SEMA Preview: Chevrolet Camaro Z28, is that you?
11-02-2009, 05:54 PM
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SEMA Preview: Chevrolet Camaro Z28, is that you? 
Originally Posted by AutoBlog
How 2009 is this? Not only are you looking at what we're 99.99% sure is the brand spankin' new Chevrolet Camaro Z28, but we got sent the picture via Facebook. Pretty viral (or whatever), right? Also, that Z28 is sitting on the floor at SEMA, and there's an entire posse of us Autoblog types heading out to Sin City so we will be up close and way too personal with this bad-***** Chevy shortly.
While no one actually has details yet, we're 99.99% sure again that if this is the Z28, then there's an LSA under yonder hood. To refresh your memory, an LSA is the same engine that powers the very, very mighty Cadillac CTS-V. How mighty? 556 hp and 551 lb-ft of torquage. Not quite as brute as the ZR1's LS9 (638 hp, 604 lb-ft of torque), but then what is? Will the Chevy get every one of the Caddy's ponies? Most likely not quite. The Z28 will probably be slightly detuned so as to preserve some sort of outdated, century-old General Motors pecking order that no one outside of Detroit boardrooms has cared about in fifty years. We keep hearing "just" 550 hp. But again, maybe not.
While no one actually has details yet, we're 99.99% sure again that if this is the Z28, then there's an LSA under yonder hood. To refresh your memory, an LSA is the same engine that powers the very, very mighty Cadillac CTS-V. How mighty? 556 hp and 551 lb-ft of torquage. Not quite as brute as the ZR1's LS9 (638 hp, 604 lb-ft of torque), but then what is? Will the Chevy get every one of the Caddy's ponies? Most likely not quite. The Z28 will probably be slightly detuned so as to preserve some sort of outdated, century-old General Motors pecking order that no one outside of Detroit boardrooms has cared about in fifty years. We keep hearing "just" 550 hp. But again, maybe not.
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11-03-2009, 11:53 AM
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Twin Turbo V6
http://www.camaro5.com/?p=2808
Here’s the scoop on the silver Camaro from the SEMA showfloor as seen HERE and which everyone speculated as the Camaro Z28 due to its bumper’s similarity to the look of only model mockup PHOTO we have seen of the Z28.
This car is a V6 twin turbo Camaro built by GM (hence its location in GM’s Camaro display at SEMA). The turbos used on the V6 motor are turbonetics turbos.
GM design worked with Jay Leno on the design of this car, and the car is labeled "inspired by Jay Leno."
We will bring you more details tomorrow so stay tuned!
http://www.camaro5.com/?p=2808
Here’s the scoop on the silver Camaro from the SEMA showfloor as seen HERE and which everyone speculated as the Camaro Z28 due to its bumper’s similarity to the look of only model mockup PHOTO we have seen of the Z28.
This car is a V6 twin turbo Camaro built by GM (hence its location in GM’s Camaro display at SEMA). The turbos used on the V6 motor are turbonetics turbos.
GM design worked with Jay Leno on the design of this car, and the car is labeled "inspired by Jay Leno."
We will bring you more details tomorrow so stay tuned!
