If you ever find yourself arriving out of the Los Angeles International Airport – or LAX, as its more affectionately called – in the coming days and you’re in need of a rental car to take you around the City of Angels, it’s better to do it in style, don’t you think?
Budget happens to have a location just outside the airport and while they do have a roster of reliable rides to choose from, what got our attention was those glistening 2010 Camaros waiting patiently for renters to take them out of the lot.
The Camaros for rent come in either the V6 version or the V8 SS and Budget has priced their Camaro rentals at $139.99 for the V6 and $149.99 for the SS.
We figure that the popularity of the Camaro these days, mixed with the thrill-seeking allure of Los Angeles, would be enough reason for people in need of a rental car to pick those brand-new and beautiful Camaros out from the rest.
But we don’t need to tell you that. We’re confident you already know what awaits you when you’re seen around Hollywood in a 2010 Camaro.
Have you always wondered what it would be like to own a Camaro but budget constraints have forced you to just think of it as nothing more than just a dream?
Now – thanks to Sports Radio 850 WEEI, a Boston radio station and New England Chevrolet Dealers – you can own, not just a 2010 Camaro, but a Camaro that is owned by no less than Dustin Pedroia.
If you don’t know who Pedroia is, he’s pretty much a deity in the Boston-area, thanks in large part to being the starting shortstop of the Boston Red Sox.
All you need to do is go sign up at WEEI.com/camaro through September 27 and, provided you get an official Dustin Pedroia Camaro poster from any participating New England Chevy Dealers, you’ll name is going to be entered in the raffle for the celebrity Camaro.
To make it more enticing, Pedroia will be signing-off on the new car, giving its future, new owner the official stamp that the car was once Pedroias.
The winner will be chosen on September 28, at which time, the lucky bloke who wins it will not just have a Camaro, but a Camaro that was owned by a local sports hero.
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We here at Top Speed recently had the opportunity to get behind the wheel of an Imperial Blue Metallic 2010 Chevrolet Camaro RS for an extended period of time and we have to say that we enjoyed every minute of the modern day muscle car experience. The Camaro RS combines the fuel efficient 300 HP direct injected V6 that gets as much as 29 MPG with the aggressive styling as the powerful Chevrolet Camaro SS with its 20 inch wheels wrapped in high performance rubber, high intensity discharge headlamps, rear spoiler and polished taillight bezels as well as unique RS badges all for only $31,530.
Back when we spoke with the car’s lead Exterior Designer Luciano Nakamura, he assured us that the 2010 model is not a retro Camaro, but instead a 21st century muscle car inspired by the classic bow tie wearing pony car with its strong shoulders and classic Coke bottle shaped waistline while the interior is quite a different story, including touches like a flat rimmed steering wheel and a four pack of accessory gauges to give the new Camaro a 1960s Americana feel.
The 2010 Camaro comes complete with all the amenities we have come to expect from a modern car like dual stage frontal and side curtain airbags as well as Stabilitrak traction control, four wheel disc brakes with ABS, tire pressure monitoring system and of course, General Motor’s fabulous OnStar system complete with convenience features like turn by turn navigation and a very peace of mind granting automatic crash response.
If you live somewhere around Zavala County, Texas, we advise you to be on your best behavior should you happen upon a black 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS. Chances are, that car is one mean unmarked police cruiser.
The car was modified by Southwest Public Safety and they have a video to show just how they were able to do it. In the vid, you’ll be able to see the boys from SPS install police strobes behind the Camaro’s front grille, inside the rear window, and in the rear bumper just outside the car’s license plate. In addition to that, the car was also outfitted with a radar detector into its A-pillar, plus a speed monitor placed just above the car’s rear view mirror.
It’s a cool video to watch to see how you turn an already fierce Camaro into an even more intimidating police vehicle.
John Schnatter’s long lost love has finally returned. Thanks to a few helpful souls, Schnatter, the founder of the pizza chain Papa John, was reunited with his 1971 ½ Chevrolet Camaro Z28, a car he sold 26 years ago to help his father save the family business and also allowed him to start his pizza chain.
After turning Papa Johns into one of the biggest pizza chains in the world, it seemed that Schnatter had everything he wanted at the palm of his hands, except for his long-lost Camaro.
After decades of tiring searches – which included Schatter hiring an ex- FBI agent to search for the car and launching a promotion to search for the car with a reward of $250,000 - the car was eventually found somewhere in Flatwoods, Kentucky and was now owned by Jeffrey Robinson.
Fortunately for the Schnatter’s beloved Z28, Robinson took great care of the car - even fine-tuning the car’s engine that now pumps out 825 horsepower –but also kept most of the original details intact. As you can expect, Schnatter willingly paid Robinson the promised $250,000 just so he could be reunited with the car he last saw drove off on his father’s driveway 26 years ago.
If that isn’t enough, Schnatter has also promised that all Camaro owners will receive a free pizza on August 26. So might we suggest that if you have a Camaro sitting in your garage right now, make sure to drop by a Papa Johns pizza chain on the 26th to claim your free pizza.
We travel down under for this latest set of spyshots about what looks to be a batch of freshly rolled out 2010 convertible Camaros.
The photos, which were photographed by a Camaro5 forum member, show a number of soft-top silver Camaros in all their undisguised glory at the GHM Holden’s e Fisherman’s Bend production facility in Melbourne, Australia.
GM has been on thrown on the hot seat by a lot of anxious customers regarding the scheduled release date of the convertible Camaros, a date General Motors has pushed back repeatedly over the past. The Camaro Convertible comes with either a V6 or V8 engine has been one of the most eagerly-anticipated cars in America, so you can imagine the general public’s growing aggravation over the continuous delays GM has been making on the release of these cars.
But we’re confident that whatever frustrations people may have over GM, the mere sight of these mouth-watering Camaros should all appease their anxieties - even for just a bit.
We’ve seen a lot of pretty interesting marketing efforts from car brands over the years. While some have bordered on the weird, others are just too fun to ignore.
A Chevrolet dealer in Mexico has come up with a pretty creative and amusing way to get people inside their dealership. They’ve commissioned somebody – probably one of their employees – to dress up as Bumblebee from the hit movie Transformers.
But that’s not all. The man dressed up as our favourite Autobot doesn’t just talk up amused customers about his new gig but he can actually transform into a pint-sized version of the 2010 Camaro. It sounds crazy to read it so we suggest you go see the video for yourself. It’s definitely worthy of a good laugh.
One of the first companies offering the American pony car to the European market was the German based Geiger Cars back in June, and while Chevrolet is currently only producing the 2010 Camaro in two different output levels, Geiger is offering them in three. General Motors makes a very fuel efficient 3.6 Liter V6 that makes 308 HP and will get as much as 29 MPH on the highway while still cranking out almost 275 lb-ft of torque. The high end SS Camaro is being offered with a rather impressive 432 HP 6.2 Liter LS3 V8, the same unit found in the Chevrolet Corvette C6, that makes a ground pounding 420 lb-ft of torque.
However Geiger is offering the 21st century pony car with the addition of a supercharger under the hood that increases the V8 powered Camaro’s output up to a roaring 568 HP and 589 lb-ft of torque. Allowing the newfound compressed air to escape from the piston pumper are a set of high flowing sport catalytic converters that feed into a stainless steel Geiger manufactured high performance sport tuned exhaust. Charged with clamping duties and getting almost 600 lb-ft of torque to the ground is a specialy designed twin plate sport clutch. Even with the Geiger Camaro’s shorter rear end the blown American muscle car can still reach a top speed of 195 MPH, quite a feat for any American production car.
Since power is nothing without control, Geiger has also found time to fit the Camaro SS wit a fully adjustable coil over suspension as well as a set of sport tuned anti-roll bars to keep all four wheels flat on the pavement and the Camaro tracking in a straight line when it gets close to that top speed. It takes a lot of braking power to bring a couple thousand pounds from early 200 MPH to a dead stop, so that is why Geiger fitted a paor of six piston brake callipers up front over a set of grooved 380 mm disks and a pair of four piston stoppers out back with some more grooved dinner plates measuring 355 mm in diameter. Housing all of that very important stopping technology are a set of 22 inch rims wrapped in a set of 265/30 tires up front and some 295/25 rubber donuts out back. All we want to know is where can we sign up.
While the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro has enjoyed an impressive showing in the U.S. market, that shouldn’t come as a surprise to a lot of us because, well, the Camaro has always been one of Chevrolet’s strongest cars among American car owners.
It turns out, the US isn’t the only place where the Camaro is considered king. The iconic American muscle/sports car has already sold out in Japan despite the car not being on sale yet. Confused?
As it turns out, GMAP has already received over 120 orders for the Camaro, more than the quota GM originally pegged for the Land of the Rising Sun. While it’s misleading to assume that the Camaro has been flying off the shelves in the Japan – there are, after all, only 120 units that’s going to be sold in Japan. – it should warm the hearts of the folks from GM to see that the Camaro has fetched quite a following in Japan.
We have recently received a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro RS into the Top Speed test fleet, although this isn’t the 426 HP hire breathing SS model, the RS package adds true muscle car styling to the green pony car. That is because like the high horsepower model, this V6 powered Camaro is capable of getting as much as 29 MPG on the highway, not bad considering that the direct injected gasoline engine is still able to put out 300 HP. We are not disappointed having the entry level mill, because after all this is still an all new 2010 Camaro.
Back when we spoke with the car’s lead Exterior Designer Luciano Nakamura, he assured us that this is not a retro 1969 Camaro, but instead a 21st century muscle car inspired by the classic bow tie wearing pony car. However the inside is quite a different story, everything from the flat rimmed steering wheel to the four pack of accessory gauges the Camaro has a 1960s Americana feel. The seats are wrapped in an attractive two tone leather scheme and a uniform stitching ties everything that is upholstered together. There is also an AM/FM/XM radio with in dash CD player and USB input inside of the center console for all of your MP3 player needs.
What sets the RS apart from regular six cylinder Camaros are a set of these staggered monolithic 20 inch five spoke rims that come on the V8 powered car complete with the sticky Pirelli P ZERO tires measuring as wide as 275 mm in the back. Up front the RS is identifiable by the halo ring HID headlamps that also come standard on the SS. Aside from the special RS badges the only other thing that differentiates this well equipped $31,530 Camaro from the base model is the aggressive spoiler that sits on top of the rear boot lid.
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