[Stéphane Dumas]

Article from Jalopnik who mentioned the guys of Trans-Am Worldwide who striked again this time by creating a Chevelle from a Camaro.

https://jalopnik.com/this-chevelle-bodied-camaro-looks-like-it-came-from-gra-1848945254

If you’ve played Grand Theft Auto in the past two decades, you’re well aware that the cars in the game series usually resemble a bunch of real-life vehicles mashed together. Sometimes, life mimics art, and a shop hammers out something that looks totally unreal. That’s what I see when I look at the Trans Am Worldwide 70/SS, a modern-day Camaro dressed up like a 1970 Chevelle SS.

Game developers often want to feature vehicles in their games that evoke the image of a real car, but they don’t want to license the likeness of the real deal. When that happens, they take a car they like and change it enough to avoid legal issues. A famous example is how Rockstar Games takes multiple real-life car models and smashes them together for their license-free digital versions.

 

[09W]

Nose is a foot narrower and a foot taller. Not working.

 

[Mr.Buttons]

GTA did it better.

 

[eaton53]

Yeah, no.

 

[BlackGTP]

I loved the Firebird reboot via the Camaro chassis. But this one has a kit car look that I'm not loving.

 

[1958carnut]

I don't like it. Maybe if it wasn't so blunt looking it might be better. I'm with BlackGTP on the Firebird "one off?" thing that went around in that it looked pretty dang good.

 

[ksr]

I'd saw "swing and a miss." But a near miss. I think if that front end was reworked just a bit, it could be pretty nice.

I think they went too retro, too squared on the front end. It doesn't fit the rest of the car. If they could just modernize the headlight and grille treatment a bit, it would look better. Same with the tail lights.

 

[bmwboy2007]

Only slightly awkward. Otherwise a good blend of retro modern.

Things get properly bonkers when you pop open the hood. The 70/SS comes in three trim levels. The base model gets the 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V8 found in today’s Camaro SS, making 450 hp — the same power output GM claimed for the 1970 Chevelle SS, though that was gross horsepower, optimistic at best. Step up to the middle-rung 70/SS and you get a 6.5-liter supercharged V8 putting down 900 hp.

At the tippy-top of the food chain, and limited to just 25 units, is the 70/SS powered by a twin-turbo 7.4-liter big block LS6 claimed to put down 1,500 hp.

1500 HP is just mind bending level insanity. Even 900 HP is way over the top. The base level 450 HP version would be more than adequate for someone like myself.

I'm very picky when it comes to the color green on a car. There's a lot of green shades that don't work for me, but this version looks good and is appropriate for the 1970 era.

 

[K!ngElvis]

LIke!!