2009 Camaro is a go

[Goodspeed]

GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced today that GM will build an all-new version of the Chevrolet Camaro sport coupe based on the award-winning concept that stole the spotlight at the North American International Auto Show and has ignited the passion of car enthusiasts around the world ever since ÔÇô even spurring consumers to start petition drives and send in certified checks in hopes of placing early deposits.

ÔÇ£The overwhelmingly enthusiastic response to the Camaro Concept continues to remind me of the uniquely iconic place our products can have in customersÔÇÖ hearts,ÔÇØ Wagoner said. ÔÇ£Camaro is much more than a car; it symbolizes America's spirit and its love affair with the automobile.ÔÇØ

The all-new Camaro will begin with early production versions at the end of 2008 and will go on sale in the first quarter of 2009. The new Camaro will be almost identical to the concept

The front-engine, rear-wheel-drive sport coupe will feature an independent rear suspension, and will be offered in a variety of models with the choice of manual and automatic transmissions and V-6 and V-8 engines.

ÔÇ£We intend to make the all-new Camaro relevant to younger buyers while retaining its appeal to current fans,ÔÇØ said Peper. ÔÇ£The beauty of the best Camaros is that they have always been beautiful to look at with performance that rivals expensive European GTs. Yet they were practical enough to drive every day and priced within the reach of many new-car buyers.ÔÇØ

Dealers begin auctioning 2009 Camaros on eBay

Some GM dealers have already begun auctioning the right to purchase the first 2009 Chevrolet Camaros on eBay. Currently, 'Buy It Now' prices sit between $20,000 and $25,000 ÔÇö the amount the customer agrees to pay on top of the car's MSRP. Back in May, some dealers began taking $1,000 deposits for the new Camaro. However, GM pressured the dealers to remove ads for down-payments, because production for the car had not yet been approved. However, following today's official announcement that GM will build the Camaro, it seems the dealers are right back at it again.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chev...sspagenameZWDVW

[CaptainHenreh]

Whoopdie-fuggin-do.

Wake me when they make it.

[Evan]

2009?
it takes them over 3 years to put in production something that they already have a driving prototype of?

I wonder if it will still be as ugly in 3 years.
my bet: yes

[Sijray21]

hrug: - i like the design, and i hope they do make it. I hope it's better than the competition.

Goodspeed, do you have a rear shot of this driving prototype? i've seen other pictures, but i don't know how different it is and i'm too lazy to type it in google .

[CaptainHenreh]

2009?
it takes them over 3 years to put in production something that they already have a driving prototype of?

I wonder if it will still be as ugly in 3 years.
my bet: yes

Well, that's because they don't really have a driving prototype. They have a new monaro with a hideous body kit and a big engine.

Which I guess is sort of a driving prototype. If that's how they're going to make the car. But since the they *can't* do that, they have to build their new RWD plant first.

(I think. All of the above is shit that Rex pulled from the back of his brain, maybe from reading car and driver or road and track or any other number of things he reads.)

[PDenbigh]

It looks like a villian from "Cars 2" complete with eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth.

[Mike]

all look like photoshops to me.

[Goodspeed]

All look like photoshops to me

http://www.chevrolet.com/performance/
http://starter.feedroom.com/main.jsp?&rf....881562646

Its for real. If they dicked around at all about something like this, they'd have half a million rabid F-body fans burning them down. :lol:

I've only seen the rear in these types of prototype pics


I'm pretty sure every new Camaro concept that they've shown has been a runner, as much as one can be...rolling off of trucks and stuff...but still

[HAULN-SS]

2008...what i heard

[Goodspeed]

I think the best news out of all of this is that the Challenger will definately be coming to production (I haven't heard much on that car lately...have they said its a go yet??). I'd rock one of those in black.

Also, if they build a screaming chicken version, from what I've seen I like it more than the Camaro sibling


Lets just hope that GM will stay alive long enough to produce these cars. They need to shit can some cars and brands in general

[karioth]

its supposed to have pretty impressive power, 400/400 if I remember correctly (new vette motor I think). I still think .. bleh ... another camaro ... lets see what it actually is when it comes out

[NTIman]

looks like an angry retarded kid. but i guess i'm biased because i'm a ford guy

[ScottyB]

the power sounds good and all, but i cringe to think what a land yacht like that will weigh. put your wide ass tires on it and everything but it's still gonna be a handful.

i want US manufacturers to bring back something from their crazy days, like a new corvair or cortina, or fiero....but then again i'd be the only one to buy something that ridiculous

[HAULN-SS]

Hrmm. I doubt it'd be any heavier than 3400lbs

[Nis01]

Not terrible looking... Nice to see a car leave production and actually come back.

[HAULN-SS]

I just hope it doesnt end up like the 05+ mustangs. Everybody and their brother driving one

[ScottyB]

Hrmm. I doubt it'd be any heavier than 3400lbs

i hope not. the new dodge charger is said to come in around 4000 so i figured that these would be roughly the same, since they are about the same size as a similarly heavy GTO

[Nis01]

Maybe they'll be nice and even give it a manual transmission... :lol:

[Jeff]

HAHAHAHAHAHA...what an ugly car.

[Kaan]

by the time 2009 comes around... who the hell is going to be able to afford the gas that would have to go into that bastard?