Baldwin Motion 5th Gen Camaro?
IS THERE A PHASE lV CAMARO IN YOUR FUTURE?
Chevrolet may be a little late coming to the party, but the proposed new Camaro has what takes to "spank" the 'Stang and get the Bowtie Brigade dancin' in the streets!
On January 13, Jim Mateja, Auto Editor, Chicago Tribune, headlined his coverage of the Detroit Auto Show, "CAMARO DRIVES OFF WITH AUTO SHOW BUZZ", FOLLOWED BY "THE CHEVROLET CAMARO CONCEPT STOLE THE SHOW."
We at Baldwin-Motion couldn't agree more!
GM's Director Of Design, Tom Peters, who owns a 1969 Camaro powered by a ZL-1 engine, truly defined what a modern day production musclecar should look and run like. The fully functioning Camaro concept, built on an 112-inch wheelbase GTO platform, is powered by a 400-hp LS2 6.0 small-block hooked up to a six-speed transmission. Like the Baldwin-Motion 540 Camaro SuperCoupe, it has 14-inch disc brakes all around. Kudos to Peters and his staff.
According to GM Vice-Chairman and product guru, Bob Lutz, the production target is 120 to 150,000 units per year. And GM's Vice-President of Global Design, Ed Welburn, a 1969 Camaro owner, was also quoted in the Chicago Tribune, "A convertible is in the works."
< Click to visit the Chevy site and see the new concept Camaro.
Kris Horton, working with Joel Rosen and Larry Jaworske, penned the prototype Baldwin-Motion SuperCoupe design, and he’s been feverishly working on concepts for a limited-production Phase IV version of the next generation Camaro. Fresh from winning GM's Best Design Award at SEMA for the SuperCoupe, Horton is one of the hottest young automotive designers around.
"When Chevrolet builds the next generation Camaro, Baldwin-Motion will be ready with a Phase IV version available from select Chevrolet dealers. In the tradition of the original Baldwin-Motion Camaros, the Phase IV Camaro will be quicker, faster and turn more heads than any new musclecar from Motown. Like the SuperCoupe, I'll sign each one," said Joel 'Mr. Motion' Rosen.
It will be cool if they come through but I bet they will cost a ton of money.
Here is the best pic I could find.
I doubt that you can doctor an order sheet and send it to Chevrolets head office any more and end up with High Performance car any different than anyone else can order.
So true mass producers and sellers of Chevrolet need to step up and make Complete High Performance Packages in my opinion. Sell something completely off the wall, limited production, 6 mths waiting list
Packing up some old magazines recently I came across a 1971 performance magazine that tested all performance cars. This was the first year GM had dropped compression. Gone was Chevrolets 302 and Oldsmobiles 350 in the W-31 package. Motions 71 Camaro was a 454 / 500 h.p. (4) speed. Ran 11:60 or 70 @ 117 mph This was perhaps 2.000 quicker than any GM off the shelf product. So, if the new 2009 L2 Camaro runs low 13's stock would you be happy? And say a Z28 or something came along later that ran 12.8, in good hands, would that be OK? What would an after market off the shelf car need to run to make you guys happy? What would you be willing to pay? Would you expect a 5 yr. 100K GM engine tranny warranty 3 yr. 36 K Bumper to Bumper?
A stock 454 Camaro from Motion or any other dealer would have only needed a M40 and slicks to run low 11's or even 10's. In the late 60's FACTORY auto Corvettes were rumored to be in the 10's with the 427. A 454 is an easier engine to manage. Oh well enjoy!!
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Back when all this performance stuff started GM Performance Parts wasn't as available as it is today. SLP and some of the other GM supported houses weren't here either. If the dealer was smart, performance oriented, circled the correct boxes, any dealer could tag on to a Yanko, Motion, etc. special order, and get something different. You also weren't talking the money you are today. Todays customer wants this and that special feature added to their ride. Unless they, this new super Camaros all one color and a single package, or stage 1, 2, 4, I don't think we'll see it. Today GM is into the accessories business. They hadn't thought about that in the 60's We, sales associates, are expected to PIMP the ride with extras. Now you spend an extra 10 hours going over all the factory stuff for a mini deal? Because as soon as I give YOU GUYS the correct #'s, AND PRICE, you're going shopping for the best price. I think many of you already do that with the sponsors here, at this page.That was SLP's problem. Too much money for stuff that yielded the same performance for less
This stuff is always fun to talk about. Who at GM is listening? If the public buys the car, dealers stock the car, there will be stuff offered. Or it might just be another Trailblazer SS, Silverado SS, or SSR



