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      03-16-2009, 10:18 PM   #1
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Chevy beat BMW to LED "Halo Rings"

The new Chevy Camero has "White LED Halo rings" It looks hot!

That thing is a nice beast. Thoughts?


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The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro starts production today, and the company is celebrating the kick off of production of the 14,000 cars already pre-ordered. Rated at a stellar-for-its-niche 29mpg highway by the EPA, the all-new Camaro is now the most fuel efficient muscle car soon to hit the market. In this new video, you get a walk-around from the vehicle's chief engineer as he discusses some of the new muscle machine's finer points.

General Motors also launched a new site for the Camaro today, showing off exactly what you'll get for the $22,995 entry price on up to the $34,180 2SS trim. The V6 models deliver 18mpg city and 29mpg highway in automatic transmission form or 18mpg city and 25mpg with the six-speed manual.

The 3.6L V6 gets such great fuel economy while still maintaining 304hp output because of its SIDI (spark ignition direct injection) technology, which allows precise metering of fuel use and very high compression ratios - 11.3:1 on regular pump gas. Most engines that run that high a compression ratio require premium.

The V8 models both score 16mpg city and again the automatic scores better than the manual, with 25mpg highway versus the stick shift's 24mpg, thanks in part to the L99's Active Fuel Management displacement-on-demand system, though it also gives up 26hp to the LS3 found in the manual. As GM is quick to point out, that's a significant step up from the Dodge Challenger SRT8's 14mpg city/22mpg highway rating. All V8 Camaros get acoustically tuned intake runners and a roller-lifter style camshaft with 5% greater intake valve lift than the Covette's LS3.

All three engines also deliver peak power at 5,900rpm, but torque is a different story, with the V6 peaking with 273lb-ft (370Nm) at 5,200rpm, the L99 V8 maxing out at 410lb-ft (556Nm) at 4,300rpm and the LS3 topping out at 420lb-ft (569Nm) at 4,600rpm. Both of the V8s deliver enough low-end punch to make acceleration satisfying from anywhere in the curve, while the V6 looks like it will have to be kept wound up to deliver the fun when saddled with the roughly 3,700lb chassis of the Camaro.

New rolling shots of the Rally Yellow Camaro show it outfitted with the RS appearance package, and an indeterminate trim level, though judging by the sound of the exhaust, it's likely to be a V8-powered SS model. The RS appearance package adds $1,450 to the price of the LT trim, or $1,200 for the SS and includes HID headlights, a spoiler, 20in wheels, darker tail lights and body-colored roof-ditch moldings.
http://www.motorauthority.com/chevy-...camaro-rs.html
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      03-16-2009, 10:27 PM   #2
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LED halo's are sick. I do wish GM luck with the new Camaro. If it fails with this, well, I think we can guess what will happen.
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I do wish BMW had the LED angel eyes.
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Good job Chevrolet.
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Being a fan of Honda engines, I requested that they consider building for the F1 a 4.5 liter V10 or V12. I asked, I tried to persuade them, but in the end could not convince them to do it, and the McLaren F1 ended up with a BMW engine.
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I'm hoping this will save them. One thing is for sure, these are gonna be all over the damn place.
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I'm hoping this will save them.
Wat?
Tha Halo?
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Being a fan of Honda engines, I requested that they consider building for the F1 a 4.5 liter V10 or V12. I asked, I tried to persuade them, but in the end could not convince them to do it, and the McLaren F1 ended up with a BMW engine.
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anyone know what there supposed to run?
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anyone know what there supposed to run?
Run? Price or speed?
Price $20s to 30s.
Speed, well the top of the line has a vette motor in it.
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anyone know what there supposed to run?
The LS will start at US$22,995 while the SS will start at US$30,995.

The SS versions have LS3's pushing out between 400-430 HP and 410-430lb ft of torque. The 6SPD Manual equipped version comes with Launch Control.
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Wat?
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No no, the car itself.
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with all that power, I really am interested some comparisons in handling dept with German and japenese rivals
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with all that power, I really am interested some comparisons in handling dept with German and japenese rivals
430 hp from the factory for $31,500 with the big wheels and the HID's?
Bring it on, it will eat similarly priced 128i's and we all have to remember that it is based on the brilliant Holden Monaro, so it should not be too bad.
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430 hp from the factory for $31,500 with the big wheels and the HID's?
Bring it on, it will eat similarly priced 128i's and we all have to remember that it is based on the brilliant Holden Monaro, so it should not be too bad.
0-60 in 4.7( GM's numbers, the mags should get faster) and a 'Ring time of 8:19, the SS will easily compete with the German's( non-M).
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The only way I'm buying a Camaro is if that shit transforms into Bumblebee, he and I become BFF, and he gets Megan Fox to ride my knob.

Alright, I'll take any two of the three.
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The Z28 will absolutely own when it's released. Could be an M3 killer.
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"Could be"?
That is like saying that the Ford Focus "might" take an F430 on the highway...
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"Could be"?
That is like saying that the Ford Focus "might" take an F430 on the highway...
It's a driver's race.
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The only way I'm buying a Camaro is if that shit transforms into Bumblebee, he and I become BFF, and he gets Megan Fox to ride my knob.

Alright, I'll take any two of the three.
Hell, I'd take bumblebee as a VW beetle and Megan Fox instead of that camaro!

Actually, that camaro looks nice. I do wish GM good luck in this economy because if they don't, a lot of people will go unemployed and I don't wish that on anyone in any company.
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Yeah, i would have liked buying a Megan Fox for $31,500. But the Camaro is also cheap, fun and full of plastic.
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Yeah, i would have liked buying a Fox for $31,500. But the Camaro is also cheap, fun and full of plastic.
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Yeah, i would have liked buying a Megan Fox for $31,500. But the Camaro is also cheap, fun and full of plastic.
Rubber duckies are fun, especially in the bath tub.
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Will be in a straight line. First curve would tell a different story.
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