Filed under: Concept Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Coupes
Road & Track's video of the new Chevy Camaro
Listening to the narrative behind the Chevy Camaro video at the Road & Track web site ("GM has now taken the wraps off this Camaro concept, shown recently at the Detroit Auto Show"), R&T may have jumped the gun a little on uploading it to their web site, but we'll take it anyway. The video gives a short history of the Camaro name, info on the specs and some design notes probably resulting from an interview with designer Tom Peters. While many say GM is late to the party with this one, we say better late than never.
Thanks to Plas for the tip.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Rick 2:41PM (1/07/2006)
Whoa. Build it. Not sure how much a production version would differ ... but if this is close to reality, Chevy would be back from the brink in the blink of an eye. Here's to Pony cars!
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330R 2:53PM (1/07/2006)
Not bad. I like what I see.
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Jonathan 3:26PM (1/07/2006)
Where were these designers for much of GM's lineup before now?
That car looks great, and just modern enough to make the Mustang look a bit old. If they could care as much about design with other cars in the GM stable (such as the Impala), the company might not be suffering so badly.
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Tom 4:35PM (1/07/2006)
There are some cars that are love at first site...... not this one. Yuck. Change the grill and front facia, and staighten out the rear quarters.
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Tom W 5:58PM (1/07/2006)
They're on the right track. My personal tastes would prefer a nose less pointy and an interior closer to the GTO's. The odds are very good that I would trade in whatever I was driving at the time for a new Camaro.
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Nick 6:49PM (1/07/2006)
Looks very good. Definitely aggressive and modern, with enough subtle retro-overtones to make it a bit nostalgic. This is what GM and Chevy needs -- emotional design to the vehicles that speak to you. While I agree that the front might need just a bit of revision, I think that car works well overall.
IMHO, it already looks fresher and more attractive than the Mustang and more desirable than the new Challenger concept from Dodge.
GM -- are you listening? Now just go out and build the thing!
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DarkKnight67 7:46PM (1/07/2006)
Holy $#%%! Finally, something from GM that supporters can be proud of. If this is the new Camaro, I think I just volunteered to take out a loan to expand my garage.
Seriously, though, I think this takes the original design and gives it modern cues, just as the Dodge Challenger concept does. Only complaint -- three years wait!
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AL MARTIN 11:04PM (1/07/2006)
SSR/ RIGHT ON..............HHR/ JUST MISSED........ CAMARO LOOKS LIKE BARRACUDA W/ BOW TIE ON THE GRILLE....MISSED THE RETRO BOAT UNLESS LOOKING FOR PLYMOUTH/CUDA LOOK.......EXCELLANT LOOKING CAR THOUGH.
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Chris 12:41AM (1/08/2006)
Wow, its the Chevy Challenger concept!
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tom.builder 3:48AM (1/08/2006)
Hate to dissapoint you guys who think it looks like a Challenger/Cuda.. but the Challenger/Cuda look you are familiar with was copied off of the 67-69 Camaro.. this thing looks like a Camaro, Pure and Simple..
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matt 4:01AM (1/08/2006)
I liked the the chevelle/camaro concepts that you guys posted earlier from http://www.arkansascamaro.com/2007camaro.html
(especially the green one)
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Rich 5:58AM (1/08/2006)
Looks like Road & Track jumped the gun on that article. It's been pulled down for a while now. Good thing I saved some pictures and screen grabs of the video here on my site.
http://www.projectrich.com/blog/2006/01/07.html#a731
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jimmothy86 12:00PM (1/08/2006)
well lets see, it has the same boxy back end as the 04 impalas, almost the exact same grill as the cavalier and everything else looks like it was ripped directly off of the dodge charger, right down to the shape of the hood and the door windows so you all want them to do the same thing with other vehicles in their line-up, guess what they already did, and if the cavalier grill had been on the impalas, i bet your ass would have bought one.
now myself personally i have never driven a classic car, but i have heard them, and man do they sound great. i have driven an 04 gto and an 01 Audi and i loved driving those cars, but neither of them had that throaty rumble coming from the exhaust and a little from under the hood, so i hope maybe they can bring that back
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david 12:00PM (1/08/2006)
At first the car strikes me as "sick", which is good.
The car looks great. GM has put its factory fresh twist on it. This new Camaro is a breath of fresh air for this breed. EVERYONE will automatically want one, and the market will be saturated with em, which I can live with,, better than looking at them bland-stangs. This car is going to turn "customcar" by so many buyers, that GM is going to have to open up another plant somewhere to keep up with demand.
New Camaro+LS7= a no brainer, this car is going to kick some ass in America. I think the only fall back will be the sticker, but, hey you get what you pay for. I hope.
DODGE, FORD, time to ride bitch, you two work it out.
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Steve S 8:43PM (1/08/2006)
It looks great. I would never have bought a Camaro before but I'd buy that one. How about a little sooner than 2009.
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rktect29 10:44PM (1/08/2006)
Looks like the new Dodge cars. No resemblence to the older Camaros at all. also, the new Tahoe looks like a Ford Explorer/Expedition. The SSR was a PT Cruiser ripoff. Do the Chevy guys have any originality at all? Chevy sucks. Only halfway decent car they make is a Corvette. Dodge is the king of cool muscle cars in the new era.
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Luck Cornish 12:35AM (1/09/2006)
I Cannot believe you ended camaro in the first place? Get it built and i will trade in my mustang!!!
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lastride147 1:52AM (1/09/2006)
Ehhh.....well, it definitely looks like a "concept". Very strange profile....not quite as curvy as I would have expected. The front end is all "wrong". I know you Camaro fans are dying to see the badge reborn...but u will have one strange looking car if this is it. Sorry, my 05 stang isn't getting traded in for this. But I would gladly park one of them new Challengers next to it for company.
I hate to chuck it to GM fans, but all the LS7's making all the horsepower in the world can't make up for ugly. Look at the GTO. I think GM would've done better to go full modern with the new Camaro instead of trying to do retro. It just makes them look like tailers in the trend, and not very good ones at that. A sleek continuation of the last gen body style would've really been hot. This concept, however, is not.
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Campisi 3:50AM (1/09/2006)
I like it. The design is edgy, perhaps a bit too much. Remember, though, this is GM, where concept cars often get simplified before production. If you think the design is too "busy," just wait for the production realities to set in.
No, this car isn't a Charger ripoff. If you don't believe me, put this picture up next to a picture of a '69 Camaro. Trust me, the similarities jump out at you.
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join 8:08AM (1/09/2006)
Wow.
I like this car. Is fast one.
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