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1989 Chevrolet Celebrity Dealer Training Video - click above to watch the video

Yesterday we got to look (and LAUGH) at the Robocop-inspired goofiness of some late-Eighties Ford dealer training videos. Ha ha ha! But, you just know that given the chance, General Motors will up the both the corn and cheese factors by several hundred percent. Case in point, the 1989 dealer training film for the Chevrolet Celebrity. Here's the premise: A very successful CEO (the one in the killer pants) takes his young, just out of MBA school new hire golfing in his Chevy Celebrity. Which gives you some key insight into how mentally deranged General Motors could be two decades ago. Like, why not put a successful CEO-type in a Cadillac or an Oldsmobile -- even a Buick?

Anywho, the junior exec asks the CEO, "Don't you think it's, well, too conservative?" To which Mr. Silly Pants scolds, "Too conservative? My boy, in the financial business it's hard to get too conservative." But he then calls the Celebrity "as modern as they come" before bragging about its performance.

Once on the links, they meet up with a total stranger that happens to be a hardcore Ford Taurus hating Chevrolet Celebrity fan. Then big boss man and the perfect Chevy stranger take turns dissing on the young guy's 1976 Plymouth Fury. And then there's the twist at the end, featuring a Eurosport Celebrity. Its Eurosportiest feature? A heavy duty battery. And we haven't even mentioned the amazing, six-and-a-half minute guitar solo laden 1987 Camaro training video. You are going to want to watch both, after the jump. A hearty tip of the tam o'shanter to Daniel and Michael.

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2010 Chevrolet Camaro in the Middle East - Click above for high-res image gallery

Despite being unusually thrifty for a muscle car, we can't help but think that Chevrolet's new Camaro is secretly happy at the prospect of being released into the Middle East, land of wide-open roads and discount crude. General Motors has just announced that the Camaro will pack its bags and head to the Middle East later this summer, where it already has a wait list at some dealers.

The market will receive two models to start - the 3.6-liter V6 model (in LT trim) and the fire-breathing 6.2-liter V8 SS, the latter of which will be available with the buyer's choice of a six-speed manual or automatic gearbox.

For our Autoblog Middle East friends, you can configure your new Bowtie at www.camaroarabia.com, and for the rest of us, there's a gigantic new high-res gallery of the Camaro checking out the local sights and the obligatory press release after the jump.

Let the countdown to the first sighting of a reflective gold painted Camaro SS begin!


Gallery: 2010 Chevy Camaro launches in the Middle East

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Click above for new high-res gallery of the 2010 Chevy Camaro

 You've waited long enough, so let's dispense with the pleasantries and get right down to the hard facts.
  • Three models - LS, LT, SS
  • LS and LT come with 3.6L direct-inject V6 (300 hp/273 lb-ft)
  • SS six-speed manual comes with 6.2L LS3 V8 (422 hp/408 lb-ft)
  • SS six-speed automatic comes with new 6.2L L99 V8 (400 hp/395 ft-lb) and Active Fuel Management
  • 3.6L DI V6 gets 26 mpg highway
  • 6.2L V8 with automatic gets 23 mpg highway
  • RS appearance package available on LT and SS (includes HID headlamps with integrated halo rings, spoiler, specific taillamps and 20-inch wheels)
  • Front and rear independent suspension
  • FE2 suspension for LS and LT, sportier FE3 for SS
  • Four-wheel disc ABS standard, SS gets four-piston Brembo calipers
  • SS model gets adjustable Competitive/Sport mode for stability control and Launch Control on manual models
  • Available 18-,19- and 20-inch wheels
You can read Chevy's full press release after the jump and browse the official, full-size image collection in the gallery below. Stay tuned for our post of live coverage from our team on the ground.

Gallery: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro

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2010 Chevy Camaro - Official Details and Images originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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