29 Sep, 2009
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Many a Camaro5 member speculate (and hope) that the new Z/28 will be shoehorned with GM’s mighty LSA supercharged V8 engine, the 550+hp engine from the tire shredding Cadillac CTS-V. We’re hoping your wishes comes true as the CTS-V’s performance has been almost universally praised by the automotive community at large. For those not familiar [...]
22 Sep, 2009
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GM’s Camaro Z28 plans are back on and the top-end Camaro version is set for production, according to Ed Welburn, GM’s VP for global design! The modified Z28 body is already completed, but the powertrain still requires calibration work. The tentative timetable is that the Z28 will not be available until the latter half of [...]
Site member Jinx has always impressed the Camaro community with his Camaro photoshops, but he has outdone himself this time. Using a fellow member’s (jcamere94z28) beautifully shot image of his own imperial blue metallic Camaro, Jinx has come up with this stunning Camaro Z28 concept photoshop. This concept features a Z28 induction hood, the design [...]
Although subject to various interpretations, Bob Lutz’s most recent comments perhaps dampens the possibility of the Camaro Z28 program being given the go-ahead in the near future. In conversations with Automobile Magazine, Lutz casts some doubt on the potential Camaro Z28 by stating that powerful V6′s and turbo 4 cylinder engines are a better indication [...]
28 Jun, 2009
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Certain GM officials attending Carlisle Nationals this weekend held a Q&A session during which they fielded questions regarding, among other topics, a new Camaro Z28. Although nothing earth shattering was announced regarding the Camaro Z28, their answers (and actions) left little doubt that there will be a Camaro Z28 edition. Between winks to the audience, [...]
THIS IMAGE from a book documenting the 5th gen Camaro (“CAMARO AN AMERICAN ICON“) reveals what appears to a 5th gen Camaro Z28 mockup model (or at least one of the proposed Camaro Z28 designs) being discussed by Sang Yup Lee and Tom peters. The hood matches that of the new Bumblebee Camaro, which has [...]
Here is some further evidence that what we are seeing as the second generation Bumblebee Camaro is in fact substantially what the next Camaro Z28 will be. In this Behind-the-scenes video feature (below), the Bumblebee’s hood is referred to as the “new version Z28 hood.” As the new Bumblebee Camaro looks absolutely fantastic, that is [...]
