Camaro

One of the great rivalries in the automotive world is in the U.S. pony car segment. Specifically, I’m talking about the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, and Dodge Challenger. The sales numbers for these three cars are in for June 2015, and Ford and its all-new Mustang are dominating the pack.

It’s only been about a month since Chevy pulled back the curtain on the new 2016 Camaro, and now we’ve already got the first addition to the line – a convertible version. The new Camaro Convertible not only benefits from all of the lightweighting, improved handling, braking and suspension found in the standard version, but it’s got a whole new convertible mechanism that’s sure to thrill past Camaro owners.

After much anticipation, Chevrolet has lifted the curtain on its new sixth-generation Camaro. While the new model looks like a more refined version of the outgoing version, it’s built on a completely new platform, offering weight reduction, new engines, improved handling and updated technology.

I am not a fan of teasers when it comes to new cars; either show the car or don’t. Chevrolet has been flogging the teaser horse for all its worth with the redesigned 2016 Camaro. So far, Chevy has teased us with the exhaust note and has promised that the 2016 Camaro will be meaner and more modern.

One of the things that makes the Camaro ZL1 such a beast on the track is the fancy magnetic suspension it offers. Those fancy dampers are able to change how firm they are in response to the corner and forces placed on the car to make it handle better.

Back in 2013, Tom Bailey of Bailey Racing revealed the Sick Seconds, a 2100hp street legal car based on a 1969 Chevy Camaro. It tore up drag racing strips, regularly running 6 second+ quarter miles. Tom and his friends at Steve Morris Engines got the car to 2500hp last year, but they soon began working on the car’s even more ridiculous successor.

While we’ve yet to see any official images of the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro, we now have the first official recording of what it will sound like. Chevrolet just posted this brief teaser video for the 2016 Camaro, and it sounds pretty damned great.

When it comes to American muscle, two of the most powerful cars to ever be produced by Dodge and Chevrolet are the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and the Camaro ZL1. On paper at least, the Hellcat seems more suited for the drag strip while the ZL1 has enough handling thrown in to make a decent track day weapon at the road course.

Adam Martin purchased a classic 1968 Chevy Camaro back when he was just 17 years old. With just a cursory knowledge of what it takes to maintain a classic car, this was the first step in a journey that would affect Martin’s path in life.

There’s no question that the Chevrolet Camaro has had its good years and its bad years. And while I happen to think the current Z/28 is one of the best muscle cars on the road today, there were certainly some trials and tribulations along the way.

It’s a battle which happens each and every time that America’s big three automakers release an update to their muscle cars. The ongoing battle for supremacy is a bit lopsided this time though, with the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat sporting over 700 horsepower, the Chevy Camaro Z/28 rocking 505 horses, and the Mustang GT 5.0 with “just” 435 ponies.

Chevrolet recently held a contest among its fans to help name the 2015 Camaro SS Special Edition it was bringing to SEMA 2014. Chevy has announced the winning moniker: Green Flash. The Camaro Green Flash edition is finished in an exclusive Emerald Green Metallic with Cyber Gray rally stripes.

Chevy waited for SEMA 2014 to unveil its latest COPO Camaro. The track-only car is designed for the NHRA’s Stock Eliminator and Super Stock classes and just 69 of the cars will be built. The 2015 Chevrolet COPO Camaro is available with a host of powertrain options, either naturally aspirated or supercharged, including 350, 396 and 427 naturally aspirated engines and a supercharged 350.

Chevrolet has sold more than 400,000 fifth-generation Camaros since the car first hit showroom floors back in 2009. And with the final year of that generation coming in 2015, Chevy is celebrating the end of the model with a special 2015 Camaro Commemorative Edition, which the automaker revealed at SEMA 2014.

Chevy first brought out the Camaro in 1967 to compete with the Ford Mustang, and many people believe that that the Camaros of the late 1960s are the most desirable to restore and own. This beautiful specimen was photographed by Erik Nomm.