Ever since Sylvester Stallone became America’s favourite underdog as Rocky, his movie credentials have taken quite a substantial dip with “blockbusters” like Get Carter, Daylight, and The Specialist counting on Sly’s resume.
Needless to say, Stallone’s taste for scripts leaves a lot to be desired but despite his monotonous, one-expression acting skills, we do have to give Sly credit for having good taste in cars.
These photos show Stallone with fellow action-man Jason Statham observing Rocky’s new ride, a special-edition super-charged Hendrick 25th Anniversary Camaro. Unlike other celebrities who prefer to keep their special edition cars tucked snugly in their garages, Stallone seems to take great pleasure in showing of his new digs, driving it in and around town for the whole world to drool at.
People say that a person makes his own luck. That being said, a man from Cincinnati probably had a few shamrocks and horseshoes in his pocket after his Chevrolet Camaro SS crashed into a utility pole, completely slicing the Camaro’s front end.
Miraculously, the driver got out of the car and walked away virtually unscathed with only a ‘scratch on the head’ as a possible injury.
According to WCPO, local authorities are still investigating the cause of the crash with the police equally baffled at the injuries – or lack thereof – sustained by the driver after enduring a crash that had ‘fatal accident’ written all over it.
We don’t know if its plain luck or someone was looking after the man, but either way, we’re glad that he escaped the crash without any major injuries. Now if only he’d let a doctor look at that “scratch on the head”.
GM made official the 2010 Camaro, "a heritage-inspired sports car for the 21 st century, combining great looks and performance; advanced technology and surprising efficiency – including 26-mpg estimated highway fuel economy."
The 2010 Camaro will be offered in 10 available exterior colors and three different trims: LS and LT models offered with an advanced, 3.6L direct-injected V-6 engine with variable valve timing and a choice of six-speed manual or automatic transmissions and SS model offered with 6.2L V-8 – including fuel-saving Active Fuel Management on automatic-equipped combinations – and a six-speed manual transmission.
The Camaro is built on GM’s global RWD platform and is being offered with two suspensions. LS and LT models receive an FE2 (sport) suspension, while the SS receives the FE3 (performance) suspension, including a lower ride height. Each is tuned to match the performance capabilities of their respective powertrains, as are their wheel-and-tire combinations.
The Camaro features Bluetooth phone connectivity, Premium Boston Acoustics audio system, USB connectivity, Ultrasonic rear parking assist, Remote vehicle starting system, OnStar and XM Satellite Radio.
Full specifications in the press release after the jump.
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The Pontiac Trans Am is a car that made history. So is no surprise people want it back. And while Pontiac has no chance to revive the name, there are tuners out there who found solutions for that. For example Gearhead Performance Group (GPG) took a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro and transformed it into a Trans Am.
Their car is powered by a 6.2 liter twin turbo LS9 engine, that delivers a total of 900 hp. The engine is mated to a 6 speed transmission with hardened gears and drive axle. Besides that it gets custom suspensions and functional fender vents for brake heat reduction, it is lowered 1" in the front and 2" in the rear and sits on 22" custom wheels (snowflake available).
As we were perusing the Internet the other day, for car related reasons of course, we came across a very interesting post on Craig’s List that proves the second coming of the muscle car is still going strong. Chrysler’s in house high performance specialists will sell racers a Hemi powered Mopar Drag Pack Challenger that is good for 10 second quarter mile runs and the blue oval has brought back a purpose built Ford Racing Boss 302R Mustang ready for Grand-Am road racing with a 21st century 5.0 Liter V8 under the hood that promises to deliver some pretty fast laps. However bowtie enthusiasts will be happy to hear that GM Performance Parts is offering the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro as an off highway body in white blank canvas for race teams to drape over the chassis of their choice before packing up the trailer and heading out for whatever series they want to compete in, starting at only $7,000.
The benefit of this approach is that not only will racers be able to practice whatever discipline they desire, but also the bare metal body shell is a much better start for a purpose built racecar. The special order GM Performance Part means that crews will not have to waste any time tearing down the vehicle in order to strip as much weight as possible, in fact the only way to make a steel bodied 2010 Camaro weigh less would be to Swiss cheese one of these things. Offering the perfect start for anyone who is serious about going racing, the bare body means that the car can be custom built to whatever specifications are necessary, with everything from the engine and suspension to the rear end being up to the builder. Luckily GM also offers every conceivable component to fill those empty bolt holes from big blocks ready for drag racing to high performance trannys built to take the abuse. It’s the little things like these that our dreams are made of and makes us proud to be in America.
Press release after the jump.
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Previewed at the 2009 SEMA Show by a concept car with the same name, the Camaro Synergy Special Edition has been announced today for production. it will be produced between February to May, and it will be priced at $26,790.
The Synergy Special Edition is based on the Camaro 1LT and it is powered by a 3.6 liter direct injection V-6 engine that delivers a total of 304 hp and 273 lb.-ft. of torque, and returns up to 29 mpg on the highway.
Besides the Synergy Green exterior color, it also gets Cyber Grey Rally Stripes, a standard rear spoiler, and standard 19 inch, Sterling Silver painted wheels wrapped with P245/50R19 tires. The interior is defined by the same Synergy Green color on the instrument panel and door inserts.
Standard options include: Camaro Convenience and Connectivity Package, with Bluetooth phone connectivity, USB port for MP3 players, and remote vehicle start.
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SMS Supercars will reveal their latest creation at the Detroit Auto Show on Monday. The SMS 620 is a ultra-high performance of the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro and will go on sale in the second quarter of 2010.
The SMS 620 Camaro is powered by a 6.2 liter V8 engine that delivers a total of 575 hp and 600 ft-lb of torque, while the even more powerful 6.2 liter V8 of the SMS 620X Camaro, with all new internals and CNC headwork, delivers a stunning 715 hp and 700 ft-lb.
The 620 makes the sprint from 0 to 60 mph in under 4.3 seconds, while the 620X Camaro in only 4 seconds.
The 620X will feature optional Magneto-Rheological Semi-Active Dampers, Torvec Isotorque diff, 21-inch rear wheels, sixteen-inch, eight-piston front brakes and 14-inch, six-piston rears.
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The Chevy Camaro may have been one of the most popular cars of 2009, but despite the enormous success it garnered, the Camaro still fell short against its one-true rival - the Ford Mustang – in the one category it so desperately wanted to win: sales numbers. According to sales data released by Ford and GM, the Mustang outsold the Camaro in 2009 by a tally of 66,623 to 61,618 – a difference of only 5005 units.
Despite the relatively close numbers, the Camaro’s late charge in sales towards the latter part of the year still wasn’t enough to overtake the Mustang for pony car supremacy, which got a shot in the arm of its own after posting 6,327 sold units in December - a 60% increase from its sales figures in November.
We all know just how popular the new Camaro has been but we figure that this is going to be a bitter ----to swallow for the folks of GM. You can have all the awards in the world but at the end of the day, the only number that matters is the number of cars sold for the year and the Camaro – at least for 2009 – will have to settle for second place to the Ford Mustang.
Quite a few shiny new cars have rolled through the Top Speed garage over the last 365 days, we have logged countless miles and spent enough time in drive thrus to thoroughly evaluate the ins and outs of everything from a stripped down fuel efficient Chevy Cobalt XFE that we thought would make a great racecar all the way up to a fully loaded ginormous GL 550 from Mercedes, everything from the gas/electric hybrid king of the road Toyota Prius to just about every iteration of Subaru’s all new Legacy. But it wasn’t until recently when Santa brought us the best early Christmas gift of all time, a Victory Red Chevrolet Camaro SS.
Ever since spending an afternoon with the man who drew the car, Luciano Nakamura, we have grown fond of the 2010 Camaro’s sinister grin, broad shoulders and classic Coke bottle shape. However when we received the keys to the more economical V6 equipped RS model earlier this year and we found it to be lacking in a few areas, mainly performance. At the heart of the the 21st century Super Sport pony car is a 426 HP LS3 V8 that breathes new life into the Camaro. The rumble of fuel injected Detroit iron miraculously made the interior much larger and while most journalists have complained about the extra cylinders adding too much weight over the front axle, but we felt the Camaro SS was more then well equipped to hang the tail out or handle a hard turn in.
It didn’t matter if we were banging gears or just cruising, we loved the way the retro steering wheel made you drive the Camaro with your fingertips, not to mention staring at those broad shoulders every time you look back at someone who isn’t having as fun as you are in the side mirror. Combine that kind of performance with a mid $35,000 price tag and you have just opened up an entire new audience to a beautifully styled high performance muscle car, and for that we must name the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS as the 2009 Top Speed Car of the Year.
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Camaro MotorSport has revealed a wide choice of performance parts for the all new Camaro. The biggest change is a new supercharged V8 engine that delivers a total of 600 hp and 747 Nm.
The first customer to get the new Camaro is the ex-Ferrari F1 driver Mika Salo. His car gets a a Motorsport SC600 package and contains a supercharger, special air intake system, exhaust system, exhaust headers and Dyno fine tuning of the engine management.
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