Chevy Camaro


Two Out of Three Ain't Bad: Most Chevy Camaros reportedly being sold with V8 power

It's a sign of the times that most buyers of the new Camaro would go for the V6 and not the V8. At $31,595, the eight-cylinder SS model naturally sells for more than the $23,530 base V6 model. To compound the issue the V6 model costs the auto giant nearly as much to build as the V8 version. So why would GM want buyers to go for the V6? The smaller engine would help the General keep its Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) rate on the good side of earth-friendly. But according to Edmunds, customers have been voting with their feet. ... Read more →

SEMA 2009: We expected a Camaro Convertible, but got two Frank Filipponio

When we received the press release from Drop Top Customs saying that they would be bringing a Camaro convertible to SEMA, we could hardly contain ourselves. Ever since the Camaro Concept was first ...

SEMA 2009: WD-40 Camaro looks cool, needs more stickers Frank Filipponio

With a 600-horsepower, 6.2-liter V8 residing underhood, we'd happily spray ourselves into the seats of this WD-40 showcar. The legendary lubricant company actually contracted a slew of top-shelf ...

Part Chevy, Part Lamborghini: UK getting VR Camaro Dan Roth

The idea sure sounds horrible; a Camaro with styling cues from the Lamborghini Reventon; but seeing the VR Camaro tells a different story. Available only in two color schemes, a Bandit-pleasing ...

SEMA 2009: Handful of Chevy Camaro concepts preview new options Frank Filipponio

While GM didn't bring a production Chevrolet Camaro convertible to SEMA, it did bring a handful of Camaro Coupe Concepts that offer a preview of things to come for the recently resurrected pony ...

SEMA 2009: Jay Leno Camaro a pre-emptive strike against EcoBoost 'Stang 19 days ago on Autoblog

What do you get the guy who has everything? For SEMA 2009, GM decided to go with the less-is-more approach and built Jay Leno his own special Camaro... with less. Less cylinders at any rate, as this V6 special more than makes up for its lack of firing pots by adding a pair of turbochargers. ...

SEMA Preview: Chevrolet Camaro Z28, is that you? 20 days ago on Autoblog

How 2009 is this? Not only are you looking at what we're 99.99% sure is the brand spankin' new Chevrolet Camaro Z28, but we got sent the picture via Facebook. Pretty viral (or whatever), right? Also, that Z28 is sitting on the floor at SEMA, and there's an entire posse of us Autoblog types ...

PSA: Canadian chicks dig Chevrolet's new Camaro 25 days ago on Autoblog

Years and years and years ago (like back in the Eighties), we read a study that broke down car ownership by gender. The car most purchased by men? The Porsche 928, with a score of 97% male. Most by women? 69% of the time the ladies bought Nissan Pulsars – you know, those oddball ...

SEMA Preview: Hotchkis to reveal 750-hp LS7-powered Lingenfelter Camaro 1 month ago on Autoblog

Oh my. A stock 2010 Chevy Camaro SS produces 426 horsepower from its 6.2-liter LS3 V8. A Corvette Z06 turns out 505 hp from its 7.0-liter LS7. The Blue Devil, aka Corvette ZR1, is the most powerful car ever produced by General Motors and churns out a ridiculous 638 hp from its supercharged ...

Hurst SEMA Scholarship Camaro eBay Auction underway 1 month ago on Autoblog

SEMA, Chevy, eBay and Hurst have teemed up to auction off a Hurst-tuned Camaro with the proceeds going to the SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund, "a program that fosters industry leadership by supporting the education of students pursuing careers in the automotive aftermarket." Win the auction ...

SEMA Preview: Drop Top Customs bringing convertible Camaro to Sin City [w/VIDEO] 1 month ago on Autoblog

We've been waiting for a convertible version of the new Camaro for almost as long as we've been waiting for the Camaro itself, but Chevrolet has yet to deliver. In fact, the convertible was delayed by The General, so it could be more than a year before we ever see one at our local Bowtie ...

Review: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS demands to be loved 1 month ago on Autoblog

The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro has taken so long to get to here we wouldn't be surprised if Caravaggio did the original sketches. We wanted the car when we first saw it back in 6 B.C. We drove prototypes sometime around the Norman Conquest. And now it's finally on the streets. It seems like a mighty ...

VIDEO: LS9-Powered 2010 Camaro SS by Hennessey gets its first dyno pull 2 months ago on Autoblog

By and large, we live in a society obsessed with numbers. How much money do you make? How big is your home? How many ounces is that piece of steak? Of course, those of us who obsessively cover the auto industry are most often concerned with numbers like top speed and peak horsepower. This being ...

REPORT: Supercharged Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 cometh? Again? For real? 2 months ago on Autoblog

To build or not to build... that is the question. The subject is the Camaro, in this case in the long-rumored Z/28 guise. We've heard over the last few months that the automaker would pass on the opportunity to drop a supercharger atop the Camaro's optional V8 powerplant due to fuel economy, ...

2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS comes to Formula D 2 months ago on Autoblog

One thing we've always loved about drifting in general -- and Formula D in particular -- is the mix of cars. Where else can you see a Dodge Viper going head to head with a Toyota AE86 Corolla? What about a Ford Mustang taking on an R33 Skyline? A Pontiac Solstice against a RX-7? A NASCAR engined ...

Review: A different take on Challenger vs. Camaro 2 months ago on Autoblog

The original ponycar wars have boomeranged back after forty years. Ford started it all with a retro-tasty Mustang, and Dodge and Chevrolet have rolled out new versions of the Challenger and Camaro to get in on the frenzy. Looking at the window sticker of any of these cars may seriously depress ...

VIDEO: Motor Trend's Best Driver's Car Competition offers a few surprises 2 months ago on Autoblog

Over the years, our favorite magazines have had some spectacular comparison tests, with scores of test data and page after page of subjective text. Motor Trend has practically made a living with comparisons, and its newest feature pits 10 hot rides against one another to see which is the best ...

REPORT: GM considering boosting production of four hot sellers: Camaro, Equinox, Lacrosse and SRX 2 months ago on Autoblog

Good news has been in short supply for General Motors so far this year, but increased demand for its new products shows that the worst of times may be in the rear view mirror. Automotive News is reporting that GM may increase production of four new vehicles due to heavy demand. The new-for-2010 ...

Forbes names 12 hardest new cars to find 2 months ago on Autoblog

With many automakers scaling back production to better balance supply with demand, it's not surprising there are several hard-to-find models right now. Forbes Magazine made some calls and did a little research and turned up what they say is the top 12 most difficult to find cars. After the run ...

Broken Record: Camaro outsells Mustang for third straight month 2 months ago on Autoblog

We'll have our monthly By the Numbers post ready in a jiffy, but one thing that stood out after glancing at the monthly automotive sales figures is that the Chevy Camaro has outsold the Ford Mustang for the third month in a row. While it's still a bit too early to call this an official trend, ...

VIDEO: Mexican Chevy dealer's transforming Bumblebee suit has us jonesin' for Halloween 3 months ago on Autoblog

Got a minute? Literally, just a minute, 'cause you're going to want to see this. And then you're going to want to know where you can get one for Halloween. Crafting a suit to look like a Transformer is one thing, but this video, apparently taken at a Chevrolet dealership in Mexico, shows a guy in ...

VIDEO: Chevy dealer training film from the Eighties makes you wonder how GM sold any cars back then 3 months ago on Autoblog

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 ...

Big in Japan: Chevrolet Camaro reportedly already sold out in Nippon 3 months ago on Autoblog

Sales of the born-again Chevrolet Camaro have been notably strong in its first few months on the market here in the United States, even beating its longtime crosstown rival from Ford in June and July. Now, word comes from General Motors Asia Pacific that the Bowtie's latest muscle car is a hit ...

Proud Oshawa mayor and his Camaro SS ruffle some feathers 3 months ago on Autoblog

The hot-selling 2010 Chevy Camaro is made in Oshawa, Canada. The mayor of Oshawa, John Gray, drives a spanking new red Camaro SS with a white racing stripe, just like the one that introduced the bowtie muscle car to the Middle East back in June. Supporting locally made products sounds like a ...

Four stars means Chevy Camaro falls short of Ford Mustang, Dodge Challenger crash tests 3 months ago on Autoblog

Modern muscle car buyers looking for reasons to purchase one machine over another may not be as easily swayed by safety ratings as horsepower figures and zero-to-sixty times. Regardless, Ford Mustang aficionados and Mopar enthusiasts high on the Dodge Challenger now have a bit of forum fodder ...

Why you reportedly won't be seeing Chevy's Camaro doing the NASCAR roundy-round 3 months ago on Autoblog

There are people who have been waiting to find out if Chevrolet's new Camaro is going to be doing the NASCAR rounds and ovals, and yesterday General Motors' head of motorsport issued the answer: No. Why not? Because GM wants the Camaro to look like a Camaro when it races, not like that NASCAR ...

Is this a trend? Camaro beats Mustang in sales for second straight month 3 months ago on Autoblog

Last month we learned Chevy sold more Camaros in June than Ford did Mustangs. It's like 1969 all over again. Now, we did state that, "as The General has a backlog of 10,000 sold orders to fill (equating to less than a seven day supply), the streak is likely to continue for at least the next few ...

Camaro5 provides 68-point checklist when picking up your new Camaro 4 months ago on Autoblog

It's not unusual for a new car model to have a few glitches early in its production run and the new Chevy Camaro is certainly no exception. With that in mind, the helpful folks at Camaro5 have compiled a handy 68-point check-list for people heading out to their local Chevrolet dealer to pick up ...

WaPo blogger wants to buy Camaro, gets dealer runaround instead 4 months ago on Autoblog

For many, car-buying is an experience that rates somewhere between pouring a basket of scorpions into your underwear and a visit to the dentist from Marathon Man. Some dealerships feel like hives of villainy more wretched than even the Star Wars Cantina, though being held at gunpoint by Greedo is ...

BREAKING: Early Camaro SS manual transmission failures reported, factory hold issued 4 months ago on Autoblog

Sporadic reports have begun popping up in the Camaro5 forums about issues with V8-powered SS models equipped with the manual transmission. It seems that doing a hard launch or using the launch control system occasionally results in a broken output shaft, a serious failure that will most likely ...

Hot or Not? 2010 Chevy Camaro RS with factory accessories [w/POLL] 4 months ago on Autoblog

Let's pull back the curtain a little bit, shall we? Sometimes, when we're picking up or dropping off a vehicle to review, we see other vehicles that are in the press fleet. This was the case one afternoon when, during the course of a vehicle swap, we noticed something of interest waiting to be ...

VIDEO: Chevrolet targets gay demographic with new Camaro marketing effort 4 months ago on Autoblog

Wasn't it just a couple of years ago that the American Family Association was boycotting Ford for marketing in gay-centric publications? Fast forward to today and see just how much things have changed. Last month, Chevrolet sponsored an event in Los Angeles called Gay Day at the Movies to ...

VIDEO: Commencing countdown, engine on for LS9-powered Hennessey HPE700 5 months ago on Autoblog

Normally the twisting of an ignition key doesn't constitute news here at Autoblog, but this is one of the few exceptions. Back in January, Hennessey Performance announced the HPE700, a concoction born from the combination of an LS9 supercharged V8 from a ZR1 and a 2010 Camaro. The Texas-based ...

Spy Shots: Chevy Camaro Convertible caught outside Oshawa plant 5 months ago on Autoblog

Last we reported back in March, plans to produce a drop-top version of the Chevy Camaro were still in effect. While the Camaro Convertible may be delayed until early 2011 and arrive as a 2012 model (GM just confirmed it will arrive as a 2011 model), the on again/off again project appears to be ...

It Fits! Hennessey successfully shoves ZR1 LS9 into Camaro 5 months ago on Autoblog

Hennessey Performance has successfully completed the most crucial step in developing its ZR1-powered HPE700: Getting the Corvette ZR1's LS9 motor to fit in the engine bay of the new Camaro. John Hennessey just sent over these images that show the before and after, and from the look of things, ...

Chevrolet Camaro launches in the Middle East, stops to pose for photos 5 months ago on Autoblog

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 ...

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