While celebrity gossip usually concerns romances with members of the opposite sex, Hollywood residents do some crazy things from time to time. For instance the big screen actor Brad Pitt has just been spotted with a new love interest. Just the other day he ran into a little snag with his custom chopper, and it now seems that he is finding happiness on four wheels with something that has orange accents and a bowtie.
The latest object of the award winning actor’s affection may not be what you are thinking, and Angelina shouldn’t be too jealous, because Brad was recently seen stepping into a brand new Camaro SS. Just like all of GM’s 2010 pony cars, the Branjamaro is powered by an extremely efficient modern day small block V8. The LS3 power plant displaces 6.2 Liters and can make as much as 422 HP and 408 lb-ft of torque when equipped with a fuel saving six speed manual transmission. Either way we know that it has an octet of cylinders because it is an SS model, but the question remains does Brad Pitt’s new lady take full control or does she let him bang the gears.
The other days we reported about the Lingenfelter 750HP Supercharged Camaro, but this will not be the only Lingenfelter’s project at SEMA Show. They will also bring the 2010 Camaro LTA, or a modern version of the Pontiac Trans Am.
Although there are not much details on the car, it is known that the Camaro LTA will be powered by a powered by a LS based 655 hp Lingenfelter 455 CID engine and will feature Corsa exhaust, custom honeycomb wheels & Nitto tires.
Also, both interior and exterior feature a classic ’71 Trans Am theme.
As expected the new Chevrolet Camaro will be the star as this year’s SEMA Show. Lingenfelter Performance Engineering in cooperation to Hotchkis Performance will present a customized 750 hp Camaro SS.
The Lingenfelter 750HP Supercharged LS7 2010 Camaro SS is powered by a hand-built 427 CID (7.0L) LS7 engine featuring forged pistons, titanium connecting rods and Inconel exhaust valves. A Magnusson/Eaton TVS2300 supercharger breathes into a custom Lingenfelter intake manifold. The result is 750 hp.
Other highlights include a Hotchkis Total Vehicle System (Sport Springs, Adjustable Sport Sway Bars and ChassisMax Subframe Brace), Brembo brakes, custom LPE 20-inch 10-spoke wheels, an LPE exclusive air management body kit, a custom embroidered interior and a Mito rear view mirror with video display. The Lingenfelter body kit and engine package will also be offered as separate packages.
We are more accustomed to hearing about the classic American tuners from Hurst Performance creating special edition Challengers and Mustangs, however they have teamed up with Chevrolet to auction off the very first preproduction HURST/Camaro on eBay prior to the 2009 SEMA show in order to fund the SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Now the auction is already under way, and aside from this 445 HP stunning silver and black pony car, the highest bidder will also walk away with a very special SEMA experience prize package. The package includes two tickets to the show, a two night stay at the Las Vegas Hilton, $1000 worth of American Airlines flight vouchers to get you there and a pair of passes to the eBay party at the Bellagio while in Sin City. The winning bid will ensure that the SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund, a program that fosters industry leadership by supporting the education of students pursuing careers in the automotive aftermarket, continues on.
As if the trip of a lifetime to Las Vegas isn’t enticing enough, the HURST/Camaro comes complete with plenty of goodies of its own, like a set of 20 inch forged aluminum HURST T-2 wheels, a Hurst Competition Plus short throw pistol grip shifter and a Hurst AIRSPEED rear deck spoiler to complete the aerodynamic modifications. The modified muscle car rides on an aftermarket Eibach suspension to give the Camaro just the right stance, while a Magnaflow stainless steel performance exhaust gives the HURST/Camaro a much more aggressive bark to match the car’s bad boy livery.
After seeing what it was like to get a first-hand view of what goes on behind the scenes inside the making of a Lamborghini Murcielago SV and a Rolls-Royce Phantom, National Geographic’s “Ultimate Factories” heads over to the Oshawa GM plant – at over 8 million square feet, this plant is widely considered as one of the largest auto plants in the world - to give us an in-depth look towards the making of one of America’s most iconic muscle cars, the 2010 Camaro SS.
The Camaro episode will air tonight on Nat Geo starting at 8 pm ET. Be sure not to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge on the inner workings of how Chevrolet creates the popular muscle car.
If you’re the type that already has your TiVo’s locked and loaded, we’re giving you a sneak preview of tonight’s episode.
Despite the fact that General Motors has continuously delayed the launch of a drop top pony car once again you can’t stop automotive enthusiasts from chopping the roofs off of 2010 Chevrolet Camaro. It would be a difficult job to tell this yellow Camaro from Drop Top Customs apart from what will eventually roll off the line at GM’s Oshawa assembly plant in Ontario, Canada. Now they aren’t showing any close ups of the welds and that large convertible cover offers a lot of room to hide some unsightly craftsmanship, but if it never breaks then there will be no need to open it up. We will just have to take a closer look at the car when we see it at this year’s SEMA show where Drop Top Customs will most likely have more than one Camaro convertible on display.
Now Drop Top is asking for a solid $18,000 to give Camaro owners the opportunity to experience the wind in their hair at least a year and a half before the general market will be able to. The question you have to ask yourself is a $40,000 V6 Camaro really worth it? Perhaps as more and more of these modern muscle cars appear on the streets of the U.S. owners will be more inclined to pony up for the extra appeal, and when they do the Florida based shop will be waiting to help a few Camaro owners stay ahead of the pack.
Virgil Coffman is 101 years old, but you can’t tell him how to live out the rest of his life because he seems to be making the most out of it already. After taking the delivery of a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS, you’d be hard-pressed to find anybody as old as Coffman that can drive the wheels of a Camaro.
Nevermind the fact that he owns one, what’s even more remarkable is the fact that he can still drive, and he seems to do so with the vision of a man half his age. But those who know Coffman know just how much of a car nut he is. According to them, he’s owned around 40 cars in his lifetime and his latest ride, a 2010 Bumblebee Edition Camaro was acquired after he traded in a red Monte Carlo SS.
Not bad at all for a 101-year old, huh? Although his driving skills remain sharp up to this day, Coffman does have to take a driving exam every year to make sure that he doesn’t become a liability on the road. And surprisingly for someone of his age, he passes all of them with flying colors.
Check out the video and be introduced to quite possibly, the oldest Camaro owner in the world today.
For all you Batman-loving car nuts out there, we’re now telling you to turn away and not even bother to look at this.
But if you can’t resist, then we won’t blame you either.
This car is not the Batmobile. No. No. No.
What it is is a 2001 Chevrolet Camaro that has been face-lifted to make it look – at the very least – like the Dark Knight’s ride. While his expectations of what a Batmobile looks like differs greatly from the entire human population, we can’t help but appreciate the effort.
That is, until, we scoured the car and found a few minor mishaps said owner has done with his re-styling. First of all, he needs to work on his spelling as evidenced by the tag line ‘King of Gothem City’ emblazoned on right rear side of the car. Second of all, we understand the whole concept of posting stickers on the rear window, provided it doesn’t impede the driver’s vision when he checks out his rear-view mirror, but this guy decided that small stickers have no place in his ‘Batmobile’ so he went with a sticker that almost covers the entire rear window.
Hennessey Performance Engineering seems to have made a habit of turning fast and powerful cars into speed demons on the road. The performance tuners latest project, the 2010 HPE700 Camaro is no different from the rest.
Loaded with a supercharged LS9 V8 engine – the same engine that can be found under the hood of the Corvette ZR1 – the HPE700 Camaro produces around 717 ft-lb of torque and a horsepower of well over 700 hp. If you know your Camaros, that’s 300+ ft-lb of torque and 250+ horsepower more than the standard Camaros. For lack of a better term, the HPE700 is a Camaro on steroids.
It sounds appropriate too once you listen to the added power the HPE700 produces. Of course, Hennessey made all of that possible by tinkering with the car’s specifications including the addition of 15-inch carbon brakes and a customized suspension to make the car sturdier as it picks up speed. In addition to that, Hennessey also outfitted the HPE700 with a number of carbon fiber body panels to make it relatively lighter than standard Camaros.
From what we’ve heard, only 24 of these cars have been made retooled by Hennessey and 13 have already placed in their orders. The car, which will be on-hand at SEMA, costs around $120,000 so if you’re interested in purchasing one, we must warn you that only 11 cars remain up for sale.
Should you need more convincing, we invite you to check out the video of the car and listen to he rip-roaring power of the engine. Frankly, that’s all the convincing you’ll need.
To be clear, the original Bumblebee was a Volkswagen Beetle so we’ll get that matter-of-fact statement out of the way.
What we are talking about of course was the first incarnation of Bumblebee in the movie Transformers and if you’ve seen the movie, you know it’s not the 2010 Chevy Camaro but rather a dilapidated looking 1977 Camaro. We’re saying all of this because it’s been brought to our attention that the said car – yes the one that chased Sam Witwicky while he was riding his mother’s pink bicycle – is now up for sale.
The car, naturally, is far from peak condition, but it does have all the necessary equipment to make it functional. Plus, it also comes with a certificate of authenticity from Bay Films, which means that this specific car was, in fact, the one that was used in the first movie and the very same one Mikaela (Megan Fox) called a ‘piece of crap Camaro’forcing Bumblebee to upgrade his model.
We don’t have a price on the car yet, but we’re hearing that it’s being sold for around $12,000 – to $15,000. Considering the world-wide fame – or notoriety – this car was able to garner from being in the movie, we think that it’s a bargain worth looking into.
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