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August 12th, 2010 | 
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Listen, we know that not everyone is a big fan of the Chevrolet Camaro. It’s not something we understand, but it’s a fact and we can live with it. Now, not liking the upcoming Camaro Z28 is just plain ridiculous. It’s not that we only favor the Camaro though. It’s really more of a good old fashioned muscle thing. That being said, we were thrilled to find the Camaro Z28 testing next to none other than the Ford Shelby GT500. It’s like heaven on a street.
The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 will feature a 6.2L LSA V8 engine, even though the Corvette ZR1’s 638 hp LS9 was cruising around the rumor mill for awhile. The awesome news regarding the new Camaro’s engine is that it will more than likely feature more than the 556hp found in the Cadillac CTS-V. Stopping power will come from the 6-piston front and 4-piston rear calipers.
The future Camaro will be distinguished by enlarged air intakes at the extreme, a larger bubble on the hood to make room for the supersized engine, rims inspired by the ones from the CTS-V, and 20″ wheels.
The fact that it was caught testing next to the Shelby is juicy enough for us to salivate on for quite awhile. Thankfully, we won’t have to wait too long to pin these two muscle cars together. The new Camaro Z28 is expected to go on sale in 2011.
Chevrolet Camaro Z28 caught testing next to a Shelby GT500 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 12 August 2010 19:00 EST.
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We are beginning to see a trend in the teasers shown ahead of the SEMA Auto Show. Last week, we received a teaser image of the Honda CR-Z Hybrid by Fortune Motorsports that showed a vehicle covered in a tarp with just a smidgen of the car shown as the tarp was pulled back just a bit. This week we received another teaser image of a vehicle set to take the SEMA stage in a few months’ time with the same setup. This time, it’s the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS by aLL STaR Performance that is being teased ahead of this year’s SEMA (November 2nd-5th).
This unique tuning project has been led by Gene Marcel and includes a set of 22×11” Forgestar wheels, a custom set of Baer brakes, Air Lift digital suspension, Lysholm supercharger, and a custom paint mix thanks to Dupont. We wish we could tell you a little more about the kit, but that’s all we know as of right now.
The tuner has yet to announce the engine’s new performances, so you can only imagine what we’ll get! In its standard version the 6.2 liter V-8 engine delivers a total of 426 HP and 420 lb.-ft. of torque. We are hoping we’ll get a substantial power boost from the boys over at aLL STaR Performance considering they are a manufacturer and distributor of racing and high performance parts.
This unique Camaro has been developed in cooperation with Extreme Dimensions, American Status Racing, STACK, Autometer, MagnaFlow Exhaust Products, Webasto, StreetGlow, Image Dynamics, TechAFS, Royal Purple, Real Autoworks and others. This seems like an intense list of collaborators so we’ll be on the edge of our seats until aLL STaR announces further details on this tuning project. They say they will provide more details in the next few weeks, so stay close!
aLL STaR Performance Camaro SS teased before SEMA originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 9 August 2010 10:00 EST.
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We all know what the 2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Convertible looks like and what it’s capable of so we won’t bother with introductions anymore because it certainly doesn’t need one.
On the other hand, the ‘Firebreather’, as the car is most commonly referred to, may not be familiar to a lot of us today, but come next year – or whenever the new movie, ‘Jinn’, will be shown – this piece of machine will be synonymous to one of the most iconic movie cars in history.
That being said, the Firebreather may look like a Pontiac Firebird on the outside, but it’s actually a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro under that entire guise. Created by Classic Design Concepts in collaboration with Exxodus Pictures, the car comes with a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 monster that produces a fire-breathing output of over 600 horsepower. Quick tangent: Exxodus Pictures and Classic Design Concepts even made 50 production cars to be sold to the public so you can expect these babies to sell like pancakes when the movie comes out.
That being said, with the Firebreather and the 2011 Shelby GT500 in close vicinity to each other, the folks over at The Smoking Tire couldn’t resist the temptation of pitting one against the other. So how does the 2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Convertible stack up against the Firebreather? The Smoking Tire host Matt Farah has the answer.
Video: Pontiac Firebreather tussles with the Shelby GT500 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 4 August 2010 20:00 EST.
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In the last episode of Fifth Gear, Jason Plato decided to try his hand at reviewing the 2010/2011 Camaro SS and boy did he take advantage of it! Right off the bat, Plato explains that this beast of a muscle car runs the 0-60mph sprint in under five seconds which is one second faster than the Porsche Cayman. That shouldn’t be too hard to believe considering the Camaro SS also runs with 426bhp which is about 150 more horsepower than the Cayman.
The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS is powered by a 6.2L V8 engine and contains fuel-saving Active Fuel Management on automatic-equipped combinations or a six-speed manual transmission. It also features an FE3 (performance) suspension and a lower ride height.
Want to hear what Jason Plato thought about the Camaro SS? Well, you know we are not going to spoil it so just check out the video to see for yourself!
Fifth Gear’s Jason Plato reviews the Chevrolet Camaro SS originally appeared on topspeed.com on Sunday, 25 July 2010 06:00 EST.
Feast your eyes on the luscious Camaro Z28 that has been laid before you in all of its beauty and triumph. Yeah, we received confirmation of this gorgeous piece of machinery last month when GM’s Vice President of Global Vehicle Engineering Karl Stracke openly confirmed its production, but to actually have a photo of it while it gets tested with a bunch of other Camaros just increases the level of excitement that we were already feeling.
The 2012 Camaro Z28 features a lower front fascia than the standard Camaro and much larger intakes. At the rear you can see quad exhaust with dual pipes on each side. The sound that comes out of this beast was described by the photographer as “nothing short of unholy!” The wheels are 20? SP550 anodized black (20×10 in the front and 20×11 in the rear) wrapped in Goodyear tires. Last month, Stracke mentioned that the new Z28 would be built on a new Alpha platform (and not the Zeta like the current car). He also stated that he didn’t like the steering wheel controls on the Camaro because they were placed too far and the driver needed to remove his hands from the wheel when trying to reach them. We expect to see those changes as well as a few other tweaks when the Z28 is officially unveiled.
The Chevrolet Camaro Z28 will be rocking a 6.2L supercharged V8 engine mated to an automatic transmission. Official numbers have not been released yet, but we cannot wait to see what this baby will do!
Stay tuned! As soon as we get more details, we’ll pass them along to you!
2012 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 spotted! originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 24 July 2010 18:00 EST.
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A few months ago, tuning house Lingenfelter ran their LS9-powered 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS to a quarter-mile run of 10.46 seconds at speeds of 139.95 mph. Pretty impressive, right?
Apparently, it wasn’t impressive enough for the boys at Lingenfelter.
The tuning house brought their beast of a machine out once again at the Muncie Dragway over the weekend and proceeded to set three staggering 9-second quarter mile runs with a top time of 9.974 seconds at a speed of 141.64 mph. The other two recorded times were 9.993 seconds at 140.38 mph and 9.979 seconds at 142.04 mph.
To make things even more impressive, the entire run was done on a race strip with an altitude of 3,600 feet and a temperature of 88 degrees with 75 percent humidity.
Talk about stomping your old record and kicking it on the curb, which is exactly what the boys from Lingenfelter did and did so convincingly.
Lingenfelter LS9 Camaro SS breaks 10-second quarter mile time – three times! originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:00 EST.
Tuned versions of the Chevrolet Camaro are quite a fashion statement for SEMA and this year’s show will be no exception. CGS Motorsports is currently working on a tuned up version of the Camaro that will step up its popularity and give it some more flare to compete with the Mustangs of the world.
The CGS Camaro will be distinguished by a unique custom paint, a ZR1 influenced hood, and body kit by ACS. The CGS team is also designing and building handmade chrome moldings. IT will also include custom leather from Pecca Leather, one of CGS’s Cat-Back Exhaust Systems, and Whipple Ind’s new Camaro twin screw supercharger producing close to 500hp.
The package will be finished by 22″ wheels up front, a set of 24″x15″ rear wheels by Genuine Boyds, and Pirelli’s new 405/25/24″ rear tires. The suspension will also receive some work as it is being replaced with Chris Alston’s Fab 9 rear end with latter bar and coil over suspension.
Press release after the jump.
2011 Chevrolet Camaro by CGS coming at SEMA Show originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 19 July 2010 12:00 EST.
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The Chevrolet Camaro is a muscle car that should have nothing to do with gull-wing doors. That kind of stuff is for sports cars right? Apparently not. The tuner LSD is offering you the chance to customize your Camaro SS with a cool set of gull-wing doors. That if is, of course, if you are interested! The price for the set is 1599 Euro.
It’s probably a little scary to think about putting a set of these doors on the Camaro, but, don’t worry, the doors were tested by the Federal German Transport Authority who confirmed in a side crash-test that the LSD-doors were as safe as any serially fitted door.
The LSD plates are fitted to the original door attachment points of the dismantled original plates. After the assembly the otherwise unchanged original door opens outwards first and then is securely guided and damped upwards. Adjustable plates stop doors from opening too far or from falling inwards or downwards when opened. And it also only takes one grip to close the doors.
Press release after the jump.
Chevrolet Camaro SS gets LSD gull-wing doors originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 8 July 2010 08:00 EST.
The British have never really liked our vulgar American sports cars, including our best offering, the Chevrolet Corvette. GM isn’t giving up though, as they’re going to be offering the Camaro muscle car in the UK as early as 2011. The company made the announcement at the Goodwood Festival of Speed earlier today.
The Camaro has been on sale here in the U.S since 2009 and the U.K Camaro will arrive in dealers sometime during the first half of 2011. Despite it’s hard-to-use interior, the muscle car has proven to be a good seller for GM, with over 200,000 units sold.
The Camaro is available in many different variants in the U.S, including a base model with 304 horsepower and a V6 engine. UK buyers will only be able to get the SS model with 426 horsepower and a six-speed manual gearbox.
The car will be able to hit 60 miles per hour in just five seconds and a top speed of 155 mph. The suspension will also be tuned to cope with British roads.
No price information was given, but we can expect a hefty premium over the U.S sticker price of $32,000.
Chevy Camaro to go on sale in the UK originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 1 July 2010 17:00 EST.
Question: What’s the best way to attract attention to your newly-launched line of products so that customers have more reason to buy it?
Answer: Give away a special-edition 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS for a prize!
Not exactly the most ingenious of marketing ploys, but Pennzoil’s sticking to it, and they’re even launching the "Get Your Key to Clean" promotion by partnering with RCR Street Performance and giving participants the chance to go home with a brand new, special-edition Camaro SS.
Speaking of the Camaro, it’s been completely modded to become quite a beauty in its own right. It’s given a Magnussen supercharger, new custom headers, a Wilwood six-piston big brake kit, 22" custom wheels, black out rear light area and tail lights, carbon fiber material on the front splitter, rear diffuser, side skirts, rear spoiler, hood, and, of course, an old school grille.
So how exactly do you win this magnificent piece of machinery? Well, all you need to do is hop onto the Pennzoil website, fill out a form, submit, and you’re entered in the contest! Piece of cake!
The contest runs until July 31 where Pennzoil will pick five finalists and treat them to an RCR VIP Experience at the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway the weekend of October 16, 2010. A ceremony will then be held right before the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race where each of the five finalists will be given a key, one of which will start the engine of the RCR Street Performance Camaro SS. The finalist with the key that starts the engine will win the car and be announced the Grand Prize Winner.
Press Release after the jump
Pennzoil and RCR Street Performance Group collaborate on special edition Chevrolet Camaro originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 29 June 2010 16:00 EST.
As if the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro hasn’t been getting enough publicity, we just got word that the American sports car has been once again tapped to be the pace car for the Coke Zero 400 NASCAR race. The race, which will be held at the Daytona International Speedway on July 3, will also be the second time the Camaro has acted as pace car for the Coke Zero 400, having served the exact same purpose only a year ago.
As a matter of fact, the car has unofficially become the de facto pace car for a number of American races, including the two most celebrated races in US soil, the Daytona 500 (2009) and the Indianapolis 500 (2009 and 2010).
This year, the Camaro model that will serve as pace car will be a 2SS model that comes with an automatic transmission and a Red Jewel Tintcoat finish with the traditional pace car graphics attributed to the Coke Zero 400 race. And if we’re being honest, this car has been dressed up so well that we wouldn’t mind watching it on TV instead of all those stock cars.
Chevrolet Camaro once again poised to pace Coke Zero 400 NASCAR race originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 17 June 2010 18:00 EST.
The Chevrolet Camaro is no doubt a car with lots of potential so it’s really not a surprise that someone has decided to get their hands dirty in preparing it for the drag racing scene.
The car belongs to racer, Mike McCracken, who took his Camaro SS and underwent a project that took four months to complete. The drag racer was on a mission to create a door car. He traded the dragster for a door car that had already been started and called it a day.
“I went online looking to buy a new ’69 Camaro body. Well, I got to thinking about it and thought, hey, the new Camaro is out, why don’t I just buy a new Camaro body?”
And that’s exactly what he did. Now, the vehicle features a 600 cubic inch, alcohol-injected Big Block Chevy that delivers 1,013 HP, backed by a three-speed Powerglide transmission. It delivers the power to a 9” Ford rear-end with 4.30 gears.
The car displays a new front end and hood along with brand new door panels, all of the side glass, power windows, the original trunk, grilles, front fascias, headlights, and fog lights, among other original factory parts all coming from GM. It ended up being a little heavier than McCracken anticipated weighing in at about 2,900lbs., but that doesn’t bother McCracken. He says, "“But I gave up the weigh for the look,” he said. “When we took it to the track the first weekend, people just went, wow!”
The car will debut at Super Pro competition; it will also compete in a few NHRA Super Gas races.
Video after the jump.
Camaro dragster runs the quarter-mile in 8 seconds originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 7 June 2010 19:00 EST.
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