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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 10:27 AM
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I know that the 6 speed is standard, but will it be available with an auto?
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 10:46 AM
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Lol Yes
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 12:27 PM
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If you're lucky, it'll have a 6-speed Auto. Auto or no, im still getting a manual if for no other reason than it'll limit the number of people who i will let drive my car
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by HotRodNeil
I know that the 6 speed is standard, but will it be available with an auto?
Durrrrhhhh. GM ain't dumb enough to make a mass-market car without an automatic anymore.
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 12:48 AM
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It will have an A6 for sure. They would be idiots not to offer it with one.

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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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Yup, 6-speed manual and 6-speed automatic will be the choices.
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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Yes, GM will offer an auto.

They probbly will sell more autos then manuals.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 02:42 AM
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they will offer an auto just for the fact that not everyone knows how to drive a manual...
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 12:16 PM
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Despite what all these uninformed jackasses (especially OctaneZ28) say, GM will NOT offer the new Camaro with an automatic trasmission.

Insiders quote a well-known top GM executive as saying, "99.9 percent of the driving population can go screw themselves. If you can't drive a stick, you can't buy a new Camaro. I don't care if we only sell 15,000 new units. It's not like our company is in financial trouble or anything."
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Sharpe
Despite what all these uninformed jackasses (especially OctaneZ28) say, GM will NOT offer the new Camaro with an automatic trasmission.

Insiders quote a well-known top GM executive as saying, "99.9 percent of the driving population can go screw themselves. If you can't drive a stick, you can't buy a new Camaro. I don't care if we only sell 15,000 new units. It's not like our company is in financial trouble or anything."
LOL!!!

I think the next line in that press release was "We are aiming for the 2% market of ls1tech owners and out of that 2% only 4% of that might even buy the car, so just to be safe it's coming to your door with a forged LS7 and a blower for 25K, with a 9" rear end."
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Ace$nyper
I think the next line in that press release was "We are aiming for the 2% market of ls1tech owners and out of that 2% only 4% of that might even buy the car, so just to be safe it's coming to your door with a forged LS7 and a blower for 25K, with a 9" rear end."
You read it too?! That's what it said.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Sharpe
Despite what all these uninformed jackasses (especially OctaneZ28) say, GM will NOT offer the new Camaro with an automatic trasmission.

Insiders quote a well-known top GM executive as saying, "99.9 percent of the driving population can go screw themselves. If you can't drive a stick, you can't buy a new Camaro. I don't care if we only sell 15,000 new units. It's not like our company is in financial trouble or anything."
Thanks I needed a laugh today!

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Yes both a auto and a standard shift availabe, with a choice of two V6's and two V8's, and a 6.2 Litre V8 for the Z28 with a supercharged V8 that is suppose to produce 550hp
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 07:28 PM
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So the Z28 gets the faster of the two V8s?
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 08:38 PM
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oh.......my............"GOD"
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Trick
So the Z28 gets the faster of the two V8s?
Hell yes it will Don't you read the stickies?

Copy and pasted from OctaneZ28's sticky ( https://ls1tech.com/forums/gen-5-racing-tech/612178-facts-about-2010-camaro-updated-10-17-2007-a.html ):

Originally Posted by The Sticky
FACTS ABOUT THE NEW CAMARO:

* Camaro, and later Firebird, will be built at Oshawa Assembly beginning late 2008.
* Camaro will be built on the Zeta chassis.
* Camaro will have IRS and weigh 4,250 lbs. empty.
* Camaro will be priced well above equivalent-level Mustangs.
* Camaro will be offered with an LS2 or an LS7 engine with LS7's in the Z28's because even GM realizes the SS designation has been whored out to the point it's worthless.
* Camaro will NOT come with an automatic transmission.
Don't thank me for the above information, thank OctaneZ28.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 10:46 PM
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LMAO.

Well, at least you linked to the real info.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Ace$nyper
LOL!!!

I think the next line in that press release was "We are aiming for the 2% market of ls1tech owners and out of that 2% only 4% of that might even buy the car, so just to be safe it's coming to your door with a forged LS7 and a blower for 25K, with a 9" rear end."
Aint that the damned truth! This thread made me laugh.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Sharpe
Hell yes it will Don't you read the stickies?

Copy and pasted from OctaneZ28's sticky ( https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=612178 ):

Don't thank me for the above information, thank OctaneZ28.

hahahahahaha... I started to get a little upset reading the quote
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:51 AM
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I read the sticky, I some how managed to over look that.
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