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WOW, can GM possibly bastardize one of my favorite models(from a historical perspective) any more??? I mean this is just damn hideous, its like they stole the designers from the new Accord and said, yeah give us one of those gaping black maws that doesn't flow with any of the other lines on the car.
As somebody who owned two previous Camaros(1999 Z28 T-top and 1998 Z28 Convertible), I have nothing but contempt for the 2010+ models. I never did like that they were designed to look like a toy, like a Transformer from that horrid Michael Bay movie back in 2007. The "retro" styling theme had kind of come full circle by the late 00's, even though I don't think these new cars really look like the 1st gen Camaros except maybe in the greenhouse area. My main beef though is how small they made the windows, can't see out at all. Then GM completely redesigns the car a couple of years ago, not a single body panel shared, but somehow makes it look like the same car they had been selling for 5 years, same car that came out 9 years ago in that Transformers movie. I mean come on, coupes live and die on style, its not like a Camry or Rav4 here, where you want to keep a familiar shape, do something different, people buy these cars because they are the hot new look, selling a trendy sports car in 2017 that looks like the car they saw in the 2007 movie is just plain bad business IMO. I mean look at all the different generations of Camaro before, every time they radically altered the look of the car at each redesign.
Looks different, but I kinda of like both V8 and V6/I4 fascias. Interesting GM retains the V6 while still offering Turbo 4 and V8, while Mustang dropped it's V6. I like the confidence still in the V6.
some decent price drops. GM is getting desperate to sell these. They are still getting outsold by the 11 year old challenger and this is before 2019 refresh
I was hoping to be able to get you by saying, "what's the torque?"
350 lbs. ft. from 2500 to 5000 rpm lol so I can't.
dang it used to be a 2 liter 4 cyl plateau'd at around 295 to 300 tops. Seems like they are asking those small cylinders to do a lot? Wonder what the boost psi is...
Chevrolet announced that it will be showing off a mildly customized 2019 Chevy Camaro at this year's SEMA Show. And it's rather interesting for a couple of reasons. First of all is the color, which is aptly named "Shock." It's a tennis ball yellow color that's actually very similar to what was used on the 2017 Chevy Camaro Turbo AutoX concept from a couple of years ago. It will be available early next year on the 2019 Camaro.
The other interesting part of this Camaro is that it could be considered an admission from Chevy that they didn't quite nail the looks of the 2019 Camaro SS. You see, this glowing show car is an SS, but the front fascia is very clearly different from the production model. The production SS has a giant black center that blends in with the rest of the grilles, and features the bowtie badge square in the middle. The Autoblog staff is divided on the new face – some say it looks like a 2018 Camaro hit a large animal and punched a giant hole through the middle.
But this show car moves the badge to the upper grille, like on the 2018 model, and paints the center bar the same color as the rest of the body. The result is something that looks like the much more conservative four-cylinder and V6 Camaros, and to the 2019's detractors it's a major improvement for the SS. It blends with the rest of the generally unchanged body, and looks sleeker than the full, flat face of the 2019 SS model.
The question is, will Chevy make this less controversial fascia available to the public? The company says it's just a concept design, but it's possible Chevy will be gauging the public's reaction to decide whether to introduce it. If any stylists, executives or other GM employees are reading (and care about our opinion), we'll cast our vote in favor of the show car's face.
Last edited by bagwell; 10-17-18 at 02:06 PM.
Reason: 2019 Chevy Camaro shows off new color, new SS nose at SEMA
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Correct. Seen this facelift a few mouths ago, just with the black gape instead of body-colored bumper. For once, it's nice to see a manufacturer add more paint up front instead of a ridiculous hole.
04-09-18, 09:25 PM
