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Here’s a great read from Automobile Magazine recounting their first drive experience with the Camaro SS Convertible in New Orleans. The article manages to tell us their impression of the Camaro Convertible while weaving in the backdrop and story of The Big Easy.

Full article at http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews…ive/index.html

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With the St Pete race only a little over a month away, Momentum Autosport is going full steam to get their 2 Camaro GTS.Rs finished up. Chassis 002 is out of paint and back in their race shop starting assembly to World Challenge GTS specification. What looks like just a pile of parts- many of which “virtual” parts existing only in 3D CAD will be pounding pavement in in a few short weeks. Watch as they design, fabricate and install all these new goodies so that drivers Alec Udell and Ardee Toppe have the fastest machines possible under their belt.

See links to the project details INSIDE.

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GM Performance Camaro heritage grilles are now available pre-painted in select colors, making it even easier to change your Camaro’s front-end look. The colors it now comes pre-painted in are: black, black (with dark argent surround), blue, gray, and victory red. See INSIDE for their MSRP pricing.

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A fleet of Camaro Convertibles have been spotted! If this location looks familiar that’s because it’s the Oshawa plant’s production car holding lot at which we saw many a Camaro coupes stored when the 5th gen Camaro first began production in the Spring of 2009.

Camaro convertibles have already began hitting dealer showfloors and will be in the first owner’s possessions imminently.

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For your ease of reference, we have put together this ongoing Camaro ZL1 Facts, FAQ, and Primer. Included is validated information from, but final details have not been set in stone. GM reserves the right to make changes at their discretion. All features are to be considered standard unless otherwise noted.

If you’re a ZL1 buff, be sure to check in on this primer often as facts/details will be added on an ongoing basis. Enjoy!

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Motortrend chimes in with its 2011 Camaro Convertible in-depth review, including full performance testing. The performance figures that they were able to achieve with the Camaro convertible were:

0-60mph – 4.9 sec
1/4 mile – 13.2 @ 109.2mph
60-0mph braking – 107
0.89g skidpad

Overall, MT had some wonderful things to say about the convertible, which should be music to the ears of future Camaro convertible owners! See the full video review INSIDE.

Winding Road was among the group of auto press members who had a chance to test the 2011 Camaro Convertible in San Diego recently. What did they take away from their experience with the drop top Camaro? In sum:

All in, this is a thrilling, styling, hairpin-hawking, rumble-fest of a good time. You can bet your bottom dollar that we’ll be asking for a second spin in the Camaro Convertible once the weather in Michigan turns nice again, as this promises to be a good-weather fun machine of near unmatched potential. Our guts tell us that it’s a bit more pointy than the Mustang GT Convertible, and a little less high-strung than the Z Roadster—both theories that we’ll be hot to test with comparative when the skies have gotten bluer. Until then suffice it to say that the fifth-gen Camaro has reached its apogee, at least to date, in this Convertible SS guise…. [full review inside]

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The first production 2011 Camaro Convertibles have been now been spotted and reported to be hitting showroom floors! This means the very first owner deliveries should be taking place immediately and we’ll soon see Camaro5 members posting and announcing their brand spanking new droptop Camaros.

Congrats in advance to all the upcoming Camaro Convertible owners. We wish you a warm Spring to begin enjoying your new Camaros early.

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Per Fbodfather (Scott Settlemire):

Good afternoon, Camaro Comrades, Firebird Friends, and Corvette Cousins!
A very special invitation to our friends in the San Francisco/San Jose area of California as well as those in the Greater Los Angeles area…
(or anyone else who would like to go on a road trip!) [REGISTRATION DETAILS INSIDE]

Without question, you are our best Product Ambassadors. You are the automotive “go-to” guys and gals to your neighbors, friends, and co-workers. You are the ones who are sought by others when they need advice or assistance in purchasing a new car or truck.

That said: It’s doubtful that you’ve had the opportunity to drive most of our newest products – and it’s even more doubtful that you’ve been able to compare them side by side with the competition.

That’s about to change.

Coming to San Francisco/San Jose in March: Main Street in Motion — at GREAT AMERICA – 4701 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, California

AND

Coming to Los Angeles (Inglewood) in April: Main Street in Motion — at HOLLYWOOD PARK – 1050 S. Prairie Avenue, Inglewood, California

You’ll have the opportunity to drive the newest products in our portfolio:
–such as CORVETTE, CAMARO, Cruze, Equinox, Traverse, Malibu, Regal, LaCrosse, Enclave, Acadia, Terrain, Sierra, Silverado, Avalanche – and yes, even the new Volt!

Moreover,we’ll have several of our competitors’ products – so that you can drive and compare………

While the public is invited Friday thru Sunday, we want to extend a special invitation to YOU.

On Saturday morning, March 19th, (San Francisco/San Jose)

AND

On Saturday morning, April 9th, (Los Angeles/Inglewood)

we’ll have a special “Corral” for the first 100 Camaros/Firebirds/Corvettes that show up….including a special parking area for your “Pride and Joy” ..(look for the welcoming banner)

…..we’ll invite you to enjoy a continental breakfast at 7:15 am– where you can spend time with like-minded enthusiasts – ask some questions of the Camaro Team — and then you’ll be invited onto the track to test-drive our cars and trucks — and then compare them to the competition…….. [REGISTRATION DETAILS INSIDE]

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INSIDE you will find the color (exterior/interior), model (V8 or V6), and states popularity breakdown of Camaros sold as of February 11, 2011. The stats cover both 2010 and 2011 model years.

Keep in mind however, that the stats only covers 50,000 Camaros, far below the actual # sold. But, this should be a good enough sample pool size to reasonably represent the popularity of all Camaros sold through February 11.

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GM has released info confirming that the Camaro ZL1 LSA motor will receive the same deck plate honing process which only the Corvette ZR1 and Z06 are blessed with. What’s deck plate honing you ask? [Full Details INSIDE]

In short, it’s a cylinder block machining process where aluminum plates are clamped to the block, simulating the cylinder heads, before the final bore and hone of the cylinders takes place. While the simulated cylinder heads, or deck plates, are attached to the block, a boring machine does its work boring, and then honing each cylinder…. resulting in near perfect cylinder bores. The ultimate result is maximized engine life, reduce friction between engine parts and increased horsepower.

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According to Autonews, Chevrolet intends to introduce a new limited edition Camaro model every six months, in order to keep the nameplate fresh and sales strong. Going forward, Chevy has plans to reintroduce nameplates from the Camaro’s stories past.

There are already several new Camaro editions/models on deck – the recently introduced Camaro ZL1 and 500 Indianapolis 500 Replica Pace Car, as well as the upcoming XM Camaro and Synergy Camaro. There are also rumors of a 2012 Transformers Edition Camaro.

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