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Camaro Concept
Posted on 2007-01-09 18:31:33
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2009 Camaro Concept Car |
GM comes out with the Camaro--a retro-styled, two-door coupe with
a honking big V-8 that harks back to the glory days of Motown. If that
sounds familiar, that's exactly what Ford did with the Mustang. Hot on
the heels of the Pony car's success, DaimlerChrysler has dusted off the
Challenger and Chevy has produced a new Camaro, a nameplate that was
more recently interred. The muscular Camaro concept is pure '69
updated, with the kind of subtle detailing that makes it look
up-to-the-minute. The interior is very glitzy, and pays homage to the
original, even down to the GM seat belt insignia and the twin
instrument pods.
The
car is 186.2 inches long and rides on a 110.5-inch wheelbase. The
wheels are 21s at the front and 22s at the rear, shod with monster
275/30 front and 305/30 rear tires, which should be able to corral the
400 horses from the LS2 6.0-liter V-8 engine powering through a
six-speed manual transmission. The show car has a cobbled together
chassis with an all-independent suspension, but if it makes it into
production, it will use the so-called Zeta Lite architecture that will
be shared with Holden in Australia. The good news for GM is that the
architecture--while hardly cutting edge--is far more sophisticated than
the live-axle Mustang. Insiders say that a $20,000 base model
production car could use an inexpensive V-8 (the LS2 would come in a
costlier model), so a V-6 version would be offered only to make the car
easier to insure. The real car would have smaller wheels, but the
overall diameter of the tires wouldn't be much changed. GM
vice-chairman and product czar Bob Lutz apparently loves it and joked
on the show stand "all I have to do is persuade this man"--referring to
GM CEO Rick Wagoner--"to pay for it."
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