3,500 miles of the American heartland, from Henderson, Nevada to Galena, Illinois, and we won't be...
Nelson Ireson -
GM Experimenting With Facebook In CarsWant to update your Facebook status to say something about your tremendously fun drive behind the wheel of your new Camaro but don't want to risk crashing while you use your smart phone to update? Well, GM just might have the solution for you. That's right, GM is working on a system that will allow...
Tim Healey -
A Quick Note Of IntroductionHello readers, I'd like to introduce myself as the new editor of Mustang Blog, Camaro Blog, and Challenger Blog. I come here after helming High Gear Media's Family Car Guide, All Pickup Trucks, and Ford Reports Web sites. Before I joined High Gear Media as a freelance contributor, I worked at...
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Video: Consumer "Disciples" Help Improve Chevrolet CamaroThe business of focus grouping in the auto industry can be a bit of an echo chamber. The group you select shapes the responses you get. Chevrolet is putting this two-edged sword to use with the ongoing development of the Camaro, and in this video, we get a look at the "15 Disciples" group of...
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There are plenty of awesome coupes, roadsters, and spyders readily available today, but if you're willing to wait a bit (read: maybe a few years), there are a handful of hot new ones on their way. Whatever your price range, you've got something to look forward to. These aren't the only ones worth considering, but just happen to be 5 that I wouldn't mind owning. In no particular order: McLaren MP4-12C McLaren's F1 has maintained a reputation as one of the world's best supercars for quite some time now, but the company has finally decided it's time for a successor. The slightly less...
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CamaroBlog: A Changing of the GuardFor those of you who have been following this blog since its inception, you may have noticed I am no longer posting news updates. The truth of the matter is I am handing off my writing duties to another writer so I can spend more time with my family and work on other website projects. As of today...
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible: Arrival by March ConfirmedThe new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro coupe has sold well for Chevy, making a real race for sales supremacy with its archrival, the 2010 Ford Mustang. And, as Chevy execs point out, there's only one Camaro model--the coupe--whereas the Mustang has a pair of body styles, with a popular convertible model as...
John Voelcker -
Video: Lingenfelter LS9 Camaro SS Runs 9-Second Quarter MileThe runs at Muncie Dragway weren't even under ideal conditions.
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CGS Teases New Chevrolet Camaro Concept Ahead Of SEMAThe Chevrolet Camaro proved to be a popular blank canvas of sorts for aftermarket tuners presenting at SEMA last year and it looks like this year is going to be no different. We’re still several months out from the annual Las Vegas event but we already have details of one of the first concepts...
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Muscle Car War: How Long Will It Last?Horsepower and speed wars are nothing new. As soon as someone invents something that moves, another will try to make a faster one. This, due to the competitive nature of human beings, will never change. A new form of competitiveness has recently consumed the automotive world, though. The race to...
Peter Loeser