GMI First Look: 2010 Camaro

[Snafu_SS]

Originally Posted by megeebee

Has anyone asked yet what colors are available inside?

Is it just one, like the G8?


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If you look back a few days there was a post that had the colors in it...I was very happy to read Orange and Red are both available....I'd love an orange interior

[newdude]

Originally Posted by Snafu_SS

If you look back a few days there was a post that had the colors in it...I was very happy to read Orange and Red are both available....I'd love an orange interior

red and orange?? in or out??

[jorgesalazar521@msn.com]

on the down side ---porky, bad earodinamics ???? else well see in 6 months.
i dont think gm gave us a cake to eat????
cobalt ss just ass fast at the ring.
was hoping the v6 with 300hp would do 60 in 5-sec. and 30+mpg-----thats a cake

[Gm786]

Nice writeup. Man the new Chevy Camaro looks flat out gorgeous! If I was looking to buy the new Camaro when it hits the market early next year, I would definitely opt for the DI V6 engine. The DI V6 engine has plenty of power and I should mention that for a car as heavy as the Camaro it gets decent MPG too. Overall the car is awesome! I can't wait to see it in person....

[BigAls87Z28]

I remember the summer before I got my license (17 on Jan 4th 2002) thatgas was under a dollar.
When I got my license and used to take my 87 up to Englishtown that next summer, 93 was 1.45 a gallon, but the Sunnoco had 94, but I would only fill up on that if it was under 1.75. I remember it only wet over 1.75 2 times in the summer of 2002.
But I remember being upset when my friends who had thier license a year before me were paying around a dollar a gallon.
Either way, 1998-2002 was cheap gas, but Camaro's sales were in the toilet.

[TriShield]

It looks naked without stripes. The first year run of colors also leaves something to be desired. And it's a damn shame there will not be a right-wheel drive Impala based on the Camaro's guts. This has amounted to a hefty investment in plant tooling and engineering for just one car whose overall sales figures are going to be low in the grand scheme of things.

Still, this is the type of car Chevrolet should be making. This is the type of styling and attention to detail and engineering EVERY Chevrolet should be sporting.

Chevrolet is not cheap Korean penalty boxes, wrong-wheel drive rental quality Impalas, big bland trucks or Japanese Toyota knock-off Malibus. Chevrolet is as proud and mainstream an American brand as Ford and like baseball and apple pie it must be distinctly American.

That has to be reflect in the interior and exterior styling as well as the driving dynamics of every Chevrolet. The Camaro (and Corvette) should be used as a benchmarket for all future products, but sadly it probably won't be.

[SierraGS]

Just an observation but where are all of the postive posts that GM has finally put 6-speed MANUAL transmissions in a performance car (other than Vette) attached to BOTH V6 and V8 engines and as an added bonus more HP with the V8 if you get a manual?

Where are you guys?

Your car will be here soon.

[TriShield]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

Either way, 1998-2002 was cheap gas, but Camaro's sales were in the toilet.

By then it was a dated, ugly, $hitty car in every respect. It was a giant plastic drag buggy and that was it. GM's lack of investment in the car killed it as they went to the SUV/truck trough to feed. It was a huge blow to the Chevrolet (and Pontiac) brand and to a massive and until then very loyal fanbase.

Ford understood what the Mustang meant to the brand and continually refined it, maintained it as the most affordable way to get into a V8 with style and made it a better package for mainstream use, sounds like what the Japanese do with their cars doesn't it?

Then when the Camaro went away to free up more resources for more d@mn trucks Ford treated to the Mustang to a full redesign and the timeless iconic styling that made the car what it is.

GM has been left in the dust ever since. The Camaro could be a better car, but the class is still Ford's to lose. And Ford has a comprehensive nip and tuck for their class leader they'll be showing later this year.

[jbartley]

the only part i don't like is the shifter. i would need to change that..

[BigAls87Z28]

Agreed, I would like to see the Insigna's shifter with its gear lay out in the Camaro.
See if someone cant get a part number for those bad boys!!

[big swede]

Originally Posted by SierraGS

Just an observation but where are all of the postive posts that GM has finally put 6-speed MANUAL transmissions in a performance car (other than Vette) attached to BOTH V6 and V8 engines and as an added bonus more HP with the V8 if you get a manual?

Where are you guys?

Your car will be here soon.

There busy complaining about fuel fillers on the wrong side, no navigation, breakaway mirrors, amber turn signals, shift knobs, weight and other silly reasons they can come up with for not buying a fun car.

This Camaro looks absolutely fabulous. At first I thought the Challenger had it all over the Camaro and now the more I see real photos I am really liking the Camaro. If I buy a V8 the choice is going to be painstaking. The curious thing is that the V6 in the Camaro is an engine I have been singing praises about for a long time and I might actually consider getting a V6 Camaro because of it. I wouldn't even consider any of the other pony cars in V6 guise.

I wonder how many people are actually considering a V6 now that GM decided to give us a great one with a 6M/6A even though they would not have considered a V6 in a Camaro ever before.

[b4z]

I think I got y'all all beat.
In the Spring 1999 I did a fill up at a Exxon station in Mt. Pleasant, SC at 79.9 cents a gallon.
SC historically has the lowest gas prices in the nation.

The Fall after Hurricane Katrina I paid $1.99.9 gallon in SC also.
It's been on a steady rise prety much since then.
Now we long for gas under $2.50.

[EllwynX]

Originally Posted by b4z

I think I got y'all all beat.
In the Spring 1999 I did a fill up at a Exxon station in Mt. Pleasant, SC at 79.9 cents a gallon.
SC historically has the lowest gas prices in the nation.

The Fall after Hurricane Katrina I paid $1.99.9 gallon in SC also.
It's been on a steady rise prety much since then.
Now we long for gas under $2.50.

How is that even possible? When I got my license, in 1991, I was paying .86 cents a gallon.

I dunno about the SC having the lowest gas in the nation historically. That's always been NJ due to our much lower gas taxes...

EDIT- Here's a graph from fueleconomy.gov It reflects about how I remember gas prices being over the last 10+ years.

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/gaspr...linePrices.gif

[BigAls87Z28]

Edited for Z28 info.

[454]

Originally Posted by Mikkoo

Rumor mill has it that the Z28 which was to have a supercharged LS3 has
been put on hold for the time being.

The Z28 is definitely still on with a version of the LSA
An engineer i spoke with informed me of this