NEWS: Chevy Camaro platform underpinning new GM vehicle in Chicago

NewsBot · 2011-02-06 16:10:09

Filed under: Chicago Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/chicago-auto-show/), Concept Cars (http://www.autoblog.com/category/conceptcars/), Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/category/chevrolet/), GM (http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/) http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/web-chevrolet-camaro-convertible.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-chevrolet-camaro-convertible-first-drive/#3836048) 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible - Click above for high-res image gallery General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm) has big plans for the upcoming Chicago Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/chicago-auto-show/). At the exposition opening this week, GM will unveil a pair of new vehicles, although details on what form they'll take remain scarce. The news comes from reports quoting GM's North American president Mark Reuss. All he's revealed at this point is that one of the two cars will be based on the Chevrolet Camaro (http://www.autoblog.com/model/camaro)'s platform. That tells us it will be a front-engine/rear-drive vehicle, but little else. So, commence speculation: Camaro Z28 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Z28/)? Chevy Zeta-platform sedan (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/20/g8-redux-chevy-comeback-rumored-for-holden-commodore/)? (Which we think should be called Chevelle, because hey, if Dodge can call its sedan Charger...) As for the second car slated for the Windy City salon, your guess is as good as ours. So we'll just have to sit tight and see what the General has got in store for us. Gallery: 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible: First Drive (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-chevrolet-camaro-convertible-first-drive/) http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/01-2011-chevrolet-camaro-convertible_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-chevrolet-camaro-convertible-first-drive/#3836046)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/02-2011-chevrolet-camaro-convertible_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-chevrolet-camaro-convertible-first-drive/#3836047)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/03-2011-chevrolet-camaro-convertible_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-chevrolet-camaro-convertible-first-drive/#3836048)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/04-2011-chevrolet-camaro-convertible_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-chevrolet-camaro-convertible-first-drive/#3836050)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/05-2011-chevrolet-camaro-convertible_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-chevrolet-camaro-convertible-first-drive/#3836053) Photos copyright (C)2011 Zach Bowman / AOL [Source: The Detroit News (http://www.detnews.com/article/20110204/AUTO01/102040420/1148/auto01/GM-to-debut-Camaro-based-car-at-Chicago-auto-show)]Chevy Camaro platform underpinning new GM vehicle in Chicago (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/06/chevy-camaro-to-underpin-one-of-two-new-gm-vehicles-in-chicago/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/). Read (http://www.detnews.com/article/20110204/AUTO01/102040420/1148/auto01/GM-to-debut-Camaro-based-car-at-Chicago-auto-show) | Permalink (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/06/chevy-camaro-to-underpin-one-of-two-new-gm-vehicles-in-chicago/) | Email this (http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19830407/) | Comments (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/06/chevy-camaro-to-underpin-one-of-two-new-gm-vehicles-in-chicago/#comments) More... (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/06/chevy-camaro-to-underpin-one-of-two-new-gm-vehicles-in-chicago/)

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NEWS: Chevy Camaro platform underpinning new GM vehicle in Chicago

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2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible - Click above for high-res image gallery

General Motors has big plans for the upcoming Chicago Auto Show. At the exposition opening this week, GM will unveil a pair of new vehicles, although details on what form they'll take remain scarce.

The news comes from reports quoting GM's North American president Mark Reuss. All he's revealed at this point is that one of the two cars will be based on the Chevrolet Camaro's platform. That tells us it will be a front-engine/rear-drive vehicle, but little else. So, commence speculation: Camaro Z28? Chevy Zeta-platform sedan? (Which we think should be called Chevelle, because hey, if Dodge can call its sedan Charger...)

As for the second car slated for the Windy City salon, your guess is as good as ours. So we'll just have to sit tight and see what the General has got in store for us.

Gallery: 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible: First Drive