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The wait is over. After a seven year hiatus, the new Chevrolet Camaro is now back to dealer showrooms.

Combining great looks, performance and technology, the 2010 Camaro to honor their heritage, while the distribution on the expectations of customers of a sports coupe for the 21st century.

“Camaro offers a new modern, improve the effectiveness of the package, comfort and technology,” said Ed Peper, Chevrolet and management of General Motors Vice President. “This is an individual for a generation of car enthusiasts, both young and old, which honors the heritage of the Chevrolet Camaro with a carefully designed.

Built on the new global-wheel-drive passenger car platform, Chevrolet Camaro development embodies GM’s global vehicle and design process. The concept was designed originally conceived in the United States, with common techniques used by both the U.S. and Australia. Confirmation was conducted on roads worldwide and assembly are handled by GM’s award-winning plant in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

Design features

With a design that is very close to the original concept, the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro acknowledges its heritage from the first-Camaro, produced from 1967 to 1969. Two-door sports coupe features classic proportions on a 112.3-inch (2852 mm) wheelbase. Total length of the Chevrolet Camaro is 190.4 inches (4836 mm), width and height is 75.5 inches (1918 mm) and 54.2 inches (1376 mm), respectively.

Long hood and short deck is pushed to the far corners of the muscular fender forms and fast, 67-degree windshield rake contribution to aerodynamic efficiency, including a 0.37 coefficient of drag (CD) on the model V -6 and a little sleeker 0.35 cd on V-8-SS model is supported.

Wheel arch openings received attention especially through the design process. Whether the Chevrolet Camaro is equipped with standard 18-inch or optional 19-inch or 20-inch wheels, the relationship of the top of the tire and the bottom of the fender is consistent across all models. All models also feature the classic “V” design motif in the nose, with a 2.5-inch (63.5 mm) in the power dome aluminum hood, reminiscent of high-performance model Chevrolet Camaro. On SS models, simulating an air Intake located on the front fascia and lower air Intake is larger.

On top, designers take a cue from the Corvette and sculpted dual cockpits on roofs, for a vehicle and Chevrolet’s. From the outside, the B-pillar is in the eye, lending actually appear in a hardtop coupe. The B-pillar is designed to provide structure to increase rigidity car. And to ensure quality in the manufacturing process, a piece of body stamping provides a clean overall appear that is free of seams, gaps or plastic appliques. “Gills” is in front of you after the panel is familiar Chevrolet Camaro Styling cues.

Ten external colors are available and include Black, Victory Red, Rally Yellow and Silver Metallic stone. Red Jewel Tintcoat also available as an option. The palette also includes Cyber Gray Metallic, Aqua Blue Metallic, Inferno Orange Metallic, White Metallic and Imperial Blue.

An RS package available on LT and SS. It includes HID headlamps with integrated halo rings, a day after LT spoiler, specific taillamps and 20-inch wheels with Midnight silver finish.

Detailed interior decoration

Inside the four-passenger cabin, as does the balance of heritage, modern design and attention to detail conveys refinement and simple with modern details in the cluster, click the device, dials and lighting. A software package available ambient light, for example, provide LED lighting advanced pipe technologies, giving the cabin a distinctive glow.

Deep, recessed gauges, located in the square in the chrome, the nod to classic Camaro interior. The panel gauges including speedometer and engine rpm, with a driver information center is located between the major gauges – readouts its features and control through a steering column stalk on . An optional console-mounted gauge package, including oil pressure, oil temperature, volts and temperature of liquids. The gauge package is included in the 2LT and 2SS models.

Cloth upholstery is standard and leather appointed seats-on 2LT and 2SS models. Four how to adjust the time zone includes / aft and up / down on driver seat and two-way adjustment on the passenger seat is standard. Heated, leather-trimmed seats with drivers electric six months adjusted options.

Both LT and SS cloth standard and available colors decorated interior black, gray and beige. The front seat travel is tha 8.5 inch (216 mm) from front to back. On SS models, features a seat and SS logo on the headrest with contrasting stitching. An Inferno Orange interior trim package is available with leather interiors.

All models include a three-direction with the hand wheel tilt / adjust Telescope. Cruise control and after defog is standard, while a packet-based guidance and wheel knob; redundant steering wheel controls, Bluetooth and USB port is part of the driver available Thuận transport and connectivity package. Also included in the package is started on the remote equipment and automatic-transmission car, as well as individuals of a module for the device interface iPods.

Immediately after starting production, customers will be able to order a Hurst short-throw shifter to provide fast, the animals move.

Chevrolet Camaro entertainment system includes a CD-radio with six speakers is standard on LS, LT and SS models. A premium, 245-watt nine-speaker Boston Acoustics sound system can be ordered on the 1LT and SS models. XM Satellite Radio is standard on all models.

All models also include locks power and display up and down the car and passenger window. Every capacity can be increased with the standard fold-down seat back. Ability of the body is 11.3 cubic feet (320 liters).

Safe

The Chevrolet Camaro offers a comprehensive system of safety features – starting with a strong body structure and safety cage around the passengers. High strength steel and ultra high strength steels used in the main structure. Safety technologies also include:

* Driver and passenger front dual-stage air bags
* Drivers and passengers sit in front of Thorax-mounted side-impact bags air
* Head curtain side-impact air bags for front and back-seat occupants
* Front-seat safety belt pretensioners and load limiters
* A front passenger detection system that senses children and small stature adults and suppresses air bag deployment when appropriate.

In both the door, an interlock pin is used to prevent intrusion into the computer and adds to the stiffness of the participants with the structure of a bracket placed on rocker panel.

Powertrains

When it comes to performance, the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro delivers in unexpected ways. An advanced 3.6L direct-injection V-6 with the time variable is standard on LS models and LT. It provides energy and efficiency, with 304 horsepower (227 kW) and EPA-rated 29 mpg in the road driving.

Performance-oriented Chevrolet Camaro SS to provide a pair of 6.2L V-8s, including one with active management Fuel help improve the economy of the four fuel cylinders Off-lighting time some conditions driving trucks. Models that provide 25 mpg in the EPA-rated highway fuel economy.

Indeed, the fuel surprising of the new economy Chevrolet Camaro enhance the driving experience. LS and LT-EPA models rated at 18 mpg in the city and 29 on the national highway with an automatic transmission and 17 city and 29 Highway with manual transmission. Chevrolet Camaro SS with a self-assessment is at 16 city and 25 highway, and 16 city/24 highway with manual transmission. Notably, none of Chevrolet Camaro model is subject to federal gas guzzler tax.

To compare, the more expensive 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 provide horsepower equivalent to the Chevrolet Camaro SS with manual transmission – 425 (317 kW) vs. 426 (318 kW) – and is EPA-rated at 14 city and country Highway 22. When the equipment automatically compare models, the Chevrolet Camaro win again, with the Challenger SRT8 rated at 13 City and 19 Highway.

All engines of Chevrolet Camaro channel their power to meet a chassis that features independent front and back suspensions, large, four-wheel disc brakes with ABS and standard GM StabiliTrak control system stability electronics.

3.6L direct injection V-6

Chevrolet Camaro’s 3.6L direct injection (DI) V-6 delivers additional power through enhanced efficiency, while maintaining the economy and reduce fuel emissions – including a 25-percent in the cold pull-start hydrocarbon emissions. Directly injected fuel to optimize the distribution Combustion chamber for introduction of fuel closer to Combustion chamber. The fuel injectors are located beneath the Intake port and fuel is injected directly into the cylinder. The result is better performance in the Combustion fuel leading to increased efficiency at part and full throttle.

The production of DI 3.6L engine 304 horsepower (227 kW) at 5900 rpm and 273 lb.-ft. of Torque (370 Nm) at 5200 rpm. The level of its 60-cylinder block and cylinder heads are cast aluminum to reduce mass. A forged steel crankshaft provides optimal strength in the bottom end. The cylinder head, includes four valves per cylinder, with dual camshaft design fee of infinitely variable cam phasing.

Full dual exhaust system with dual catalytic Converters, to help reduce pressure for power optimization. It also allows the engine to achieve operating temperature more quickly to help burn off cold-start emissions. And although a compression ratio of 11.3:1, the 3.6L DI engine is designed to run on regular gas.

Chevrolet Camaro SS’s 6.2L powertrains

Two engine 6.2L V-8 offered in the Chevrolet Camaro SS, including the new L99-equipped automatic vehicle guidance and LS3 model of equipment. Both engines are derived from the LS3 that debuted on the 2008 Chevrolet Corvette.

The 90-degree V-8 include an aluminum block (with cast iron cylinder liners) and the aluminum cylinder. The bottom end of the tool includes a new structure of cast aluminum oil pan, oil capacity 8.9 quarts (8.5 liters), while two-valve cylinder head design was based on race-dynamics demonstrated atmosphere. The Intake valves measure 2.16 inches (55 mm) and exhaust valves are 1.60 inch (40.5 mm) in diameter.

The 6.2L engine also uses a roller lifter camshaft style with a 5-percent larger Intake valve-lift than the Corvette’s LS3. It management atmosphere that is channeled through an acoustically tuned Intake manifold with a design that reduces the runner-to-runner variation. Is the throttle bore diameter 90 mm.

Horsepower for the L99 is 400 (298 kW) at 5900 rpm and 410 lb.-ft. Torque is (556 Nm) at 4300 rpm. The LS3 developing 426 horsepower (318 kW) at 5900 rpm and 420 lb.-ft. (569 nm) at 4,600 rpm (all numbers are SAE certified). Results on the L99 lower LS3 for a slighter lower compression ratio (10.4:1 vs. 10.7:1) and design features of the management system Fuel operation. The L99 is paired exclusively with an automatic transmission.

As with the 3.6L model, the SS model to a full dual exhaust system with two catalytic Converters to reduce the pressure again.

Transmissions

All Chevrolet Camaro models can be equipped with a six-speed manual or automatic six-speed transmission. The availability of a six-speed automatic transmission is a first for Chevrolet Camaro.

Standard with a 3.6L engine AY6 Aisin six-speed manual. It changes the features less effort and shorter throws to move easier and fun to drive “features. A hydraulic legs and adjustment mechanism, removing the need for adjustments throughout the lifespan of the transmission.

The Hydra-Matic 6L50 six-speed automatic is optional with the model-equipped 3.6L. It has an aggressive 4.07:1 first gear ratio that delivers strong launches, but also provides tall overdrive ratios that decrease engine rpm and provide better fuel efficiency. The 6L50 also includes drivers change control, with the drive to control the paddle through changes in the steering wheel after selecting the “M” mode on console mounted shifter.

Performance Algorithm transfer (PAS) is included with the 6L50. It allows the transmission of electronic controls automatically override the gear selection during high-speed lateral maneuvers.

On SS models, the new Tremec TR 6060 six-speed manual is paired with the LS3. It is designed to handle high Torque characteristics of the engine, while providing more short throws, smoother gear and synchronize larger overall change feel little or no vibration. Its specs include a 290 mm solid flywheel and a broken leg. Rate of the last drive for LS3 is 3.45:1.

My ability to auto-ever in a GM passenger car, the Hydra-Matic 6L80 six-speed automatic is matched with the L99 engine. Like the 6L50 transmission, it changes the feature controls and control PAS. Rate of final drive automatically on all equipment Chevrolet Camaro models is 3.27:1.

Ride & Handling

Fully independent suspensions before and after the underpinnings of the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro. Standards following independent suspension is a first for the Chevrolet Camaro and designed to compete with the world. It’s a 4.5-link that includes a unique L-shaped control arm on the knuckle that attaches at one end and the bushing in a drive behind.

Based on GM’s global Duong-drive passenger car architecture, the Chevrolet Camaro sitting on a 112.3-inch (2852 mm) wheelbase, with a total length of 190.4 inches (4836 mm). The front track is 63.7 inches wide (1618 mm) for all models, while the rear track on LS and LT models is 64.1 inches (1628 mm) and 63.7 inch ( 1618 mm) SS models above.

Two suspension packages are provided: on FE2 sport V-6 model and the FE3 performance V-8. The front suspension has a team strut system, with a direct action-stabilizer bar that measures 22.2 x 4 mm on the FE2 and 23 x 4.2 mm on the FE3. Hollow bars are used for mass savings. The front spring model for FE2 is 25 years, with the wheels to travel at 96 mm. FE3 model includes a stiffer, 27 Nm spring rate, with reduced wheel travel at 84 mm.

Rear suspension includes features high lateral stiffness for handling through three lateral ball joints per side. A frame in the background is isolated to minimize vehicle body motions and dampen road imperfections. The FE2 with a transmission including a spring rate of 53 Nm, with the wheels to travel at 115 mm, and using a limited-slip differential. The following FE3 axle limitations of using a coupon on both hand and automatic-equipped models, and behind the spring rate increase of 66 Nm and wheel travel is reduced to 100 mm. Coil-over shock absorbers used in the back with a decoupled, hollow stabilizer bar. FE2 include a 21.7 mm x 3 bars later, while most of the bar FE3 measures 23 x 3 mm.

Halfshafts the axle on all models and V-8 equipped manual transmission-V-6 model is 30 mm diameter on the left and 40 mm on the right. This design helps reduce the features of Torque oscillation from the axle and reducing hop.

Brake

Front brakes for the LS and LT models include single-piston calipers with 321 mm x 30 mm rotors. For long life, performance and feel stable, organic, not be used with compounds Asbestos FE2 brakes. At the back is then vented disc 315 mm x 30 mm, with a single-piston aluminum caliper.

The SS Brembo front brake package including 355 mm x 32 mm vented rotors with four-piston aluminum calipers. Semi-metallic brake linings are used in all four corners on the FE3 models super fade resistance and pedal feel. The back brakes are vented Brembos 365 mm x 28 mm, with four-piston aluminum calipers.

Guidance

The accuracy of the 2010 Camaro rack-and-pinion steering for the driver cornering feedback and confidence. The design includes rack mounted forward of the front axle centerline is to increase process and provides a stiffer system, while maintaining a degree of lateral force helping the vehicle stable during the return . It also features the benefits of noise and vibration. The steering ratio is 16.1:1 on all models, with 2.5 turns lock to lock. Variables for all circle, diameter wheel-and-tire combination is 37.7 feet (11.5 meters).

Chassis control systems

All Chevrolet Camaro models include four-channel StabiliTrak electronic control stability system combines anti-lock braking, traction control and active braking system to control wheel slip, optimize and increase traction strength stability in rain, snow-insurance or Icy roads.

All SS models competitive / sport mode which will optimize system stability control electronics for the competitive drive and the track conditions. It provides a level of management not stable for expert control driving on race track. Stability control system engages only heavy oversteer or extreme speed in this mode.

New Chevrolet Camaro SS models with a manual transmission is developed performance control is enabled in the competition. It is designed to control wheel slip to an optimal level, allowing deployment in accelerations difficult to achieve maximum grip and vehicle speed.

Hydraulic brake assist is standard on all models. System activated in case of emergency braking by detecting the speed and force the driver applies the brakes for. In some conditions, to help brake hydraulic ABS May activate more quickly and easily than a car without this feature.

Wheels and tires

LS standard on all models all season tires BFGoodrich P245/55R18 tourism mounted on 18 x 7.5 inch steel wheels. Options include wheels 18 x 7.5 inch and 19 x 8-inch aluminum alloy wheels. Option on 19-inch wheels, Pirelli P245/50R19 Pzero Nero M + S can be ordered.

For the SS model, 20-inch wheels are standard, with a tire size of 245/45R20 to 275/40R20 in front and behind. SS models are equipped with Pirelli Pzero summer-only, Z-rated tires. Twenty-one-inch wheels and tires available through enhancements such as Toyota dealerships.