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Aborted Camaro Concept Design

Want to see what the original Camaro Concept that would have been released at the 2005 show last year? It got scrapped and transformed into the one we know today. Autoblog has the story.


2006 Camaro Concept that we all know.


Original concept that was scheduled for release in 2005.


Sketch of the original concept’s front end.


Sketch of the original concept’s rear end.


Clay model of a strange fastback version.


Original concept next to a 1st-gen Camaro.

Hmm. The original concept looks way too much like a 1st-gen Camaro and that fastback version is just ugly. I’m happy they went back and made the thing look revolutionary instead of evolutionary. People need to know this is a new vehicle that only shares the name and heart of the original Camaro.

More Camaro… Almost Confirmed

Autoblog: “Speaking at the Automotive News World Congress, Ed Welburn, Camaro fanatic and GM Vice President Global Design, all but confirmed that the Camaro concept will see production.”

Sweet! Sorry for all of the Camaro posts lately. It’s what I’m most excited about right now. Well, that and my MacBook Pro. Actually, I’ve been getting a very large amount of hits from the Camaro stuff so at least I know I’m not the only one interested.

Cars, Computers, & Refrigerators… Oh My!

Wow! What a week it’s been and it’s only Wednesday. A complete 180 from last week. USC’s loss, Carson Palmer injured, hell breaking lose at work, yada yada yada… So why is this week so good?

Monday, the Camaro is resurrected in the form of the Camaro Concept. The car is unbelievable! A 400hp, 2+2 seat configured, rear wheel drive coupe. Great! Add in 30mpg, displacement-on-demand technology, and a completely modern chassis/suspension/braking package and I’d say it’s damn near close to perfect. Chevrolet just needs to give me the word on an official release and I’m dropping my deposit for it. Yes, I’ll wait the 2-3 years for this.

Monday also brought great tidings of cold and freshness. What does this mean? Remember way back in February of last year when I was dealing with another round of refrigerator blue? Of course you don’t. Well I’ve been without a completely working refrigerator since that time. The freezer worked, but the refrigerator part didn’t. You take things like keeping food cold for granted. After a while of dealing with this problem, my roommate and I eventually just learned to live around it. We bought only non-perishable items and anything that could be frozen. I’d come home every day after work and take my frozen orange juice out of the freezer, even if I didn’t want any. That way if I did want some later, it would be somewhat thawed out. That’s the way we rolled. Well all of that came to a close on Monday also. When I got home, I had a brand new Maytag MFF2557H. 25 cubic feet, french doors, bottom freezer, dual freezing engines, ice maker. This thing is pimp. Now I just need to re-learn that it’s ok to buy perishable items.

Tuesday. MacWorld! The rumors went super wild this time about what was getting released and they couldn’t have been more off this time around. Intel iMacs and (what I thought stole the show) pro laptops all based around the Core Duo processor. I have been dying for a couple of years now to replace my aging G4/450×2 desktop with a high performance laptop. Never been able to do it because the Powerbook G4 was just not worth the money in my opinion. Well that’s changing today when I order my MacBook Pro. Pretty amazing stuff here. Fast processor, extremely fast graphics card, and loaded with new tech. The only thing lame about it is the stupid name. MacBook Pro? You could have done better than that Apple. I didn’t see any problem keeping the Powerbook name. Oh well. I can finally ditch all of that hardware sitting on my desks for something smaller, sleeker, and more powerful. Not shipping until February? Ok, I can wait.

So that’s the week so far. Very consumer whorish of me, I know. Oh well. What are ya gonna do? The only thing that might be able to top this week would be making sweet sweet love to Lindsay Lohan or something, and that’s not even a sure thing to beat this week.

Camaro Concept… It's Official (kinda)

Today at the Detroit Auto Show, Chevrolet officially unveiled the Camaro Concept. Road & Track has an exclusive first look at this amazing vehicle.

My only question now is when can I put a deposit down at the dealership. This thing is so mine in 2008.

Update: Looks like Road&Track definitely dropped the ball on this one. That “exclusive” page wasn’t suppose to go up until the official unveiling from GM on this coming Monday. Good thing I downloaded that one image early. Wish I would have done the same for the video on that page. You’ll be able to watch the release live on Monday @ 10:30am EST.

Update Again: Well I was able to find screen grabs from the video that show off different angles of the car.

Happy New Year

With the new year just a couple hours away, I’d like to wish everyone a safe and happy new year. I haven’t posted much these last couple of months, but there’s a lot to talk about with me and maybe tomorrow I’ll throw up what some of that stuff is. I’m off to my parent’s place and then to some parties. For tonight and the rest of our lives, be good humans.

A Camaro Concept… Could it be true?

This may very well be what I’ve been waiting for over the last 4 years. Salvation! I have my fingers crossed and am hoping it’s true. What you may be looking at are the first pictures of the Chevrolet Camaro concept that will debut at the Detroit Auto Show in January. It could be a hoax, but I highly doubt it at this point.

As fast as these images appear on a site, it seems they come down just as fast. If it is true, look for a less drastic version using styling cues from this concept ready for release in 2008 as a 2009 model. Hot damn! I’m excited!