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Old 03-10-2008, 02:02 PM
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Default UPDATED! 2009 Camaro on the road in Tampa. PICS

UPDATED: I just saw it again!

I got wayyy better pics this time.








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At first I thought it was the new Challenger, until I got closer. I attempted to use my camera phone, and narrowly missed side swiping it.

They pulled into an office complex to turn around, I decided to follow, and in the process got the horn/middle finger combo from the guy behind me. :oops: I had to talk my way past the security guard to get in, but it seemed to work. The drivers allowed me to take pictures as long as I didn’t take any of the interior. They also would not talk about the motor, but said I will not be disappointed.

The car has a very aggressive look to it, and it was rolling on 20 inch rollers.(275 rear 245 front) The brakes looked a dwarfed behind the wheels. I don’t know if that was because of a smaller wheel on the v6 or if big brakes are an upgrade.

My memory card got full when taking the front nose pic. It had the z06 scoop on the hood. Use your imagination on this one.

The engineers told me they had shipped the car down here from Detroit to test it out in the humid weather we have here. The passenger had a laptop with some type of monitoring software.

I wanted to talk to them more about the car, but the security guard was yelling at me for blocking traffic. He seemed pretty upset for a guy making $9 an hour.

The car sounded good as they throttled it out of the parking lot!








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Nice pics! Sounds like the techs doing the testing on the car were pretty cool. Did you happen to ask them why in the hell there was a hitch on the back of the car?
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WOw, I will def, be keepin an Eye out....

Just saw the pictures and that is the apts I used to live in......Crazy.......
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damn hidalgo man we gotta go for a hunt ...... lol man great job on getin pics corey r.
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We just might......LOL
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Freaking awesome catch man!
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Wasnt really impressed with the look of the new camaro, until I saw these pics.
This car is beautiful and definately changed my mind.
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grand master are you on ls1tech all day lol schouldnt you be working lol??
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^^^LOL In and out
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The hitch is for a road dyno, and it is very common for a development mule. This one looks very finished, so that is a great sign for production. Interesting no interesting paint (dots, or lines) and no camaflage

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WOW! Black looks hot on this car!! And that towing package with the class 3 reese hitch its the ****! LOL
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Sweet catch man, thanks for sharing.
Makes it seem more like a reality when you see one on the road for real....

If you see them again, tell them to swing through Delray Beach and let me put a tune in that bad boy real quick!
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This car is amazing. I got to have one!
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Those are some really great pics. It definitly looks a lot different
from the one they had at G-11 last year. Or the one they had on
the Power Tour in '06.
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dude im about to go drive down fletcher... i
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Great job Corey, damn I cant wait to see the production car in person!
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Am I the only one who thinks they blew it with the headlights and lost the retro look?

The show car looked hot, the front end pictured above is not!



I also liked the deep looking rims on the show car vs the flat pancakes shown above.

The rest looks great, but those two things could sink it IMHO.

How could this car start going so wrong?

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remember folks that they are probably driving the base model camaro. also, dont compare a sema model or pre production with anything that has to be:

1) cost effective
2) pass crash test, EPA, etc etc


corey, awesome pix.


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