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Can A Capri Beat A Big Ol' Squealin' Benz At The 24 Hours Of Spa 1971?

Murilee Martin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Short answer, yes. But still, AMG's böred-und-schtroked "Red Pig" 280SEL came in second place… and first in our hearts!

Once again, the amazing Scroggs has come through with some excellent vintage racing footage, and he's also found this highly interesting article about AMG's early racing efforts for us. That's good news, because I'm off judging the Lamest Day 24 Hours Of LeMons in Ohio at the moment and may not have internet access to provide live coverage; this way you still get to see an improbable race car going for the win in a punishing endurance race:

How To Put Your Kids To Sleep With A Nissan 350Z

Peter Orosz — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:30:00 EDT

In a quest to find the most sleep-inducing engine note, we begin with Nissan’s VQ35DE V6, as installed in a 350Z. Let’s see what happens.

Has anyone ever assembled a table on the soporific qualities of various engine configurations? I’m not aware of any—but people with kids to take on long-haul trips would kill for one.

Perhaps—and I’m practicing wishful thinking here—the results would show that high performance engines strike a particularly tranquilizing note in the developing auditory cortex. Imagine the possibilities! Responsible family men could reasonably argue that a Camaro SS is nothing but a pacifier on wheels.

Over on my other site, we performed such an experiment with a Nissan 350Z, powered by a Tennessee-built VQ35DE V6 engine, good for 287 HP and 274 lb-ft. The car is an American import, with an MPH speedo and an automatic transmission—weird objects in metric, manual-happy Europe—and like all 350Z’s, the noise is so lovely all you want to do is curl up in a ball and listen to it all day. Since I can doze off in any car, be it powered by an inline four or a V8, a suitable test person had to be found. And nobody is more suitable than 18-month-old Polish cutie Gabi Popiołek.

We set the whole thing to a Sicilian lullaby—Eugene Ruffolo’s Piccolo Girasole—just to make sure. Suffice to say that Gabi, an even greater bundle of energy than her countryman Bob Kubica of BMW Sauber F1, was snoozing in no time.

Photo Credit: Balázs Fenyő, Video Editing: György Szeljak

GM Oshawa Plant Adds Shift To Build More Presumably Non-Faulty Camaros

The Auto Insider — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:00:00 EDT

GM's adding one more shift at its Oshawa, Ontario plant due to high demand for the recently released Camaro. Does this mean we'll be getting more electrically-faulty Camaro SS units? Presumably not.

The Peterborough Examiner reports demand has been so high that GM has scheduled the week of June 29th as a work week instead of the previously planned week off. They also report that flex line workers will begin working overtime every Saturday, June through August.

Apparently there's more of a demand for the General's new mullet-mobile than previously thought. Who'da thunk? [via DetNews]

2010 Chevy Camaro SS, Officially Unveiled...Sort Of

Ray Wert — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:45:25 EDT

That's right folks —never mind the ad supplement, or the leaked pictures — now the first official press photo — or press rendering, we guess — of the new Chevrolet Camaro SS was just revealed on GM's Media site. We can't seem to find any other press release or official documentation accompanying it. But whatevs, we're just pleased as punch Chevy finally showed us what the new up-powered Camaro with the 6.2-liter V8 engine. Well, now that the strip tease is finally over, we guess we can all now sleep easy. Click here for the high-resolution picture.

Unofficial 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS Pictures

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:05:00 EDT

We're expecting official images of the ever-pending 2010 Chevy Camaro SS any day now, but the various photo shoots ahead of that day have yielded at least one gallery of good ones. An AutoInsane reader managed to get into a shoot and take some really great photos of the latest Chevy super sport. As we saw when Fergie showed off the Camaro SS, it looks a lot like the concept but with some real rearview mirrors and actual badging.

[More at: AutoInsane]

2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS Revealed In Conde Naste Ad Supplement With Black-Eyed Peas Singer

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:40:00 EDT

The first official image of the production-intent 2010 Chevy Camaro SS debuted in a Conde Nast magazine ad supplement called "Fashion Rocks" aside some singer we seem to remember used to be in the Black-Eyed Peas. This makes way more sense than dropping it into say, a buff book or, you know debuting it online like every other car these days. But, although the SS looks similar to the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro we saw revealed live in Detroit recently, there are some tell-tale differences.

The mail-slot air intake on the top of the front fascia is real — which is to say there's an opening. Then of course there's the "SS" badge in the grille. Also, the front brake rotors are the 14-inch size with some big Brembo calipers. OK, so pretty much Fergie's Chevrolet Camaro SS looks exactly like the concept Camaro save the realistic sideview mirrors so, you know... surprise! [Edmunds Inside Line]

Video: Bumblebee Shows Off His Newish Camaro SS Nose

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:12:31 EDT

It might be from a low-quality cameraphone, but here are the first images of the brand new 2010 Chevy Camaro SS-bodied Bumblebee from the upcoming Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen movie. In addition to the side shot we saw yesterday, this new shot gives us some full frontal muscle car action via a much improved look at Bumblebee's newish nose — which may very well be actual SS styling. And then there's the video — we can barely make out the sweet up-powered Camaro engine music. But the taste is all we need. More pictures below the jump.

[via TransformersLive]

Looks Like Bumblebee Gets An Upgrade To Chevy Camaro SS For Transformers 2

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:07:40 EDT

Update: We managed to snag some clearer pictures and video of the Bumblebee version of the 2010 Chevy Camaro SS. Caught hot on the set of Transformers 2, the next iteration of Bumblebee seems to have been augmented with a very snazzy, very different 2010 Chevy Camaro SS treatment than we've seen in the past. Could this be the first glimpse we get of the as-yet unseen version for the bow tie brand? We like to think yes, or it's just a piece of magic. As far as Bumblebee's new choice of wheels, we're a little disappointed, we always imagined giant, intergalactic transforming robots had better taste than that.
[Camaro5]

2010 Chevy Camaro "SS" Caught On Drive In The Mountains?

Mark Arnold — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:48:08 EDT

Oh look, it's another purported Chevy Camaro SS out testing. Not much more to see than what we've already seen before — hockey sticks on the side, big tomahawk-stripe down the hood. What's under the hood is the real question — is this an up-powered mullet-mobile, or merely a "prettied-up" 'maro tester like the highly accessorized Camaro we saw yesterday? [via Camaro5]

2010 Chevy Camaro SS?

Ray Wert — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:59:32 EDT

After that short kimchee-flavored muscle interlude, it now appears we're heading back to the GMgasm...according to the folks at Camaro5, the following is a spy photo supposedly taken by a member of the very aggressively marketed forum of a 2010 Chevy Camaro SS test vehicle caught outside the GM proving grounds in Mesa, Arizona. They claim "We've been told that it sounded like "a demon"! And had a whistling sound at idle." Maybe it was just a test of Chevy's new "kettle edition" Camaro? [Camaro5]