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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
It's an unusual custom of our taste: Once something attains widespread popularity, there comes an inevitable recoil of review and negativity. possibly that's why Dave Chappelle became a comedy escapee - he felt the assault of "Dave Chappelle isn't that unusual" notes on their way. Sometimes, the deanalysis brigade has a suitable dispute, but oftentimes consensus view seems to do a 180 for no discernible wits. Which brings me to the Chevrolet Camaro.
When the Camaro first rolled out last coil, it was hailed a performance bargain. Barely a few months later, everybody seemed to think the Camaro SS poorer to the Mustang GT - a car with a frozen rear hinge and a 4.6-liter V-8 that barely puts out more might than the Camaro offers with its source V-6. The next two quotes are representative of the universal sea change in journalists' view of the Camaro:
Camaro's Zeta roots pay dividends, with the suspension signal a brilliant poise between lively, grippy path-land and wonderfully amenable damping. Meanwhile, the SS offers fitting advice thdemanding the steering veer.
As you continue to read this article, pay special attention to how parts 1 and 2 relate to one another.
Could it be better? Absolutely, but at slighanalysis its deficiencies implicate its interior detailing more than its dynamics.
-Car and Driver, proanalysis 2009
Then, just a few months later:
We want Porsche had abounding the steering. Shades of Camaros history are evident in the faintly overboosted and overinsulated veer.
The stiff, insulated shape soaks up engine feelings and drain moaning, but the rear end discombobulates and dances while accelerating over demanding pavement.
-Car and Driver, July 2009
Those moment quotes come from a comparison analysis - in which the Camaro SS complete moment to the Mustang GT. Just to reiterate, the Camaro uses independent rear suspension, while the Mustang still relies on a frozen hinge. The Camaro has a six-tempo transmission to the Mustang's five. The Camaro's 6.2-liter V-8 pumps out 426 horsemight to the Mustang's 315 sheep. The Camaro's expanse metal is an all-new shape, while the Mustang is a clever revision of the car introduced in 2005. The Camaro has Brembo brakes. The Mustang doesn't. Even on the bargain cars, the V-6 Camaro has a mightful focus-booster V-6, while the source Mustang uses a feeble remnant so primeval that its blueprints were sketched on a cave divider. So what gives?
The most general explanation I gather from writers is that the Mustang is just more fun. It�s slighter and weighs about 300 pounds excluding, and in follow drove semblance it seems to understeer excluding than the Camaro. I concede that on a chase, the Mustang is more eager to rotate into a bend. But when did repeal-strangle oversteer become everybody's preferred metric of automotive vastness?
At Automobile Magazine's All-Stars analysising last descend, I found myself behind the veer of a Camaro SS at GingerMan tube, with Jason Cammisa, the West Coast editor, forward in a follow drove Mustang GT. Mr. Cammisa is a better driver than I am, and he was effective that Mustang for all it was appeal, but his rearview mirror remained crammed with an irritated Camaro framework. Ergo, the supposedly rough Chevy was the equalizer. (As an away, bystanders reported that the Mustang-Camaro laps made for sonically glorious V-8 roar.) The Camaro is more quietly sprung than the Mustang, therefore a lot of the review regarding its armature, but if it's more comfortable on the boulevard and sooner on a chase, what more do you want?
I distrust that the contrarian sort of journalists played into the hasty about-face on the Camaro. "So, you presume me to praise the technologically senior car? Well, estimate what? I like the car with the outmatched motor and the truck hinge bouncy around under the rear seat! Didn't see that one launch, did you?" No, I didn't.
The Camaro has view-car styling and world-elegance performance at bargain prices - in the suit of the SS, you get nothing to 60 miles an hour in excluding than five moments for $31,595. To the Camaro detractors, I rip a doughnut in the Coliseum of their review and ask, Are you not entertained? Because I am, still.
Friday, December 18, 2009
The Camaro SS get card to line The Brickyard for the 2010 Indianapolis 500 in sharp blaze ginger with pallid stripes as an reverence to the '69 Indy tempo Car. The best attribute? A hoax light-bar integrated into the rear transom.
In addition the the sharp paint and wellbeing utensils, the new Camaro will get custom 2010 Indy 500 badges everywhere, a custom fencing, orangey lens tail lamps and new base mats. Otherwise the Camaro is an RS/SS parcel with the same 400 HP 6.2-liter V8. There's no word on when or if this will go on trade, but Chevy does intend to tender the fencing as an selection from the Camaro parts register.
and this is the official press release
Chevrolet Camaro SS To Pace 2010 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race
Officials from Chevrolet and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway unveiled the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS Indianapolis 500 Pace Car at the Speedway's Hall of Fame Museum Dec. 18.
"We've enjoyed a great partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway throughout the years, and are proud to once again have the privilege of pacing the Indianapolis 500 in a Camaro," said Jim Campbell, General Manager, Chevrolet.
The 2010 Chevy Camaro Indianapolis 500 Pace Car is a 21st century sports car that looks to the future with a nod to the heritage of both the car and the race. The first year for Camaro to pace the Indianapolis 500 was in 1967, the year the Camaro made its debut. Camaro has since paced the race in 1969, 1982, 1993 and 2009.
This year's pace car features an Inferno Orange Metallic paint scheme with White Diamond rally stripes that travel from the front to the rear over the top of the body, as well as extending to the interior dash. The design is a modern interpretation of the original rally stripe that debuted on the 1969 Indianapolis 500 Pace Car.
"Chevrolet has done it again with the 2010 Chevy Camaro SS Pace Car, it is simply beautiful," said Jeff Belskus, president and CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation. "The car's tribute to '500' history and its sports car feel will be a big hit with our fans, and it will look great leading the Indianapolis 500 field on Race Day."
This year's pace car is equipped with a stock 400 hp 6.2-litre V-8, an RS appearance package and leather interior with Inferno Orange interior accents. It also features design cues that further enhance the Camaro's head-turning design. Features unique to the pace car include:
•2010 Indianapolis 500 event logo painted on doors and embroidered on driver and passenger headrests
•2010 Indianapolis 500 event logo badges on front fenders
•All-new front grille insert that Chevrolet plans to offer as a future Camaro accessory
•Amber lens tail lamps
•Complete safety strobe light system with custom interior light bar in the rear window
(no rooftop light bar)
•All-new GM Accessory floor mats with red and orange accent stitching
The 2010 Camaro SS Pace Car will be highly visible during all Indianapolis 500 track activity days from Opening Day of practice for rookies and veterans on May 15 through the race, set for a 1 p.m. start on Sunday, May 30.
IMS officials recently announced a streamlined 2010 Indianapolis 500 schedule that combines qualifying into two action-packed days - Pole Day on May 22 and Bump Day on May 23 - yet provides only one less day of track activity compared to the 2009 schedule.
For 2010, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will play host to the Indianapolis 500, part of the IZOD IndyCar Series, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Brickyard 400 on July 25 and the Red Bull Indianapolis GP on Aug. 29 for the MotoGP World Championship.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Chevrolet Camaro concept was the celebrated star of the 2006 auto show season, The introduction of the Camaro convertible concept was on the eve of the North American International Auto Show at GM Style, an exclusive, fashion-splashed event combining celebrities, couture and automobiles. But this concept car launches on the market on early 2009 GM isn't saying yet what engine options the Camaro will initially have, but, like the Dodge Challenger and Ford Mustang, it will ultimately be available with smaller V6s, not just big V8s.
The big V8 engines will be the headline feature just as they always have been for cars like this. But GM expects expects most Camaros it sells will be fitted with V6 engines. While buyers might like its performance-car looks, many won't really want the performance car fuel-economy or the performance car insurance premiums.
The design on the new camaro is terrific. It goes Back to the old muscle car style.The Camaro convertible concept shares exterior dimensions with the Camaro concept, although the convertible concept's windshield surround, which features a bright anodized finish, is changed slightly to accommodate the convertible top. Additional design details include:
- Tonneau cover over the folded top
- "Halo" headlamps
- LED taillamps
- Rear spoiler with LED-lit CHMSL
- Racing-inspired fuel filler door
- Front-inlet hood scoop, inspired by the Corvette Z06
- Heritage-inspired rear fender "gills"
- Anodized aluminum door handles
- Bold 21-inch (front) and 22-inch (rear) wheels, with accent color
As with the Camaro coupe concept, the convertible concept features an instrument panel inspired by first-generation Camaros, including an intricate "round-gauges-in-square-holes" design. The gauges have a deep, three-dimensional appearance, with white faces and red pointers.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
I was thinking about having a Muscle Car when i was 12, I like Muscle Cars from the first sight when I saw American action movies,they always ride it, American is a country that deserves to be an examples, they love their domestic product and one of the examples is the Muscle Cars, with the huge machines the sounds and horsepower is so beautiful, I realized is almost imposible for a kid to ride a muscle cars and the otherside it's very hard to get one of them in my country, because i'm living far far away from United States, the land of the real muscle cars made.
Cause I haven't been able to have, I decided to make a scrapbook, a scrapbook images of Muscle Cars according to my desire, i took it from magazine or any other resources, and I label this scrapbook the famous top ten Muscle Cars, and this is my top ten Muslce Cars list:
1. Ford Mustang 1968
2. Plymouth hemi cuda 1970
3. Chevrolet Chevelle SS
4. Dodge charger
5. Pontiac GTO
6. Shelby Cobra 1966
7. 1969 Z28 Camaro
8. Corvette L88 1968
9. Plymouth hemi roadrunner
10. Buick GSX
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