Jay Leno Drives the Chevy Camaro Concept Car

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Description:	Jay Leno Drives Chevy Camaro Concept Jay Leno makes an appearance with the Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Burbank, California. Retro design, when it's done right, leaves an unmistakable impression of a beloved icon with a simple glance, instantly conjuring memories of simpler, often happier, times. With automobiles, retro design is a fountain of youth rendered in sheetmetal and horsepower, a chance to own brand new what we coveted decades ago, but with the benefit of modern engineering and safety advancements. And so it is with the Chevrolet Camaro Concept, which debuted at the 2006 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. A glance brings the late 1960s flooding back, but with details that clearly speak the design vocabulary of the 21st century. Those 1967-69 first-generation Chevrolet Camaros took the country by storm and kicked off a so-called "pony car war" that lasted until the fourth-generation Camaro bit the dust shortly after the turn of the century. Chevy sold hundreds of thousands of Camaros in each of the last three years of the Sixties, took them racing and won two Trans-Am titles, and gave the Ford Mustang a run for its money on the track and in the showroom. It is this icon that Chevrolet looked to for inspiration while designing the Chevy Camaro Concept. Performance and value are Camaro hallmarks, and while this automobile is strictly a concept for now because GM hasn't decided whether to build it, the company's global product guru, Bob Lutz, admitted that "astonishing value" was a goal in creating the Camaro Concept. Under the Chevrolet Camaro Concept's long hood, which is shaped to mimic the old cowl-induction hood of Chevys past, is a Corvette-sourced 6.0-liter V8 engine making 400 horsepower. It's hooked to a six-speed manual transmission that drives the rear wheels, and includes Active Fuel Management technology to shut down four of the motor's eight cylinders when cruising on the highway. Chevrolet says that this car could get as much as 30 miles per gallon on the open road. Unlike the Ford Mustang even the Shelby GT500 the Chevrolet Camaro Concept gets a four-wheel independent suspension, MacPherson struts in front with a multilink rear setup, equipped with progressive rate coil springs and gas shocks. Massive 21-inch front wheels and 22-inch rear rims front ventilated 14-inch discs with four-piston calipers. The cast aluminum wheels are a sharp-edged five-spoke design with a bright silver finish, and wear 275/30 tires in front and 305/30 rubber in back. The Chevy Camaro Concept has room inside for four, but like that first-generation car after which it's patterned, the small back seats are best used only for short trips. Anyone familiar with the original Camaro will find themselves right at home in this concept vehicle, thanks to deeply hooded twin gauges residing in squared-off binnacles and viewed through a three-spoke steering wheel. Instrumentation is an exercise in minimalism, and the Camaro Concept's dominant color is black. Silver and orange accents add visual interest without making the cabin gaudy. Thanks to its triangular rear quarter windows, broad creased shoulders, Coke-bottle waistline, and hooded headlamps, this Chevy concept car is instantly recognizable as a first-generation Camaro. Add to that quad taillights and sexy dual exhaust outlets, and you've got the look of the original front to back and side to side. But mixed with the classic design elements is a sharp-edged muscularity that is increasingly common in modern sporting machines, balancing the retro theme with a healthy dose of contemporary style. When the first Camaro debuted, Baby Boomers were teenagers. Today, they're retiring with more wealth than any preceding generation. Will Chevrolet build the Camaro? We'd say it's all but a done deal, especially with the Dodge Challenger Concept widely rumored to be hitting the road by the end of this decade. Let the pony car wars begin!
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You're right, but it seems Ford had the most money and used the series as an ad. Check out the pilot episode (since I've only seen that one.) It's full of other Fords and Volvos.

They should have made the knight rider car out of this camaro!

all i can say is: "Fuck the Jap cars"!

damn thats an allsome car i was going to buy a mustang but now i changed my mind...it looks really heavy though

This is the monster car man, look at the front it gives you that look like its ready and that muscle power just explaines it.

CLASSIC EPISODE! HAHA

daaaaamnnnn that car iz hooooooot

gonna be so damn $ that alot that would buy it..cant

Yes, i'm lovin it!

give me that sweet blond fat ass with that thong pulled to the side baby yes fuck me <33333

"Powerful like a gorilla, yet soft and yielding like a Nerf ball" ***** Introducing **** ***** The Homer ****** The features Homer added to his vehicle are: * Extremely large beverage holder * A little ball on top of the aerial * Tail fins * Bubble domes * Shag carpeting * Several horns that all play "La Cucaracha" * For younger passengers a second soundproof bubble dome with optional straps and muzzles

It looks nice but its going to be 4000lbs. Thats the scary part.

GM uses the same tranny Tremic trannys are nice in both.

yup...I have one in my mustang...those trannys are damn nice.

I'm gonna race Jay when I get my 2SS lol The guy really knows his cars tho damn

GUYS WHAY in DOVER DIDNT ASH WIN THE POKEMON LEAGUE!!!!!!!

Jay really knows his cars!

plus the fram in the camaro is close to the same as a holden HSV8

there is a big price difference most for the camaro will be $40,000 copared to $70,000 in US curency

well i did say so because i guessed it would cost about the same price as the gtr in the US.I am comparing the prices and I know that the GTR costs like 50GBP in the uk.

y did you say a gtr will kill it thats like compareing a scooter to a super bike everyone knows the obvious try caompareing it to a new stang or chalenger someting in its own class

GM trannys are hell of alot better then Fords.

thats hott...black on black all the way tho

Nissan GTR will kill it..But the camaro is a good looking car anyway

Funny. Even Jay Leno would take a Camaro over a mustang.

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