When General Motors' financial situation turned from serious to bankruptcy-bound, two of the first models to get pushed back or canceled were the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible and the ultra-performance Z28 variant. But now talk of the Z28's revival is bubbling out of GM.

Over the weekend a group of GM officials held a question and answer session at the Carlisle Nationals event in Pennsylvania, and the enthusiasts over at Camaro5 got new confirmation that the Camaro Z28 is in fact still on the table.

It had been pushed back until after the early 2011 debut of the Camaro Convertible, and feared to be all but canceled, but now the Z28 is back on for a spring 2011 debut shortly after the Convertible. So far the known facts parallel the previous details: more powerful than the SS, a special hood and grille treatment, Z28 badges and/or graphics and a possibly a redesigned rear clip.

Reports from earlier this year said the design of the Camaro Z28 was complete, but that the project wouldn't be going forward due to a low expected sales rate and high per-unit costs. Those earlier plans had a version of the LSA V8 found in the new Cadillac CTS-V, rated at 556hp (414kW) and good for a 0-60mph time likely under 4 seconds with a shot at a high-11-second quarter mile time.

Those would be fantastic numbers for a Camaro, and would certainly be enough to put the Camaro fimly in the lead for this round of the muscle car wars.

Unfortunately, despite the thinly veiled hints from GM personnel at events like the Carlisle Nationals, there's still no official announcement of the Z28, and so the car is still only speculative at this point.

 

they won't put the CTS-V motor in it -- the MSRP would be too high.

 

ctsv motor sounds like a great idea. Is it me or the model in the picture look like it has a set of Volks??