Wednesday 30th July 2008

Video: Chevrolet Camaro

Footage shows new Camaro not going very fast...

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Mmmm, yellow...

After years of concepts, teasers, movie cameos and who knows what else Chevrolet has finally unveiled the production Camaro. The occassion is marked with a nice video of the car driving around and the official tag line is a 'fun, efficient sports car for the 21st century’.

The Camaro will be up against cars like the similarly-styled Dodge Challenger, the Nissan 350Z and rumours of a high-perfromance Z28 version are still circulating. The car is expected to come with either a six-speed manual or auto 'box, with a 3.6-litre direct-injection V6 with 300bhp and 273 lb ft of torque. The 6.2L LS3 V8 is rated at 420bhp (314kW) and 408lb-ft (553Nm) of torque in manual guise and the 6.2L L99 V8 is good for around 400bhp (299kW) and 395lb-ft (535Nm) of torque in automatic form.

See it in action below and you too can wish it was going faster...

[Happy-Snapper]

So did they forget were the loud pedal is then?

[spiritof'76]

Hey,thats my mum driving !! Wonder what mpg she's getting.Sure looks nice though !

[simoncarlo]

wow that's fast!

Why on earth would you make a video like that to showcase a "Sports car for the 21st Century"?

[Gun]

Thats one of the most boring car launch video's I've ever seen. Put your toe down FFS!

[W333]

"Efficient"

[[AJ]]

It bobs about a lot even at those slow speeds.

[dean8718]

Maybe its going so fast they had to slow the video down so that we could see it.

[hornetrider]

That CANNOT be an official video, I nearly fell asleep!

[LuS1fer]

W333 said:

"Efficient"

Relatively speaking, hey are. I get 24mpg average in my blown Mustang. One guy has had his 2006 Mustang, driven rather like that Camaro, up to 37mpg on a long run. Can't really complain about that. Of course, if you drive like an idiot, the mpg will drop but still (on mine) to no less than 19mpg. US readouts are in smaller US mpg which are oft quoted (incorrectly) as UK mpg.

I'm not going to put them up there with any VW BlueMotion but compared to European cars, they are fairly remarkable.

[gadget120+]

its ok if you're a fat yank with no driving capabilities,more money than sense (which for most of them would be about a dollar) and no style either.

Edited by gadget120+ on Wednesday 30th July 14:28

[LuS1fer]

gadget120+ said:

its ok if you're a fat yank with no driving capabilities,more money than sense (which for most of them would be about a dollar) and no style either.

Not like a Seat Leon eh?

[GingerWizard]

sssssssssssssslllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww............

[Dagnut]

LuS1fer said:

W333 said:

"Efficient"

Relatively speaking, hey are. I get 24mpg average in my blown Mustang. One guy has had his 2006 Mustang, driven rather like that Camaro, up to 37mpg on a long run. Can't really complain about that. Of course, if you drive like an idiot, the mpg will drop but still (on mine) to no less than 19mpg. US readouts are in smaller US mpg which are oft quoted (incorrectly) as UK mpg.

I'm not going to put them up there with any VW BlueMotion but compared to European cars, they are fairly remarkable.

are you sure that's not metres per gallon?

Edited by Dagnut on Wednesday 30th July 14:43

[stew-S160]

it might well be driven at -20mph, but i still want one.

with a tubi exhaust and no silencers.

[qube_TA]

Why would you need to drive fast in a car that looked that badass? You'd be too busy lookin' good!

[[AJ]]

LuS1fer said:

W333 said:

"Efficient"

Relatively speaking, hey are. I get 24mpg average in my blown Mustang. One guy has had his 2006 Mustang, driven rather like that Camaro, up to 37mpg on a long run. Can't really complain about that. Of course, if you drive like an idiot, the mpg will drop but still (on mine) to no less than 19mpg. US readouts are in smaller US mpg which are oft quoted (incorrectly) as UK mpg.

I'm not going to put them up there with any VW BlueMotion but compared to European cars, they are fairly remarkable.

You get could get those figures out of an AMV12 if you drove it like a fart too.

[clonmult]

Wow. No mention of its time round the 'ring. Thats mainly for the GTR ....

[SleeperCell]

300bhp V6, reasonably stylish coupé with a decent RWD chassis from Holden underneath, will be available in RHD and hopefully still affordable by the time it reaches blightly.

It sounds brilliant, until you say it's a V6 Camaro and everyone then assumes it must be a lame piece of American crap. If they gave it a mild restyle and called it an Opel Manta or even Monza, many of the knockers would be falling over themselves to order one.

But I guess GM didn't get into such financial trouble by making perceptive and clever business decisions .

[kambites]

Don't usually like the styling of American cars but that looks rather nice.

[suterman]

meh, I hear its just a vauxhall carton underneath. Try again Chevrolet and this time make it something we have'nt all seen a million times before.