I cant wait to buy this car!!!

It looks sweet but the back end looks kind of flat compared to the coupe.

Its great but whats the hold up…its been a year and we havent seen the production version yet…whats the point in even coming out with a convertible concept (besides keeping the buzz)…just show the real thing!

If it drives as well as it looks, it will be amazing.

There’d be a reason to get excited if the production model looked anything like this. I’m betting it won’t.

Next news….it will be built on the Cobalt platform to save money. (joke) (hopefully)

I’ve never heard of any manufacturer showing a convertible concept after their coupe version that hasn’t even been produced yet. Usually the coupes will be released and then they will preview the convertible. Wierd. Maybe they are just trying to maintain hype like someone said.

Cobalt? Nah! Aveo, but it will be rear wheel drive and nuclear powered.

Nice butch exterior.
Overly fussy interior.

Where does the line start???

So…… GM has had a year and all they show is a droptop and some new colours? Weak.

:/ It’s so unfortunate that Chevy has to slap it’s logo all over a beautifully designed car (however much they took from the Mustang doesn’t matter much, it’s still fantastic). What happened to the Camaro symbol?

that thing is freaking HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!

that retro dash is big time form-over-function.

This car looks nowhere near as good as the Challenger. I think the reason the coupe looks better is because of the colour more then anything. It looks horrid in orange.

Yeeee Haaaaahhhh slap my thigh and come line dancin with me fellow mullet wearers, our ride is here. This gonna be the vee hickle of choice on my trailer park

^^^
LOL

All kidding aside if they build exactly what I see here it would be cool. But, of course, it’ll be a watered down, spin doctored interpretation of the concept. At that point I’m no longer interested.

Wah wah wah you’re all just sad it doesn’t get 40mpg. Its an awesome car, and you’ll all know it when one pulls up next to you at a stoplight, and then proceeds to smoke you.

That is so freakin sweet!

adam713 if it smokes as good as you smoke pole it’ll be one hell of a car

lol 1952…

This car will be a pig in the corners, just like past Camaros. Trust me, I saw it in person and it is bigger than the Mustang. Still looks like a cartoon.

That car is just frickin’ balls out cool!!

i love when you guys validate a car by how it will do in a drag race. i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again. i could put a jet engine on a bulldozer. that doesn’t make it worth a ****. you guys need to think with your heads and not with your little balls. meatheads just love showing off. people laugh at you.

but leozug, I’m a laydee

buenos, so you had that rectal tightening operation after all?

Ah 1952 MG TD… give it up.. you could never afford me.

I just saw the film trailer to next summer’s Transformers movie. There is a bright Yellow “next gen” Camaro as one of the characters… You only get a glimpse of it in the trailer… Check it out at Yahoo’s movie section. While I’m glad GM is building a contender for the up coming muscle car wars, this Camaro doesn’t work for me personally. It’d rather see GM’s Retro GTO interpetation supposedly coming up on this platform.

i’m sure you are…

1952 I’m not badmouthing the car I’m talking about the people who were complaining about it.

One beautiful car and it looks just like the one they are gong to build.

Its great but whats the hold up…its been a year and we havent seen the production version yet…

Erok, is that supposed to be funny? they show a concept and decide to build it and one year later you expect it in production?

As a self-professed GM hater, it’s hard to say, but this is fantastic!! I would have liked to see a more production-ready interior, because I think all can agree, the exterior is a home-run. If GM is serious about fixing their interior issues, (and they seem to be on the right track with the Enclave, Malibu, and Sky) then this could have been a great opportunity to showcase the future of GM interior design.
Minor complaint aside, Job well done GM, job well done.

” what else would u rather be?”

dre, it sounds to me like you are about 15, live with mommy and are most likely a virgin. i hope that stings.

I fully agree with Phileas Fogg bout the Camaro logo..
drop the ugly bow-tie and put the red white and blue logo or a Camaro script logo on front.

yeah, you guys are right. It used to be “Camaro, by Chevrolet”. It should have the Camaro logos on it.

I bet the exterior is production, and the interior is closer than you think.

If this is GM’s way of keeping the buzz around.. its working. Sweeet!!

Man, is this ever starting to get exciting or what? All it took was someone to get the muscle car idea rolling, now they (American auto Manufacturer’s) can’t stop crankin these concepts and production models out fast enough. These next three years are going to be sweet.

They need to START BUILDING THESE Things NOW and stop “REVEALING” them OVER AND OVER and OVER with a different color scheme.. and by the way the orange is not attractive, but maybe thats just me… aren’t they going to even TRY to bring this out the same time as the Challenger ? they should as that is one PRETTY and VERY fast car as well… you snoozzzee and you usaully LOOOSE market share… especially when your product comes out dead last after all your competitors…

Whoever said Camaros can’t handle has never driven one to say that. They handle suprisingly well if you know what your doing behind the wheel. Don’t be so ignorant.
The car is awesome. The wait & the hype sucks. So does the fact that they’re going to have to redesign a bunch of things for the production version. Like someone said before, that is where I’ll lose most of my interest in it.

Mustangs and Camaros have aquited themselves pretty well at the race track, not just the drag strip. The current Mustang is enjoying reasonable success in road racing. There is no reason to believe that the Camaro will not be a capable road racer as well. The competition will be good and a pony car war between Ford and Chevy only bodes well for the consumer.
I cant wait.

^shhh you might upset those who still think these cars are only good in a straight line.

ahhhhhhhhhhh give it to me already this car is bad ass!

neves,

you can’t argue with someone who’s idea of an awesome handling car is a lowered civic, or their parents’ camry - and spend most of their dateless fridays beating off to tuner monthly magazines..

I would imagaine that the Camaro will handle A LOT better than either the Mustang or the Challeneger as they are both going to be live axle cars and the Camaro is to have an IRS.. That is UNLESS they change the IRS idea in the last minute to make it cheaper.. Hope NOT..

it comes out in 2009? Give me a break does it really have to be that long? The challenger is suppose to come out at the end of this year doesn’t it? Overall it looks ok they just need to fix the interior.

Just out of curiosity people, who here is actually ready to buy one these “Badass” cars, be it the Stang, Challenger, Comaro or what ever muscle you got your eyes on. I for one will be picking up a Challenger if not the first year of production, definately in the second.

Togo,
True.

Also, spend a while watching Barret/Jackson and see what the challengers/camaros/mustangs of the 60’s are bringing at auction. These are no redneck millionaires laying out in some cases hundreds of thousands of dollars for them. The American car industry has seen better days (and will see them again I wager) but they know how to build these types of cars, and they are ingrained in the car culture of this country. I would venture to guess that if any of you teenagers that frequent here have kids in the future, they will be ‘jonesing’ for one of these cars just like a lot of guys in their 40’s are now.

Hey…it’s Dodge Challenger Orange

Zman,
I’ve already set up the bank account :). I’ll however most likely wait until the second year of production.

GM will get this car into production as soon as they can, the reason it will take so long is because the platform it will be on is brand new and will be built in Oshawa, Ontario. Currently Oshawa is building W-bodies such as Impala and Grand Prix, which will also be on the new “Zeta” RWD platform.

IMO, they should have shown the concept this year, closer to the actual release. But honestly, nobody will get sick of this car so get over it.

i freaggin luv this car!!!!!!!!!!!

Fatstrat - lol, ‘their bad’, they know not what they speak of

Personally, I enjoy, to a small extent, the excessive hatred that comes out whenever this car is featured. All that says is GM has struck a chord. (It would seem that chord is stuck in the ass of some of these twits).

And keep in mind everyone, you can’t complain incessantly about so-called poor GM quality and then complain about not having a production model in less than a year’s time. That’s a bit unrealistic to say the least. I can’t say anything more about this amazing piece of art/machinery that I haven’t already said. An amazing muscle car will come to those who wait.

can they keep the buzz going for another year and a half… thats the question for now

1952…you may be female but judging by your posts you are certainly no “laydee”.

Who is going to care about this car when it comes out in 2009? The retro fad is fading and GM is going to be left with a throwback to the 60’s when the competition has moved on or is entering with their own high-po cars (Silva, Supra). I’ll be curious to see what the actual production car looks like, the concept was hideous and cartoonish.

Will people still be wearing Mullets in 2009? Cause I hear that retro fad is on its way out as well.

Kenny W…
I’ve already set up the bank account . I’ll however most likely wait until the second year of production.

Uh, that’ll be like 2010 LOL. By then the “fad” of retro will be the 1980’s .

This thing is so over rated. The Challenger will take all its sales at the beginning at when this **** finally comes out the New Mustang will take the others.

broken cadillac..

I expect you mean silvia right? I’ve not heard of a new silvia coming out, or many old ones in the US for that matter lmao.. We can beat off to sr20 conversions all we want but the reality is that any new watered down supra or silvia (I can’t see this ever showing up lmao in a new form - I see the old ones all the time since you can import 15 year old ones to canada with no questions asked) variant here would not compete with the camaro directly.

anyone who thinks there isn’t a market for the new camaro need only wait, or hell, look at the 166,000 mustangs sold this year..

This thing is so over rated. The Challenger will take all its sales at the beginning and when this **** finally comes out the New Mustang will take the others.

^^^ I hope the 80’s never comeback, worst decade ever.

I was hoping GM would do a Retro IROC-Z from like 1986.

The one that they are throwing around the concept curcuit is a complete insult to the classic. it looks like the designers were watching the “CARS” movie when they came up with the design. The car looks like it’s smiling!

Those wheels are nice though.

I had a Camaro once, back in high school. it was basically a big motor (5.7 liter T.P.I. I think) stuffed in a cheap rattletrap that broke all the time.

Good looking car but man was it a clunker.

They should make this look like the 69 camaro with the larger grille. The smaller grille doesn’t do it for me - it looks too weak. A larger grille would make it look much more like the muscle car it wants to be.

hey deantj ur gay by the way this car is bad ass ohh yea and ur gay!

deantj, i agree 100%. think about how fast it would be if it didn’t weigh as much as a school bus. then again most of you guys don’t care about how it REALLY works, just as long as it looks good.

chevy490 i think it might be your bed time. you sound cranky little boy.

Still hate convertibles, but this one looks pretty good. Good job GM! Heh, it’s been a while since I wrote that, since I haven’t seen anything good come out of GM lately except the Corvette and the GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon.

yawn.2009?this car looks dated already.
let me guess this thing will have a 7.0L tiny small block 467.937 billy bob special engine with 16V PUSROD ENGINE with leaf springs? GM please make this car car fit for the 21st century!

This redneck mullet mobile is a complete pos. can domestics STOP using the same retro card for all their cars, most buyers don’t give a **** about the muscle era anyway. move forward NOT backwards with car design/technology gm.

shame the new 2009 Nissan GT-R and 2009/10 supra will rip this car a new one.

It’s easy to separate the bees-in-a-can import lovers from the real-deal-V8 lovers on here. Okay kids I think I heard the bell, your lunch period is over.

Oh and by the way oddglat, at what cost would that rice-rocket ripping come at? Um yeah, the Corvette has that front covered sufficiently numb nuts. If you want a good laugh, remind yourself of the… oh what was that ’sports car’ called again….??? Oh yeah Celica. LOL

Hey leozug maybe it’s just me just maybe. But you know what I look for in a car is first it’s gotta look good or cool to me. Do you know why? Because I drive it in the real world not in a fantasy world like you obviously live in. I don’t drive on a racetack everyday and I’m betting that the vast majority of people here don’t either. So weight is irrelevant here, especially when you have the ponies to drive it faster than most roads will let you. Why would I want to drive some light Japanese 4 or 6 banger that I have rev the snot out of, and excell the speed limit just to achieve this when I can drive something heavy like this and looks cool to boot and plus break the ass end loose just by stepping on the gas. All this without even breaking the speed limit if I don’t want to. Go suck on your thumb in some dark corner you clown!

cranky little boy what the hell, dude u got probelms!leazug its ganna kill the stang just wait!

I’m new to this site, and i can tell already 90% of the people on here don’t know what the hell they are talking about. I think i’ll stop reading after the article.

i love it

This car looks great, although I like the coupe a lot more I think that this is a great design for gm, now they need to start building the damn things. I cant wait to see the old muscle car wars start back up again, Camaro vs. Challenger vs. Mustang vs. GTO. GM has always created its best designs when they are in a pinch, and it shows. I really hope that 99% of the exterior is production, and the interior, well it could be toned down. Great job GM now stop revealing and start building!

The Supra and the GT-R won’t even be compared to this nor cross-shopped by Camaro buyers.

They can’t comprehend any kind of sophistication and engineering beyond the bright red On-star button on the roof.

I think the Onstar button is blue. I don’t remember because mine fell off and fell between the seats. The salesman who I sold my SRX to didn’t even notice lol.

I did not read all the comments, but I say that it is to little to late. They need this car out NOW or forget the entire camaro crap. GM never gets it.

The Camaro will be out as early and next year. They hear us and they are picking up the pace. But 2009 and a 2010 is more likely. With every little girl around driving a Mustang I would go for something different, this or the more “exclusive” (DCX will not be building as many) Challenger.

Also I’m a coupe man, I can’t stand convertibles. Still nice ride.

sexy sexy sexy sexy sexy sexy sexy sexy sexy sexy sexy sexy sexy sexy sexy sexy car

I love the reincarnation of the 69 camaro,
My dad had one for years which I dreamed of driving as a kid.
I don’t mind that it isn’t exactly like the 69, especially the 400 hp v8, but I do miss the full grill the hideaway headlight option offered in the 69.
My dad used to get pissed cause I would shut them, and he wouldn’t notice until he was driving down the road at night and had to pull over to open them again (the internal mechanism didn’t work)
I feel like I can spend some time with my dad again if I buy this car.
It’s as good as bought

i love this car

this iz car iz on my to git list lol

By the time it comes out its gonna be out-dated… its gonna be 3 years old by the time we get to but it.

I don’t care how long it takes. I will be in line at the dealership if I don’t decide on the Challenger. If anyone is “tired” of it already, they probably were not interested much in the first place.

Besides, Chip Foose apparently puts his seal of approval on it… what more can you ask for?!

I saw this thing in person a the New York auto show…while I like the look in pictures in person it looks way to big

Mmmmmmmmmmm.

looks great GM…now shut up and build it!!

Piablo, you’re be too optimistic here, try getting the facts before you go posting BS. The Challenger is about to be axed once the Chrysler buyout is final. Cerebus will most likely stop development on these low volume “toys” and concentrate on the core vehicles that are essential to Chryslers survival, if there even will be one. The Camaro will own the segment, there will be no competition as by that time, Ford will be long gone as well.

And Chip Foose putting his name on the Camaro is like Daffy duck putting his name on a cereal box. It’ll have no impact on the success of the Camaro. People are already lined up out the door just to get their names on the list.

Not so much with the Dodge pal.

This car will be due for a design refresh before it even hits the dealers. Should have gotten the asses in gear long ago. Great looking car, but the wow factor will have worn off for a lot of prospective buyers

i like how it says 510miles until empty

Dream on johnnycat, dream on. You and the rest of the import humpers are in for a big surprise when you see the Camaro is still the hottest kid on the block, even in 2009. This car isn’t some overhyped import POS, it’s the REAL DEAL and America has been waiting for a car like this to come along from GM since the concept was shown in 2004. If you think for a minute that the Camaro’s praise has dwindled, you’re on another planet. Talk to anyone, I gaurantee that 99% of the them have put the Camaro on top of their wish list and future purchases.

As much as the GM haters want to downplay the Camaro’s arrival, you are looking at the hottest car to come along this decade.

1487, I currently drive an ‘06 Pontiac not an import. The only other cars I’ve owned are Fords. I was actually considering one when they launched, but I have already become bored with the styling, and dropped it off of “MY DREAM LIST” lol.

So you tell me to dream on, that it’ll never happen. Well it already did,… dumbass. Maybe you should go watch the lot and get some “ups” and make a commission instead of wasting space on these boards, mkay, thanks.

If they would have played it smart like they did with the G8, I wouldn’t have had time to get bored.

How many times are we going to see updates on this stupid car?

I never saw a company dangle so many concepts and then not build them. Is this mulletmobile ever going to come out?

We were wondering the same about you Deantj, will you ever come out???

1487 - Try getting the facts before I post BS?!? Try graduating middle school before you even address me.

oh thats such a sweet car.

boring. the production version will never look anything like that

Homeboy - What will be different with the production version? The last car with this much hype was the Solstice. By the time it hit the streets, virtually nothing was changed. Headlights and fog lamps got a slight tweak, nothing else really comes to mind.

All this anti-GM is obnoxious. Go troll on a Toyota site if you want to stir up trouble. We don’t need you here.

well Piablo thats the problem with conceptsis that no matter how much the production version stick to the concept its the concept that always emerges the better looking one. take the Jag XK for one the concept and prodcution version look virtually the same but yet its the concept that most people would argue looks better. even though the final production version might look good, it wont get your pulse racing in the same way that the concept car does. its the same with virtually every car with the exception of the murciealgo roadster in which the production model loooks better than the concept car.

You people are knocking a car thats not even out yet. Doesn’t making your mind up on something before you actually try it out make you a fool? Im not biased for or against the Camaro but the let the car get on the street first before you judge.

Trust me there is enough GM Ass tonguing coming from you to more than offset the rest of the Anti GM sentiment floating around LLN. Keep working for free.

above post was for 1487.

Why does 1487 think this is a GM fanboy site? Last I checked, it wasn’t.
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Great ride, BTW, GM.

^^^^^BEAUSE HE HASNT READ THE TITLE OF THE SITE. LEFTLANE NEWS: CAR NEWS FOR ENTHISIASTS
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NOTHING THERE SAYS GM FANBOY SITE.

ENTHUSIASTS…..JEEZ ITS RITE THERE AND I STILL SPELLED IT WRONG.

I am so tired of hearing about the camaro. When are the finally gonna start production? I still say its gonna be cancelled early 2008 though.

I have to agree with homeboy234.

The original Solstice Concept was a coupe (which was never produced) and later became a convertible (which was green-lighted about a year or so after being showed) and some small interior and exterior changes happened. Not a lot of changes but some changes to make it into production.

My thought on the Camaro is of course the exterior will remain the same with few changes (mostly for Cost) the interior taking most of the hits. Remember the interior has a lot of crazy parts that most likely won’t make it into production.

beautiful car

my first thought is “again?” but new pictures of the camaro never disappoint.

lots of hope here for the camaro but I just do not see it…I am probably wrong but I think it will still feel and ride crappy just like the rest of the GM cars, no matter how good it looks on the outside.

Whew, I thought it was going to be something interesting.

Nope, same old tired concept…

I think an I_ROC would be appropriate to further changes on the muscle car and add a little excitement. By the way, not to dis, but what about the TA? Have you guys heard anything about restyling it?

I’ll take this Camero downtown in my GT500KR Ford Mustang