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What We Know About the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Best-laid plans often run into trouble, as Robert Burns implied. Take the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro. Falling home values, tight credit, new inflation worries, and record gas prices were not on anyone's radar nearly three years ago, when General Motors hinted at the return of its sporty rear-wheel-drive Ford Mustang-fighter. Now that perfect economic storm is still evolving and battering new-vehicle sales, yet GM couldn't afford to stop the car at this late stage. That's why the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro remained on track to a early-2009 debut. The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro arrived in three coupe models patterned on the big-buzz 2006 Detroit Auto Show concept. Convertible versions (previewed by a 2007 Detroit concept) were to be added during the 2010 model run, but now they'll appear in early 2011. A new high-performance Z28 edition was forecast for model-year 2011, but it reportedly has been shelved. Chevrolet thus renews the "ponycar" battle it last waged with Ford in 2002. It also takes on a reincarnated Dodge Challenger that bowed back in 2008 in hot SRT8 guise and added lower-cost mainstream V6 and V8 models for 2009. The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro lineup starts with coupes in base LS and uplevel LT trim that carry the 3.6-liter twincam V6 with direct injection that is used in Cadillac's entry-level CTS premium midsize sedan. In Camaro tune, the V6 is rated at 304 horsepower. The top of the line is a traditional performance-oriented SS model with a 6.2-liter V8 borrowed from base Chevrolet Corvettes. In Camaros, the V8 comes in two flavors. Cars with the 6-speed manual get a LS3 rated at 426 horses. In another nod to unstable petrol prices, cars with the automatic are equipped with a L99 that will have GM's gas-saving Active Fuel Management cylinder-deactivation system and around 400 ponies. All these models should list 6-speed manual and optional 6-speed automatic transmissions. |
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