For all you Camaro lovers out there...

aaharvel

http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/funonwheels/11/09/motion_camaro/index.html

MacLeod

400 grand kinda defeats the purpose of the Camaro. It was supposed to be the working man's Corvette.

Id still love to have one tho. I love Camaros, all years and models and was very pissed off when GM pulled the plug on them.

janmike

I owned a Camero years ago, but not with 700HP. Punch that and it will probably not even stay on the ground.

audiobliss

MacLeod wrote:

400 grand kinda defeats the purpose of the Camaro. It was supposed to be the working man's Corvette.

Yeah right. I just adds another, lol.


When I saw the pic I was like, man, that hood is UGLY, that crease down the side is WAAAY too pronounced, and those wheels are UGLY!!! BUT, for 700hp from a streetable, natrually aspirated V8, I think I could live with the looks!

:eek:

I remember seeing some models of the Baldwin edition of the 60's Camaros. Look sweet.

Dennis Gardner

This is precisely why Ford has kicked the Camaro's **** in production since the beginning. Chevy doesn't know how to produce for the public anymore.

They just copy PT Cruisers....................

audiobliss

What do you mean they don't know how to produce for the public anymore? What's that got to do with another company making Camaros?

And I HATE the new HHR. Most definitely a copy of the PT cruiser; a bad one, at that. And whatever they're calling their new 'van'.....ewwwww, they're UGLY!!!

Dennis Gardner

Chevy had plenty of concept cars to do there own version of a retro Camaro that would sell, and instead of keeping a line going, they chose to drop it. Ford could have dropped the Mustang in the first of this decade when it got stagnant, but chose to do Cobras to keep it alive.

POLKOROLLA

Does anyone know if Chevy still plans on doing the retro Camaro. They are chasing their tails at this point and copying Ford. Yes, the new HHR is a terrible copy of the PT! I don't know what their problem is. I am a die hard Chevy guy, but they have depended on the Tahoes and Subs to be their bread and butter for soo long it seems. They have lost sight with a lot of their other products, and with the higher gas prices fullsize SUV sales have really dropped. I just wish they would throw some stuff out there like Chrysler has lately with the 300, Charger, Magnum, etc. to say hey, we are still here and we can still kick ****. It is things like V8 Montes and Impalas that sound great wearing an SS badge, but then you see they are FWD . It is stuff like that that just kills me with Chevy!

Dennis Gardner

Auto makers don't make $$$ on cars, they make $$$ on financing. I agree that if Chevy doesn't wakeup, Chrysler and Ford wil be the only domestic performance choices.

audiobliss

Great post, polkorolla. My sentiments exactly.

I read an article in a magazine about 3 weeks ago that said the new Camaro is going to happen, but that was just one article, and from a magazine I have never seen before. So, I'm not sure, but I'll keep my fingers crossed!!

gidrah

I had a '79 a few years back. Steve may remember it.

Josh-S

pffft

My mother used to have a suped 85 half year coup that put out a littel under 900HP at the wheels. from only a 454 I do belive. I was still only 9 at the time but I still remember thoes "good old days" :cool: Sucked me to my seat and stood right up on 2 wheels all the way down the block

Dennis Gardner

I had a hard time with reality when I was 9 too.

schwarcw

I had an '82 Z-28. Not much power, but a fun car. Bought it new and sold it with 200K miles on it 14 years later. I loved that car. Alpine all around, 10" subwoofers in 1987. The car was a natural for big speakers and amps.

Carl

faster100

I had a 79 w/ a 305.. it was a pig. But i liked the car. had that whole 70's thing going for it, Id take a remake camaro over the mustang anyday. The only current model mustang i cared for was the 90's version 5.0 coupe.

Josh-S

Dennis Gardner wrote:

I had a hard time with reality when I was 9 too.

nah, either all the way. it was for drag no tthe street.ran with a huge **** hollywell on top. it was a site to see, but when I was 10 she blew and it was all over. Slightly after my parents broke up my father got ahlod of a skyline. Hes still tricking that out. Redline at 10,000 rpms :cool: Not street legal but who cares. heck dont even have down pipes on it the last time I drove

shack

I had a '79 with a 350 and AT. It was a boat anchor...but then everthing was during that era. I sold it and bought a Datsun 280ZX. After that I spent a few years with a VW GLI (needed a family car) before I went back to Mustangs. GM never did get the F-bodies right IMO.

If I was going to spend $300,000 to $400,000 for a Baldwin-Motion Camaro, I would get one of the originals....

faster100

exactly, you could get a original restored for what 20 -30,000 to start

shack

faster100 wrote:

exactly, you could get a original restored for what 20 -30,000 to start

No way. They are up there in Yenko and Hemi range. I'd guess $150,000+ to start... There is currently a Motion Chevelle for sale in NY for $165,000 and the Camaros usually get more than the Chevelles.

audiobliss

I just watched 2Fast2Furious last night...man, that Yenko is amazing. (Not that you can tell from the movie...I just know it is...)

You don't think they actually used a real Yenko for that, do you?

faster100

I meant your typical camaro restored, NOt from some exotic company.. My bad i shoulda explained what i meant

jcaut

I disagree with the comment that GM never got the F-bodies right. The early models were right, back when car enthusiasts still had some say-so in the company. Lately it just takes GM a looooong time to get stuff right. Everything. By the time they had gotten the F-body right, the market had gone away. Yeah Mustangs continued to sell, but not to the same type of buyer that they were selling to in the 80's and early 90's. The Camaro buyers moved to trucks and SUV's, and the Mustang-- well it turned into a girl car

[Jumps into Z28 and gets the hell out of here]

danger boy

In high school i had a 72' Camaro.. with either a 302 or 305 or 307, can't remember but it was fast and light on it's feet. i blew the engine though. to date that's been my favorite car.

Everyone should own a Camaro at least once in their life time.

ND13

Probably a 307.

faster100

well it wasnt a 302, that's a ford motor.. 72 either had a 307 or 350, some came with a stick and a 400,

ND13

Chevy made a very select few 302 Z-28s also, but it was 67-69.

Very rare car and it was designed to race against Boss 302 Stangs in SCCA/Trans Am races.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/30002-1969-chevy-camaro-z28.htm

http://www.holisticpage.com/camaro/camaros/z28.htm

audiobliss

My '69 Z/28 (sigh...ok, the one in the poster on my wall) has a 302.

danger boy - The '72 Camaro was pretty. Did yours have the full bumper or the two-piece?

madmax

For $427,000 I want to see the crash test results, otherwise I'd stick with a built restored original.
madmax

faster100

The ones with the split bumpers are 70 1/2 and maybe a few others in the early 70's i think... and the 302's were only like in the yenko camaro's or special editions not just your run O the mills..

audiobliss

Wait a minute. The Yenkos were all BB's, no?

faster100

I dunno, wasn't born then.. Don't think so though