Anyone have a link to pictures of the 4th camaro concept. The one released back in the 80s

 

California Camaro:

http://www.camaroplace.com/camaro/im...fornia%202.jpg

http://www.camaroplace.com/camaro/im...California.jpg

http://mtfba.org/gallery/IM000125.JPG

 

Hmm... they should have gone with that.

 

They did. A lot of late additions were made to the fourth gen because of the popularity of this concept.

 

When I first saw pictures of the California Concept in the late '80's..I was literally walking on air with excitement. WOW! this is the next Camaro!

But eventhough the 4th gen grabbed some of the styling cues of the concept....it lost it's essence. It lost it's 21st century proportions, it's short overhangs and it's agressive wheel/tire combo.

 

Actually the 1st concept was the Camaro GTZ it was done in about 85. And you can see where the headlamps came from really easily.

 

The GTZ was actually a 3rd gen concept. It had two purposes. One was to show styling elements that the 3rd gen might get later in it's product cycle. But probably more importantly, was to showcase a really hot 90* V6. At the time, the whole world was convinced that V8's would soon be gone.

 

Thats.....awful.

 

Short overhangs? From the second picture I'd say the front overhang looks even longer than the 4th Gen turned out to be. Aggressive wheel and tire combos that show up on concepts almost never make it to production, unfortunately. I think the 4th gen looked strikingly like this concept, just tweaked to not look so "Jetson-ish".

 

i agree, it was toned down as to not look so futurish
i've said it before and i'll say it again...it looks more like an eagle talon than a camaro

by the way, anybody catch the discovery channel special on the ford gt? i thought it was pretty interesting myself

 

I like the doors the most.

 

I'd say not.

 

From what i remember when looking at it from the side, the front overhangs are about the same (but with a much more pointed nose) but the rear overhang was MUCH, much shorter. It gave the whole car a 'moving spear head' profile weighted neavily to the front.

The Cali Camaro looked much more nimble than the 4th gens to me for some reason.

That concept also had the 3.4 Dual Twin Cam engine, but rated at I think 275 hp.

 

I like it much more than the production 4th gen.

And since we are running down memory lane. What ever happened with the Corvette Indy. Was anything from that concept used in production cars?

 

I think the integrated rear spoiler was grated directly off the Indy and onlto the Camaros.