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Report: Camaro Z28 killed, Convertible on hold

March 19, 2009 by Cam Shaft  
Filed under Auto Industry News

Supplier lawsuits and General Motors’ own weak financial position threatened to delay the introduction of the 2010 Camaro despite the 14,000 pre-orders, but the car’s production was launched last week without a hitch. Today, however, word is emerging that the Z28 and Convertible versions are not going to materialize any time soon.
Previous reports on the [...]

Chevy launches new Camaro site, releases full details as production starts

March 16, 2009 by Cam Shaft  
Filed under Auto Industry News, Future Cars

The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro starts production today, and the company is celebrating the kick off of production of the 14,000 cars already pre-ordered. Rated at a stellar-for-its-niche 29mpg highway by the EPA, the all-new Camaro is now the most fuel efficient muscle car soon to hit the market. In this new video, you get [...]

Chevy launches new Camaro site, releases full details as production starts

March 16, 2009 by Cam Shaft  
Filed under Auto Industry News, Future Cars

The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro starts production today, and the company is celebrating the kick off of production of the 14,000 cars already pre-ordered. Rated at a stellar-for-its-niche 29mpg highway by the EPA, the all-new Camaro is now the most fuel efficient muscle car soon to hit the market. In this new video, you get [...]

Spy shots: Cruze-based Buick compact sedan

March 12, 2009 by Cam Shaft  
Filed under Auto Industry News, Future Cars

General Motors is still more than a year away from launching the Chevrolet Cruze sedan in North America but instead of speeding up its arrival the carmaker is working on a new Buick sedan based on the Cruze platform. Fears of GM’s cash problems haven’t managed to deter work on the new Buick compact sedan, [...]

Chevrolet Camaro to star as Indy 500 official pace car

March 1, 2009 by Cam Shaft  
Filed under Auto Industry News

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) has selected the all-new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro to star as the official pace car in the 93rd running of the Indy 500 on Sunday, May 24. The new Camaro Pace Car was unveiled during a ceremony at the IMS Hall of Fame Museum with the organization’s president Joie Chitwood presenting [...]

Opel Ampera revealed ahead of Geneva Motor Show

March 1, 2009 by Cam Shaft  
Filed under Auto Industry News, Future Cars

The 2009 Geneva Motor Show isn’t even officially underway yet and already the reveals are coming. The latest is the Opel Ampera, revealed in a single shot of the Opel-branded Volt plug-in hybrid car.
The new Ampera is essentially Opel’s version of the Chevrolet Volt and it is set to make its full debut in [...]

WORLD’S HIGHEST HORESPOWER ZR1

February 15, 2009 by Glasspack  
Filed under Videos

Big thumbs up to MiamiVR6T for this emazing upload.  Ladies and Gents…be prepared to lift your jaw off the floor.  Built by Miami’s own NELSON/CHANCLET, this 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is producing a world record number of 705RWHP/690 RWTQ.

Geneva Motor Show debut for Chevrolet Spark

February 11, 2009 by Cam Shaft  
Filed under Auto Industry News, Future Cars

At last month’s Detroit Auto Show, General Motors confirmed that its all-new Chevrolet Spark minicar would go on sale in the United States by 2011 but apart from the release of a single teaser image no other details were revealed. GM has today released a set of new images of the upcoming Spark and confirmed [...]

Chevrolet unveils Corvette Stingray Concept as part of Transformers movie car debut

February 11, 2009 by Cam Shaft  
Filed under Auto Industry News, Future Cars

Today General Motors revealed details on the upcoming Chevrolet-branded Autobots “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” movie. Making their debuts at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show are Bumblebee, a Camaro-based Autobot, Sideswipe (Corvette Stingray Concept) and Skids/Mudflap (Chevy Beat concept).
The Corvette Stingray concept is at this point solely a design exercise, not foreshadowing a production [...]

Preview: Production Opel Ampera plug-in hybrid

February 5, 2009 by Cam Shaft  
Filed under Auto Industry News, Future Cars

General Motors has announced on several occasions that its Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid would be launched in global markets, hinting early on that Europe would be one of the first to receive it. There was, however, much debate as to whether the car would be badged as an Opel or remain a Chevy but all [...]

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