Exposed: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro ( or "another American gas-hog")

[rdenney]

Exposed: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro

Spy shots of the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro testing undercover on the track.

Worried that the Camaro is being overexposed before its launch next year, Chevrolet has gone mum with official word about the car, while going to the unusual step of testing cars without camouflage in the hopes that spy photographers and the public would tire of seeing the same cars over and over again. Fat chance.

Recently, the Camaro underwent testing at the Nürburgring and we've taken the liberty of adding some stripes and badging to the cars to give a better picture of what it will look like in production trim. Our sources tell us the sheet metal on the test cars is accurate, so what you see in terms of the car's Coke bottle-shaped body, power dome hood with a slit scoop, non-functional louvers ahead of the rear wheels and Corvette-inspired double-bubble roof treatment is what you will get.

The Nürburgring test is significant because this is the first time Holden, which has lead responsibility for the Zeta platform and therefore the Camaro, has tested at the famed German track. As a result of that learning curve, the best unofficial lap times we've been able to obtain from observers on the scene are around the 9-minute mark — certainly well off the blistering pace set by the Corvette ZR1 at 7:40 and the Nissan GT-R Spec V, which ran an unofficial 7:25. We expect to see the Camaro's lap time closer to the magical 8-minute mark by the time the car is ready for production.


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1. My God, it is a thing of beauty.

I can't seem to post the image, but wow, what a hot car.

Yeah, I know, gasguzzler.

But why can't they make a car like that fuel efficient???


WHY?????

[cynatnite]

2. I think they can, but then the oil companies would cry n/t

[lithiumbomb]

7. most likely

Don't forget that a minority of these cars are the V8 versions. For comparison the Mustang V6 gets 17/26mpg. The Toyota Camry V6 gets 19/28mpg. The Accord V6 gets 19/29.

The most similar car on the market is the Pontiac G8, which is basically the same architecture and mechanicals, but in a longer 4 door body. The V8 version gets 15/24mpg, V6 gets 17/25 mpg.

These aren't stellar numbers, but in the same class as similarly sized and engined cars. 17 million cars are sold in the US per year, the new Camaro might sell 100k units in its first year.

Supply and demand will sort this out eventually. The full size truck and SUV market has largely collapsed and the market for compact cars is doing very well at the moment.

[mvccd1000]

3. I sure wish they'd come out with a Pontiac version of it.

I'd stand in line to buy a Trans Am.

[LeftyMom]

4. WANT.

:9

[alfredo]

5. Looks like they are using the design team from Cadillac.

They appear to be smiling.



http://images.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2007/112_0707_02z+2009_cadillac_cts_v+front_three_quarter_rendering.jpg

[Mudoria]

6. I still have a 1989 Camaro RS I bought new and I love it as

much today as the day I got it. I WANT one of these new ones!