SCOOP: Motor Trend says new Camaro is a GO!

**Motrv8d Steve** · 06-16-2006, 11:55 AM

i'm just amazed that MT would print such a blatant typo as saying teh new Camaro will be coming out later this year. bet they'll get a lot of emails and letters on that one.

**toneloc60** · 06-16-2006, 12:00 PM

I'm used to being let down by GM.

Anyone remember before the latest body style Silverado SS came out? It was supposed RWD, regular cab, and for around $23,000. Instead we got an overwieght AWD extended cab. Thank you GM.

**SeVeReDiStOrTiOn** · 06-16-2006, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by dipherentdesign

it has to be a go, look at the damn chevy page, it's splashed ALLL over it. Gonna be a huge let down if it doesn't come out sooner or later:

http://www.chevrolet.com/performance/

crap....says on there that it's gonna have a independent rear. The wheels are gonna be ghetto huge also...22in wheels wtf is that all about

**Motrv8d Steve** · 06-16-2006, 03:54 PM

concept cars = ridiculously huge wheels
reality = maybe 19s but more likely 18s or even 17s.

**pecha** · 06-16-2006, 04:06 PM

I'd be happy if they just slapped camaro body work on GTO's chassis and relocated tank underneath - PERFECT.

**x-40oz-x** · 06-16-2006, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by 99Hugger

God I hope thats not true. If the thing doesn't have a LSx motor and weighs in over 4000 lbs to boot... I'll be buying a Challenger instead.

+1

Fuck GM and the 5th gen Camaro.

**FasstChevys** · 06-17-2006, 05:51 AM

Originally Posted by SeVeReDiStOrTiOn

crap....says on there that it's gonna have a independent rear. The wheels are gonna be ghetto huge also...22in wheels wtf is that all about

Hmmm, first mod.....Curry 12 bolt, or Ford 9 inch rear.

**Motrv8d Steve** · 06-17-2006, 02:48 PM

the convertible concept at least looked pretty cool
cant find any pics of it on the net though.

**Motrv8d Steve** · 06-17-2006, 02:54 PM

here's a Car & Drivel vid on the new Camaro concept I just found...

http://www.caranddriver.com/custom/s...42&high_id=642

**SonicBlur** · 06-17-2006, 04:19 PM

Oh man...I hope to God this car comes out! I want one SO bad!!!

-Mike

**Huskerz1** · 06-17-2006, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by TMF

I don't believe any of that crap. First, I'd be surprised if they build it at all, considering the poor management at GM. Second, if it weighs more than 3500lbs, I won't buy it. Third, if they don't offer the LS2, or equivilent, I won't buy it. Right now I'm very dissapointed in GM, they're soooo slow in reacting to the market, they haven't made a good move in years, besides the new Vette, which I can't afford.

I gotta go +1. Can't wait to see a Challenger up close and read the reviews and specs. Don't get me wrong, I want the Camaro concept. I can see GM making bad call after bad call on the way to production tho. Also see dealers gouging the consumer too.

meanZ97 · 06-19-2006, 08:32 AM

I read in Popular Hotrodding or some other magazine of the sort that there wasnt gonna be an LSx motor. that their gonna put a 6.1 403 hp Escalade motor in it. But it did say that i was a go for '06.

**FasstChevys** · 06-19-2006, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by meanZ97

I read in Popular Hotrodding or some other magazine of the sort that there wasnt gonna be an LSx motor. that their gonna put a 6.1 403 hp Escalade motor in it. But it did say that i was a go for '06.

Where did it say that it's a 'go' for '06? Just curious. I'd like to see/read that.

**Motrv8d Steve** · 06-19-2006, 01:08 PM

i think what they're trying to say is that they are giving it the "go" for prolly an '08 or more realistically an '09 release. Some say even 2010.

meanZ97 · 06-19-2006, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by FasstChevys

Where did it say that it's a 'go' for '06? Just curious. I'd like to see/read that.

it was PH or it may have even been the Camaro magazine.

**BerettaAL391** · 06-19-2006, 08:51 PM

What all is supposed to be based on the Zeta platform? One would think the GTO and Camaro would share engines. Obviously the v6 option would be different. And even that needs to have some grunt. At least the new 3.9 would be nice.

**RedT/Anumber1** · 06-19-2006, 10:37 PM

True! Chevy has been pissing me off the passed few years. The Camaro that ar coming out have a sweet backend but some one needs to slap the shit out of the designers because the front looks crapy. And screw trying to stay in cirtain wight class to compete. I like to beat the hell out of Mustangs.The only thing made right in the past few years is the solsctice. which in the end they didn't produce half the amount they should have. The best car GM has is probably the pontiac Witchcraft. Which is a solctice with an LS2 in it, Sounds nice right. Think about it. A car that weighs a bit more than a Miata with an LS2. But geuss what. They will not sell it. Who the Flip is runing GM?!

**CaptainCaveMan** · 06-20-2006, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by RedT/Anumber1

The best car GM has is probably the pontiac Witchcraft. Which is a solctice with an LS2 in it, Sounds nice right. Think about it. A car that weighs a bit more than a Miata with an LS2. But geuss what. They will not sell it. Who the Flip is runing GM?!

I'm still waiting for buick to come out with another muscle car to kick everyone's ass again. I don't see how a division that built the GSX of the 70's and the GNX of the 80's hasn't had a car with balls since then. I'm not talking a lacrosse with a 300hp v8 either. I'm talking a RWD car with a LS7 in the motherfucker that no one outside of real car people know about. I'm talking another car that makes people in car magazines say that buick has no right to make a car that is faster than the corvette like they did in the 80's.

**whoa guy** · 06-20-2006, 05:37 AM

most of you are being total fucking flamerods in this thread. its magazines... hello.. wtf.. Do you all seriously believe everything you read?? Everyone knows this car wont be out for several years and a lot can change in that time. It's all speculation right now. As for IRS on the new models.. i think its great.

**TMF** · 06-20-2006, 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by whoa guy

most of you are being total fucking flamerods in this thread. its magazines... hello.. wtf.. Do you all seriously believe everything you read?? Everyone knows this car wont be out for several years and a lot can change in that time. It's all speculation right now. As for IFS on the new models.. i think its great.

That's MR fucking flamerod to you. And do you mean IRS ?