The Black Keys combine their garage/blues rock sensibilities with a cast of hip hop all-stars. It's almost a Wu Tang Clan rally with Raekwon, Rza, and even a posthumous ODB performance as well as Mos Def, Q-tip and others. You can listen to most of it here. So far so good.

And the car? It also started with a powerful platform but the upgrades aren't quite so great. The "higlights [sic]" are things the Camaro SS already comes with. The rest is the minimum you can do to consider a car truly upgraded including blacked-out logos/lights, tint, Lexani wheels and custom BlacRoc door sills. It's not bad, but we're not sure we're interesting in heading out on "Blak Friday" to pick one up.

However, if someone knows where a Deltron 3030 Jetta is we're totally ready to buy one.

Press Release: All the incorrect spellings may or may not be on purpose

Higlights
• Boston Acoustics Premium Audio
• USB Port
• Bluetooth Wireless
• Four Pack of Auxiliary Gauges
• Leather-Appointented Front Seats
Upgrades
• 22" Lexani LX15 Wheels*
• 20% Tint All Around
• Blacked out Rear Taillights
• Blacked out SS Badging
• Blacked out Marker Lights
• Blacked out Reverse Lights
• Custom stiched BlackRoc Logo on Center Console
• Custom Door Sill Plates with BlackRoc Logo

(Hat tip to Jousha!) [BlakRocCamaro]

Did Pitt even try sitting in that cave-like backseat? How's he gonna get the entire family in that? This seems like some serious near-sightedness on Pitt's part.

Although maybe he actually is near-sighted. We mean, check out that color scheme. [TMZ]

The images was posted on the site of the Benny Boyd GM SuperStore in Lamesa, Texas under the dealership photos. It's now been removed, but we have the screenshot and the Camaro SS is still for sale. These leads to many questions:

Is the main in the photo a representative of Benny Boyd GM SuperStore? Is he Benny Boyd himself? Maybe it's someone who really wanted the Camaro SS and was scaring people off from buying the vehicle. Either way, we think it makes a statement most Camaro SS drivers would support.

We can't verify the story, but the photo of the vehicle in what's supposed to be Riley's Bakery seems legit. Seriously, stop destroying these. (H/T to Adam)

UPDATE: It turns out the driver was drunk, blowing three times the limit into a breathalyzer. Full details at BG Daily News.

Specializing in convertible conversions, NCE will transform your hardtopped Camaro into a mullet flapping parade mobile in no time. And they'll do it now, so no pesky waiting until 2011 for your factory official soft top.

(Edmunds, Image via Patrick C Paternie)

Hennessey's first order of business was to take a 2010 Camaro SS and massage its 6.2-liter LS3 V8 to help it pump out mo' powa. They do this by first giving the pony car a little belt-driven boost to the tune of 6 psi, helping it achieve a 2010 Shelby GT500-besting 562 horsepower and 557 lb-ft of rotational fortitude. These numbers will reward owners with a 4.1 second 0-to-60 MPH time and a run down the 1320 in just 12.1 seconds at 119 mph.

Rounding out the package is a Hennessey-designed appearance package with 20-inch rollers and Hennessey badging throughout the interior. Expect to fork over roughly $59,500 for one of the 500 Texas-tuned ponies.

Hennessey Motorsport makes claim that the 2010 HPE550 will lay waste to its 20-inch drag radials via a 562 HP (at the crank), 557 lb-ft of torque blown LS3 and is capable of hitting 3.6 second 0-60 times with a stellar 11.7 @ 121 mph jaunt down the 1320, but this clip claims a 4.3 second 0-60 and a 12.1 @ 120 mph quarter-mile. Either way, this baby's quick. Only 500 HPE550 Camaros will be built and sold via your friendly local Chevy dealer, so get a move on before someone else swipes them all up first. Color us impressed.

(Hat Tip To The Kellys!)

Yeah, we've been covering a lot of tuned 2010 Camaros as of late, so what's one more? Artisan Performance has teamed up with Turbochargers.com to offer this twin-GTK350 turbocharged SA-600 based on the top dog, LS3-equpped SS model. In addition to slapping a couple of snails on the engine, they've also specified a high-performance, freer flowing exhaust with high-flow catalytic converter, intercooler and wastegate as well as a remapped ECU flash to handle all the excess power being produced. Artisan has also produced a very subtle, yet aggressive body kit consisting of a 1.5-inch flared front wheel arch and 3-inch flared rear quarter panel, front and rear lower fascia lip spoilers, new rockers, functional brake ducting where the gills on the rear quarter panel used to be, a large rear deck lip spoiler and a pair of staggered 21- and 22-inch forged alloy wheels covering upgraded 14-inch SSBC brakes.

Artisan Performance is now taking orders for their Camaro SA-600 turn-key package and is charging a whopping $69,000. That's one damn expensive Camaro. [via Artisan Performance]

Not pleased with recently taking the back seat to Hennessey Motorsport in the LS-tuning circle, Lingenfelter has upped the ante by beginning development on its very own version of the 2010 Chevy Camaro SS. Their plan is to release five distinct power packages ranging from a supercharged 550-horsepower model all the way up to a monster 800-horsepower, turbocharged, LS7-swapped version that we're going to talk about a little more.

800-horsepower and 800 lb-ft of torque. Those are big numbers no matter who you speak with and Lingenfelter knows it. The first order of business to transform the already stout 2010 Camaro SS into a fire-breathing beast is a removal of the stock 426-horsepower 6.2-liter LS3 V8 and fill the empty hole under the hood with a Corvette Z06-sourced, 7.0-liter LS7. Now the LS7 already produces 505-horsepower, which would do the Camaro just fine, but Lingenfelter decided to go a little crazy (How 'bout a magic trick?) by taking the aluminum-blocked LS7 and slapping a pair of Garrett oil lubricated and liquid cooled ball bearing snails onto it. But we all know that adding big turbos doesn't necessarily get you very far, especially when you're pushing a big round number like 800-horsepower.

In addition, Lingenfelter has upgraded the LS7 with a Callies 4340 forged steel crankshaft with a 4.000-inch stroke, CNC ported LS7 heads, a multi-angle valve job, stainless steel intake valves, heavy-duty Inconnel exhaust valves, Competition cams with dual valve springs and titanium retainers, JE forged aluminum pistons, Manley 4340 forged steel 'I' beam conrods, a higher capacity fuel system with larger fuel injectors, Lingenfelter 304 stainless steel 4-to-1 headers and a Corsa stainless steel cat back exhaust to round out the mix. All of this is backed by a 3-year/36,000 mile warranty. Hot damn!

Not content with just offering engine packages, Lingenfelter has gone the extra mile in creating an aggressive body kit that includes a large front fascia lip spoiler, revised rockers, custom grille, custom hood with air extractors, a revised rear fascia diffuser with four exhaust pipes, rear tail lamp cover panel and a rear deck spoiler.

Lingenfelter is quite ambitious with its 2010 Camaro SS package, but apparently not ambitious enough to release a price or an exact release date, though you can purchase the styling package as early as this summer.

[via Lingenfelter]

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]

Well, probably because enthusiasts are like, the least important of GM's list of stakeholders at the moment and there's little desire on the part of the administration, the biggest of the new stakeholders, for building a high-horsepower super-sedan. Which is a shame.

So although it'll never happen, even with Pontiac now dead, that won't stop us from dreaming high-horsepower Corvette-engined dreams from a platform that's birthed the greatest Pontiac ever built. But not as a Camaro SS — rather, we'd prefer this bad boy become an Impala SS. Either way, in our fantasy world, we'd be pleased as punch. But what say you?

[via Edmunds Straightline]

Illustrations: Nick Wilcox

My boss, and reigning champion for receipt of the prestigious Dark Lord of Public Media mantle award, Nick Denton, just called me an "unabashed American apologist." I don't even pretend to know what that means, but if it has to do with believing that American automakers still have it in them to bring "teh awesome" to market, then hell yeah I am.

Wes had some minor concerns in his review of the new Chevy Camaro that he felt kept it from being a world-beater, feeling Chevy was trying to push the new Camaro up against the sports car world. Whether interior plastics or minor numbness of steering, I'm not going to discount those deficiencies — they're all valid. But you know what? I don't care.

Forget for a moment this car's performance (a mid-four-second 0-to-60 time) and fuel economy (16/24 for the V8-engined SS, 17/29 for the V6) — because this muscle car's got some serious style. I'd seen looks in cars before. Whether it's a Ferrari F430 or a Bentley GTC Speed, you can get 'em. What I was astonished by was how easily the Camaro gets them.

One block into my drive in lower Manhattan saw guys grabbing camera phones to take photos. Never saw that with one o' them fancy-pants'ed Euro cars. Nope, this big ol' 'merican muscle car was something different. It carries itself differently — with kind of a swagger.

So I'm willing to ignore those deficiencies Wes found. Mostly, because I'm not trying to rate this car as a sports car. Instead, I'm rating it for what it is — a big hairy 'merican muscle car. From the moment you sit inside and fire up the big 426 HP V8 engine, you're transported to a world where all you want to do is fire off down the road, stoplight-to-breathtakingly-exhilarating-stoplight. In that world, you couldn't care less about plastics on the dash. No, all you care about is goin' fast and knowing you're able to beat the guy next to you. The new Camaro SS? Yeah, it'll do that — in spades, and better than the competition at the price point. And frankly, that's all I want.

Photo Credit: Wilson Rothman

This Pile-o'-Camaros appears to be a mix of both V6-engined LT models and the full-fat SS V8, but only in black, yellow, orange, red and silver, no sign of the blue or white cars. Full production isn't scheduled to begin until March 16th, so likely explanations for these vehicles are pre-production testers and publicity vehicles. [via Camaro5]

Heck, now Automobile shouldn't even try their muscle car comparison they're setting up on the West Coast — they'll just get beaten to the punch by the forums. Why even try anymore? We're just happy to know someone got the exclusive on it — and it wasn't AutoWeek. Still, we're thinking we should be expecting a few less breathless and more in depth reviews to be coming in the next couple of months. [CamaroZ28]

• The base price of the 2010 Chevy Camaro LS will start at $22,995
• The base price of the 2010 Chevy Camaro SS will start at $30,995

At that price, we'll take two of the SS versions of the Aussie-engineered 'merican muscle car. One in red and one in black. Well, as long as we're able to get credit.

Chevrolet Announces Pricing for the 2010 Camaro

Lineup Includes Fun and Efficient V-6 models rated at 27 mpg and High-Performance Camaro SS

DETROIT – Chevrolet today announced pricing for the all-new, 2010 Camaro. It starts at $22,995 MSRP for the V-6-powered LS model, and $30,995 for the V-8-powered Camaro SS (all prices include $750 destination charge). Customer ordering opened on Oct. 13, with production scheduled to start in first quarter of 2009.

“The wait is almost over,” said Ed Peper, GM North America vice president, Chevrolet. “The return of the Camaro gives sports car enthusiasts a reason to rejoice. It’s a 21 st century sports car with a distinctly American legacy.

More than 600,000 enthusiasts have requested information on the Camaro since its production was announced. Chevrolet is reaching out to give them the opportunity to be the first to order one.

The Chevy.com/Camaro Web site carries information regarding early ordering, along with vehicle packaging information, a specification sheet and anticipated frequently asked questions about the ordering process.

Production is scheduled to begin in mid-February at GM’s Oshawa, Ontario production facility, with dealership deliveries shortly thereafter. Complementing the Camaro’s introduction is a range of performance, appearance and convenience accessories – including 21-inch wheels and tires; ground effects and stripe kits; and even a classic-styled Hurst shifter – that customers can order and have installed at their dealership. In some cases, the cost of the accessories and their installation can be rolled into the monthly payments.

“My Own Worst Enemy”

Enthusiasts will see the new Camaro this fall as part of NBC’s new drama, “My Own Worst Enemy.” It stars Christian Slater as a man with two personalities – a suburban dad and covert spy – with the Camaro featured prominently, along with the new Chevy Traverse crossover. The show premiers Oct. 13, the same day ordering opens for the Camaro.

Camaro’s supporting role on “My Own Worst Enemy” follows its big-screen debut as the Autobot named Bumblebee in the blockbuster 2007 movie, “Transformers.”

World-class performance, American heritage

Built on GM’s new, global rear-wheel-drive architecture, the Camaro is offered in V-6-powered LS and LT models, as well as the V-8-powered SS. All models and powertrain combinations are matched with fuel-saving six-speed transmissions. Advanced technologies, including engines with direct injection and Active Fuel Management, enable a satisfying balance of exhilarating performance and good fuel economy.

Camaro product highlights also include:

* Sleek styling with heritage cues and 10 available exterior colors
* Four-wheel independent suspension system, including a 4.5-link rear suspension
* Four-wheel disc brake systems standard on all models, including four-piston Brembo calipers on SS models
* StabiliTrak stability control system and traction control standard on all models
* Family of 18-, 19- and 20-inch wheels
* Six standard air bags, including head curtain side-impact air bags and front seat-mounted thorax side air bags
* RS appearance package available on LT and SS, including HID headlamps with integrated halo rings, spoiler, specific taillamps and 20-inch wheels
* Bluetooth phone connectivity
* USB connectivity
* Remote vehicle starting system
* OnStar
* XM Satellite Radio

Under the hood, Camaro LS and LT use a 3.6L engine with variable valve timing to optimize performance and fuel economy. It is rated at an estimated 300 horsepower (224 kW) and 273 lb.-ft. of torque (370 Nm). A six-speed manual transmission is standard with the 3.6L engine; a Hydra-Matic 6L50 electronically controlled six-speed automatic, with TAPshift control, is available. LS and LT models are estimated at 27 mpg in highway driving, for great fuel economy to complement their fun driving experience.

The high-performance Camaro SS is equipped with a powerful 6.2L V-8, with a choice of a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission. Manual transmission-equipped models receive the LS3 engine, estimated at 422 horsepower (315 kW) and 408 lb.-ft. of torque (553 Nm). It is paired with a TR6060 six-speed transmission.

A new, L99 V-8 engine is used on automatic transmission-equipped SS models. It is based on the LS3, but also includes GM’s fuel-saving Active Fuel Management feature. It is estimated at 400 horsepower (299 kW) and 395 lb.-ft. of torque (535 Nm). It is matched with a Hydra-Matic 6L80 six-speed transmission that helps delivers an estimated 23 mpg on the highway.

Chevrolet is one of America’s best-known and best-selling automotive brands. With the largest dealer network in the United States, Chevy is the leader in full-size trucks and the leader in sales of vehicles priced $35,000 and above. Chevrolet delivers more-than-expected value in every vehicle category, offering cars and trucks priced from $12,120 to $103,300. Chevy delivers expressive design, spirited performance and great value with standard features usually found only on more expensive vehicles. More information on Chevrolet can be found at www.chevrolet.com.