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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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I live about 25-30 miles east of Sacramento and cought these going up towards placerville.

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they got off and went to In-N-Out to eat, and by the time I had worked my way back they were all covered up.









They were so awesome in person. there were 3 of them. The one in the front of the pack had the intake opening on the hood like the ones we have seen before, the one in the middle was definatly a v6 model because it had smaller exhaust pipes and 16in wheels that were not spectacular looking. the last one was awesome, it had a decent sized cowel hood, with different looking headlights then Ive seen before, I failed at getting a picture of the headlights because I was driving while shooting. this definatly made my day.

here is the video I got, its mostly of the v6, but If you watch for the rear view mirror shot you can kind of see what I was talking about with the new headlights on the one in the back of the pack. and again, I apologize for the sketchy quality.


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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 04:10 PM
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Good catch,
Whats with the Mustang!!
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 04:18 PM
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Good catch,
Whats with the Mustang!!
I think it just happened to be in the parking lot when they got there.

also I updated my first post with the video.
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 05:04 PM
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no armed guard when it was covered? LOL



very exciting! this car is hot!
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 06:55 PM
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Well, i was at my work when i got this text from a buddy of mine and he's telling me that he is standing next to the new Camaro's. I thought he was maybe mistaking the new Challenger as the new Camaro (since their body lines are somewhat alike) but he kept on telling me they were Camaro's. He then sent me a pic and told me that 2 of the 3 sounded like v8's but one of the v8's sounded alot louder than the other, and the one that was louder had alot better looking stuff on it (e.i Rims,Big Big Brakes,Exhaust note,etc). He told me he was asking them questions but they responded by saying that they ABSOLUTELY could not release ANY information about anything. They just told him that they were doing some long distance testing on them, so im guesing their heading down south towards LA, so be on the look out!!! Heres the pic.
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 07:27 PM
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Thats badass, I want to see them on the road.....why do they have the ones with the export tails on them on the roads here? Oh well...still looks sexy.
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 07:28 PM
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nice, ya they were head towards tahoe when I took the pics today. there all over the place.
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 08:12 PM
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Looks awesome. I believe that thoes are the "Euro" spec models, note the amber brake lights. I think thoes were the ones that they were testing at the RING.
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I hope that is a base car, it looks so watered down from the concept.
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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not bad
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by SSNISTR
I hope that is a base car, it looks so watered down from the concept.
they're just test mules. the production ones will be awesome. I promise.
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 10:44 PM
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if that last pic posted is of the V6 wheels, they look nice i think. Almost Iroc style
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 10:52 PM
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From what I can tell the "different" headlights may be the actual production headlights while the others still have the placeholders.

Nice find! I'd love to see one in person, even if it was just a test mule!
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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 01:10 AM
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I lol'd when i watched the video and u showed off the awesome power of the malibu....VVRRROOOOMMM
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Nice catch man!
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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevano26
nice, ya they were head towards tahoe when I took the pics today. there all over the place.
Heading towards Tahoe?? Yay! I am gonna keep my eye out here in South Lake Tahoe!
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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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is it me or does the new dodge challanger sort of resemble the new camaro? I was cruisn' in my ta the other evening and i pulled up next to one. Are the challengers as fast as i think they are or would it have been close and who would have won, especially with my mods against a stock one?
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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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on the last picture posted, it seems like the roofline is a lot lower/sleeker than it originally seemed. Looks really nice!
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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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Why did you not uncover the cars? Not like you would go to jail for that.

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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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yeah it doesnt look like the concept but i want to drive the v8 model to see how it performs
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