Bob Lutz's post on the GM FastLane Blog for Augthanked everyone in the blogosphere who commented and offered feedback on the Camaro. Ĭhevrolet General Manager Ed Peper stated that the new Camaro "will appeal to both men and women, and unite customers with fond memories of previous Camaros with those who first experienced a Camaro" when the concept was unveiled in January 2006. The new Camaro was originally scheduled to begin production in 2008 and to go on sale in the first quarter of 2009 for the 2009 model year, but General Motors stated in March 2008 that production would be delayed until February 2009 with the Camaro going on sale in the spring of 2009 for the 2010 model year. On August 10, 2006, GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced that the company would build an all-new version of the Chevrolet Camaro based on the award-winning concept that debuted at the 2006 Detroit auto show in January 2006. By January 2008, Chevrolet announced that the test mules will not be camouflaged and various images of the Camaro were released in the same year, including pre-production models.Īs evidence that we're not completely brain-dead, GM will build the Chevy Camaro. These vehicles were used for crash testing, test driving, and to handle extreme weather conditions such as in Canada, Arizona, and Australia. Once sketches were finished, the Camaro was constructed as a clay model which was complete by fall 2005 and was shown to the public in early 2006.Īfter the public introduction of the concept cars, Chevrolet started constructing several camouflaged test mules of the Camaro which were manufactured by Holden costing about US$250,000 each. Several sketches of both exterior and interior were drawn to show how the car was going to look those sketches were shown months later to the public. The clay model of the fifth generation of the Camaro on display at the 2006 Washington Auto Showīy spring 2005, the first concept car of the fifth-generation of the Camaro was in development. 5.5 2013 Camaro Hot Wheels Special Edition.4.1 Camaro, RS, 45th Anniversary Special Edition.2.5 SLP Performance ZL550/ZL575 Special Edition.2.4 2010 Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Special Edition (RPO Z4Z).
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |