New Camaros are in the showrooms

RJ · 05-01-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom P

the salesman said they are only selling V6's for the first few months.

There are some V8's out this way, Camaro #01 is owned by Rick Hendrick and it has a LS3.

bill dedman · 05-01-2009, 07:28 PM

Thanks, Clay. I'm not too swift when it comes to the letters/numbers game that involves foreign cars.

I just look at a '65 Mustang, and a '65 Barracuda and wonder what justifies the addition of at LEAST 800 pounds of weight to those cars in the 2009-2010 versions, Camaro included. Those cars had a few aluminum parts (automatic transmissions, mainly), but everything else was cast iron and steel and the both came in at very close to 3,000 pounds, curb weight.

Think about it.... EIGHT HUNDRED POUNDS (and in some cases, more.) And, the cars are basically the same size... or, should be if they're not. I don't remember anybody not buying a new Mustang because it was too small.

Weight is a very important element in the performance makeup of any car; particularly, these.

Can you IMAGINE how an SRT-8 Hemi would motivate a 3,000-pound '65 Barracuda??? Instant low- 12's (maybe better) on the street.

What a shame...

blkjack · 05-02-2009, 07:35 PM

.......Who's ugly now?

dartman · 05-02-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by blkjack

.......who's ugly now?

motor trend or chevy trend. Maybe they should of used the 425hp srt and not 376hp rt.one with more power and better brakes.will it is chevy trend.

denny harvey · 05-03-2009, 08:35 AM

motor trend hates all usa built cars ,have you ever read it ? this was a performance car price COMPARABLE between cars in the same price range.im sure the zr1 vette and viper are faster then all the ones tested ,but at tree times the price.

dartman · 05-03-2009, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by denny harvey

motor trend hates all usa built cars ,have you ever read it ? this was a performance car price COMPARABLE between cars in the same price range.im sure the zr1 vette and viper are faster then all the ones tested ,but at tree times the price.

2009 Dodge Challenger R/T Coupe (5.7L V8 372HP) $30,220.

2010 6.2 (422hp)V-8-powered Camaro SS can be yours for around $35K.

2010 Ford Mustang GT Coupe (4.6L V8 315HP) $27,995

2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 (6.1L V8 425HP) $40,220

all off the motor trend wed page

so they can give $5000 more to the chevy, so why not the dodge or the ford?

denny harvey · 05-06-2009, 01:29 PM

road and track, june 2009,they do compare it to a challenger sr8t at 40k and it was closer but still lost out.you can find this on roadandtrack.com.but the stang was the best handling one of the three at 3590# the camaro ss at 3860# and challenger at4145#.i still dont get all the hate ,they are all better then muscle cars we had growing up.camaro and srt8 ran same 1/4 time with the camaro a tenth faster from 0 to 60.all 3 cool cars but none of them blow the other 2 away...

05-01-2009, 07:28 PM	#2
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: New Camaros are in the showrooms Thanks, Clay. I'm not too swift when it comes to the letters/numbers game that involves foreign cars. I just look at a '65 Mustang, and a '65 Barracuda and wonder what justifies the addition of at LEAST 800 pounds of weight to those cars in the 2009-2010 versions, Camaro included. Those cars had a few aluminum parts (automatic transmissions, mainly), but everything else was cast iron and steel and the both came in at very close to 3,000 pounds, curb weight. Think about it.... EIGHT HUNDRED POUNDS (and in some cases, more.) And, the cars are basically the same size... or, should be if they're not. I don't remember anybody not buying a new Mustang because it was too small. Weight is a very important element in the performance makeup of any car; particularly, these. Can you IMAGINE how an SRT-8 Hemi would motivate a 3,000-pound '65 Barracuda??? Instant low- 12's (maybe better) on the street. What a shame... __________________ Bill Last edited by bill dedman; 05-01-2009 at 10:55 PM.

05-02-2009, 07:35 PM	#3
blkjack Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Belle Vernon, PA Posts: 288 Likes: 26 Liked 55 Times in 19 Posts	Re: New Camaros are in the showrooms .......Who's ugly now?

05-03-2009, 08:35 AM	#5
denny harvey Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: pataskala ohio Posts: 132 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: New Camaros are in the showrooms motor trend hates all usa built cars ,have you ever read it ? this was a performance car price COMPARABLE between cars in the same price range.im sure the zr1 vette and viper are faster then all the ones tested ,but at tree times the price.

05-06-2009, 01:29 PM	#7
denny harvey Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: pataskala ohio Posts: 132 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: New Camaros are in the showrooms road and track, june 2009,they do compare it to a challenger sr8t at 40k and it was closer but still lost out.you can find this on roadandtrack.com.but the stang was the best handling one of the three at 3590# the camaro ss at 3860# and challenger at4145#.i still dont get all the hate ,they are all better then muscle cars we had growing up.camaro and srt8 ran same 1/4 time with the camaro a tenth faster from 0 to 60.all 3 cool cars but none of them blow the other 2 away...

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