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Old 03-22-2011, 02:01 PM
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Default New Camaro ZL-1 for 2012

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looks like a Beast !!
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great avatar.
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Originally Posted by Tkenmore
great avatar.
on the Avtar ..... very nice

On the Camaro in general....... ehhh..... not that thrilled with the new style. Personally it doesn't look as close to the '69 as they brag it does.

IMO, the retro car that has looked closest to date is the Challenger..... very nice job done there.

The Camaro as shown in the link is way too heavy to compete with the vette or other sports car. I'm guessing it would be a good match up with the Mustang but I haven't compared numbers to take any more of a stance than to just "guess".
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Any way you look at it 550+ HP is going to be better than 436. Now outside of the engine, no comparison.
I agree that they got it right wirh the Challenger.
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wow the interior looks great maybe a good sign for the C7.
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Originally Posted by Tkenmore
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Great Avatar. Gee, the Camero ZL-1 gets things the base and G/S Vette owners can only dream about: 550 HP, Brembo brakes, Boston Acoustic sound instead of Blose; and F55 magnetic adjustible suspension, plus NPP dual mode exhaust as standard equipment. I guess I'll have to trade up to a Camaro since GM/Chevy sold we lowly Corvette owners down the drain. Now if I can just get use to that butt ugly styling inside and out, and not being able to see out of the windows.
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Yup, certainly a beast, all 4000 lbs + of it.
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Actually, I had a new orange Camaro parked right next to my 1969 Hugger Orange Camaro and they looked like they belonged together .
Grandfather and Grandson if you will.
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Actually, I had a new orange Camaro parked right next to my 1969 Hugger Orange Camaro and they looked like they belonged together .
Grandfather and Grandson if you will.
Racer, I'll take your '69 Camaro over the new one any day. Just can't beat the lines of the '69.
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Originally Posted by chris12.8
wow the interior looks great maybe a good sign for the C7.
A recent Car & Driver blurb says that GM is targeting "Audi-like" standards for the C7 interior...
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Why is this posted in C6 general?
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Originally Posted by VETFEVER
A recent Car & Driver blurb says that GM is targeting "Audi-like" standards for the C7 interior...
As long as they don't target the huge grill with a car attached and decorated with LED Xmas tree lights look of the Audi every other car manufacturer is copying. Since when do cars require five foot wide and two foot tall grills, and headlamps with strings of smaller additional lights outlining them? Will the IRS automatically allow you to deduct any car with this styling as a necessary business expense if your a pimp?
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Why is this posted in C6 general?
Because no one has clicked on the "report post" icon , that is why. Usually if it is about a Mustang, XM, V1 or such, I will, but I am letting someone else take the initiative.
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Surely, it handles like a bus, uh, beast too!
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I will make my 1969 hugger orange Camaro any day over the new ones! Just my opinion. I love old muscle cars!
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Originally Posted by IDSRVIT
on the Avtar ..... very nice

On the Camaro in general....... ehhh..... not that thrilled with the new style. Personally it doesn't look as close to the '69 as they brag it does.

IMO, the retro car that has looked closest to date is the Challenger..... very nice job done there.

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handles like a bus ...yes ..... gms answer to the boss 302 with 440 hp forged bottom end and redline at 7500 ....hmmmm

only if they could loose some weight
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