Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Chevrolet Camaro,The animal Who eats Mustangs

     Camaro is a car manufactured by General motors under the brand name Chevrolet.The origin of the Camero goes to 1966.The main target of General Motors was to manufacture a sales record breaker for Ford Mustang.So in 1966 when car name Camaro was revealed,a journalist asked the brand managers of Chevrolet "What is the Camaro?" The the managers replied, "Well....Camaro is a animal who eats Mustangs!".How ever,the Camero had peaks and slopes of sales when it is compared to sales records of Mustangs

The current Generation of Camaro is the sixth generation of Camaro.The designer of the current generation Camaro was Sangyup Lee and Tom Peters.The Camaro is assembled in Oshawa Ontario in Canada.The muscle,pony inspired Camaro is categorized under 2-Dooe coupe cars.

The sixth genaration Camero was started production in 16th March 2009.The Camero comes in main 7 models.they are LS Coupe,LT coupe,LT Convertible,SS coupe,SS convertible,ZL1 Coupe,ZL1 Convertible.But we can see main 3 models in engine types.they are as follows.

  1. LS coupe,LT coupe,LT Convertible    
  • Engine: 3.6L V 6 DOHC and variable valve timing
  • Unleaded fuel
  • Fuel economy: Gasoline 17 MPG city, 28 MPG highway, 20 MPG combined and 380 mi. range
  • Gasoline direct fuel injection
  • 19.0gallon fuel tank
  • Power (SAE): 323 hp @ 6,800 rpm; 278 ft lb of torque @ 4,800 rpm
   2.  SS coupe,SS Convertible
  • Engine: 6.2L V 8 OHV
  • Premium unleaded fuel
  • Fuel economy: Gasoline 16 MPG city, 24 MPG highway, 19 MPG combined and 357 mi. range
  • Multi-point fuel injection
  • 19.0gallon fuel tank
  • Power (SAE): 426 hp @ 5,900 rpm; 420 ft lb of torque @ 4,600 rpm

  3. ZL1 coupe,ZL1 Convertible 

    • Supercharged
    • Engine: 6.2L V 8 OHV
    • Premium unleaded fuel
    • Fuel economy: Gasoline 14 MPG city, 19 MPG highway, 16 MPG combined and 304 mi. range
    • Multi-point fuel injection
    • 19.0gallon fuel tank
    • Power (SAE): 580 hp @ 6,000 rpm; 556 ft lb of torque @ 4,200 rpm

                As the Camero is a daughter of GM,the Camaro has got many developments under the home of GM.This has caused to steal the love from the muscle car fan,The ZL1 was born Due to the GM development scheme.

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