I just got back from Transformers. Bumblebee has a big wide open hood scoop. It's not a dinky non-functional SS mail slot. There was no badge on the grill, and we never saw under the hood, but I'm thinking there was an LSA under there.
It gave me hope, anyway.
Other than Bumblebee, the movie was something of a disappointment. Not as good as the first one, and some of the crudity was embarassing (I took my daughter).

 

Actually Bumblebee is a GTO in a Camaro skin. So unless they've swapped engines, there's probably an LS2 under the bonnet.

 

Erm....I think they've swapped CARS. They kept the ridiculously small Concept mirrors, but I'm pretty positive that they switched to the production camaro. It's a testament to how true they stayed to the concept that it's that hard to tell. It's got real rims and brake discs now, and the vehicle's bodywork exactly matches that of the Z/28 shots we've seen.

They also did a lot more driving with the car in this film...stuff they would never do in a one-off 6 figure concept vehicle, like burnouts and powerslides in sand.

Gotta disagree about the movie though. I thought it was way better than the first. They pushed the PG-13 rating with language, violence, and crude humor, but the story (if you could keep up..the movie is just non-stop and a lot of people may have trouble picking up on everything) is much more complicated, there's a ton of nods to the original source material, the action is insane (really, it's the craziest thing I've ever seen on the screen)....I dunno. I loved it...I felt like they needed to include the humor because the movie was just such a crazy ride that the audience needed a way to get their breath...plus it's simple, stupid humor. The whole movie is an indulgence.

 

I'm almost positive that the movie cars are still the GTO based props. That movie was filmed a year ago, way before any production Camaros were around.

 

Yes the movie car was made to look like the Z28, but its still a GTO prop.

You can see the differences from the sidemarkers, fuel door location, door handles, B-pillar, etc:

 

Correct you are! Sharp eyes, my bad.

 

yeah... movie prop still a GTO with Camaro skin.

 

The new transformers was the truth i liked it alot!! I think they did a great job with it as a sequel and especially with bringin out the camaro!! That concept corvette in it was hard as hell too!!! Wonder if theyll drop that one day!!

 

Fbodfather stated that they had to take the original Bumblebee movie cars off of the show circuit because Paramount needed them back to film the sequel.

 

the sequel to the first one, as in revenge of the fallen...

or the sequel to revenge of the fallen?

 

OK OK I didn't mean there was REALLY an LSA under there. Duh. I meant that Bumblebee LOOKS like a Z28 so in the movie we should/could suspend disbelief and believe there was an LSA under there.

My interpretation is that there is hope for the Z28. Maybe if we just find the "Matrix" or whatever that little dissolving piece of metal was the Primes all died* to keep safe behind 1/2 inch of crumbling plaster and spike it into the scoop the Z will come alive like Optimus Prime did.

*I guess it makes more sense for the most powerful autobots all to die, leaving the bad guys all alive, just to make a porous fence with their dead worthless bodies to keep a tiny key a couple of miles from where it will do the most harm than for one of them to take it off the planet while the others stick around to deal with the bad dudes.

 

Thanks for ruining the movie.

 

All of the autobots get wiped out except Bumblebee. Sam Witwicky is also mortally wounded my Megatron. Megatron kills Optimus in the forest. All of the decepticons except Starscream and Megatron die. Starscream then betrays Megatron and kills him becoming the new leader of the Decepticon army.

Bumblebee is no longer a camaro at the end because his cover has been "blown" and his new disguise is previewed after the credits. He is a 2010 Mustang.

 

 

I went looking into the camaro website and found in one of the vides one of the designers talking about bumblebee having the new z28 hood, lol. Hope it becomes reality one day.

http://microsite.chevrolet.com/allne...#camaro=videos

Look at behind the scenes exclusives around 00:52