Dreamcast18
01-29-2009, 01:18 PM
Drop-top American muscle car still testing in Australia despite being delayed by parent company GM's strategic review.
Sightings of the Chevrolet Camaro aren't exactly rare in Melbourne at the moment, as GM Holden is doing the lion's share of development work on the US-bound muscle car, running test mules all around town and beyond.
But the white whale - or black, in this case - of Camaro sightings is this convertible, which was snapped in suburban Melbourne last week, where it attracted a good deal of attention from envious passers-by.
Drooling and dreaming is about all they can do at this stage, because parent company GM has pushed back development of right-hand-drive Camaros while it focuses on restoring its financial health.
GM Holden has played a significant part in the development of the Camaro, with its Melbourne-based designers and engineers helping their US counterparts to build the car on the same rear-wheel-drive platform used by the Holden Commodore.
GM's global product chief, Bob Lutz, told journalists at the recent Detroit motor show the Camaro convertible program had been pushed back two years, to a tentative release date of 2011 in the US.
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http://www.egmcartech.com/2009/01/27/spy-shots-2010-chevrolet-camaro-convertible-spotted-in-australia/
Sightings of the Chevrolet Camaro aren't exactly rare in Melbourne at the moment, as GM Holden is doing the lion's share of development work on the US-bound muscle car, running test mules all around town and beyond.
But the white whale - or black, in this case - of Camaro sightings is this convertible, which was snapped in suburban Melbourne last week, where it attracted a good deal of attention from envious passers-by.
Drooling and dreaming is about all they can do at this stage, because parent company GM has pushed back development of right-hand-drive Camaros while it focuses on restoring its financial health.
GM Holden has played a significant part in the development of the Camaro, with its Melbourne-based designers and engineers helping their US counterparts to build the car on the same rear-wheel-drive platform used by the Holden Commodore.
GM's global product chief, Bob Lutz, told journalists at the recent Detroit motor show the Camaro convertible program had been pushed back two years, to a tentative release date of 2011 in the US.
http://i43.tinypic.com/30usdfr.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/2s6afjl.jpg
http://www.egmcartech.com/2009/01/27/spy-shots-2010-chevrolet-camaro-convertible-spotted-in-australia/