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Old 03-10-2008 | 10:52 PM
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Dig the trailer hitch.
Old 03-10-2008 | 10:56 PM
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I like it, the rear end looks similar to the C5 and C6 Corvettes
I don't see that at all.
Old 03-10-2008 | 10:58 PM
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got any other angles? front shot?
Old 03-10-2008 | 11:43 PM
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I Love It
Old 03-10-2008 | 11:54 PM
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Looks like a more choppy/squared version of a C6 to me.

To those saying they like the mustang better....uhhhh. That thing looks like it's frowning and has droopy eyes when you look at the front.



Old 03-11-2008 | 12:02 AM
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Same designer for both the C6 and 5th Gen Camaro. Note the slight double bubble roof on both too.

I'm not crazy about the back up lights but the lines of the 5th are overall very good from a design standpoint. Unlike the Challenger and lesser extent, Mustang the Camaro captures the flair of the 1st gen w/o copying it.
Old 03-11-2008 | 12:11 AM
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I looked at it earlier and I didn't like it, I looked at it again now and I'm starting to like it.
Old 03-11-2008 | 12:18 AM
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Here's the rest of the pics, I think it looks pretty dang badass...
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=879881

It looks way better than the frumpy *** Mustang, and the Challenger is such a huge boat anchor it only looks good in pics. Put it next to this Camaro or other real cars for perspective and it will look like the massive overweight land barge it is. I mean come on, the Challenger is 4100+ lbs!?!?! Sure everything is getting bigger/heavier it seems but come on. Here's hoping the Camaro comes in under 3700-3800lbs. Maybe it'll be even lighter, the pic I saw of a camo'd mule next to a 05+ Stang made the Camaro look nice and small. It'll whoop the Challengers *** big time if so...



I like that first image posted up on the first page too, shows how pointy the front end is, looks badass IMO and does remind me of a knights helmeted face or something. The only part I don't like is the headlights which are known to be placeholders taken direclty from a parts store's shelves. I don't think I like the bezels or whatever around the rear taillights, but it probably looks good on a non-black car.

In fact I want to see some pics of a non black car (other than the earliest white pre-production shots) due to the way the lower fascia around the exhaust pipe area is cutout/black like on the C6. Goes a looooonnnggg way toward making the rear end look smaller/meaner IMO. I love that style on the GTOs, G8, and the C6. Needs a lip spoiler pretty badly like every Camaro in history though.

As for the rear end shot here, I don't think any car looks good w/ that angle and zoom/fisheye or whatever they have going on.
such as below and that doesn't have half the funky mis-proportioned image thing going on:

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Old 03-11-2008 | 12:38 AM
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the front looks pretty mean in that pic^^^
Old 03-11-2008 | 01:01 AM
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Hmm, new pics of the white one I hadn't seen here: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3143

True duals for the win....




Old 03-11-2008 | 01:23 AM
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True duals for the win....
bout damn time.
Old 03-11-2008 | 01:53 AM
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The rear picture of that car he snaped, is just a REAL bad angle and picture....the rear looks 500x better then it looks in that picture.


....all car's have there bad angles...**** 4th gen camaros look like **** from certain angles.


Its best to wait for a final finished production car, its still just a mule....changes can and will be made probably.
Old 03-11-2008 | 02:09 AM
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Originally Posted by jeffcamaro2007
why does it have a trailer hitch?
from fbodfather

it's crucial that you put a new vehicle thru every possible test -- and test to failure........

So -- you put a big trailer behind it -- with lots of weight -- to test HVAC and cooling capabilities -- and also to test driveline components -- again, to failure. Once you have failure -- you go back and do root cause --and then make the component(s) more robust.....


Originally Posted by pearlpurple
It is ok with the exception of the tiny headlights
Old 03-11-2008 | 02:22 AM
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Originally Posted by smackkk
from fbodfather

it's crucial that you put a new vehicle thru every possible test -- and test to failure........

So -- you put a big trailer behind it -- with lots of weight -- to test HVAC and cooling capabilities -- and also to test driveline components -- again, to failure. Once you have failure -- you go back and do root cause --and then make the component(s) more robust.....



ya wonder if they tested the 4th gen 10 bolt to failure, like almost 90% of every other ls1 owner. cough cough.
Old 03-11-2008 | 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by xpndbl3


ya wonder if they tested the 4th gen 10 bolt to failure, like almost 90% of every other ls1 owner. cough cough.
or LT1 owner for that matter , but yeah seems something better could have been done. I read on here many years ago that one of the engineers was asked about this and his answer was that they felt the 10 bolt was sufficient and that the clutch would slip or tires break loose before the rear end would break. A beefed up rear would have been a nice option at least on the 6spd cars.


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