Happy Birthday Camaro!
That's right, today is the one year birthday of the official production run of the current Gen Camaro. Yessir, the Gen 5 Camaro is one year old. It has been a fantastic year for a fantastic car too! With over 100,000 Camaros produced this year, the numbers surrounding this car are fantastic! I'm not just talking the performance numbers either (even though that 420 HP is pretty damn impressive). This year has seen the Camaro win multiple awards, including Car and Driver's, MotorTrends, and MotorWeeks year end awards for Sports Coupe, as well as some of those same awards for best over-all car. The Camaro has also been deemed the best new car, and is in the final 3 spots for World Designer Car of the Year award. Beyond those numbers, Camaro sales have been largely responsible for the change of fortunes over at Chevy, while Camaro has also been deemed time and time again as the modern-day muscle car champion. So, with a year like that behind us, I am excited to see what the year ahead offers! Here's to the 5th Generation Camaro, and to it's first birthday! May it have many more great birthdays ahead!
2011 Camaro Launch Date
Production for the 2011 Camaro begins on June 7th. Final retail order entry is set for April 10th on the 2011 Camaro as well. What all of these means for you, the Camaro lover and owner, is that while there's no news on any changes being made for 2011 yet, they will have to be announced by April 10th or so, most likely no later than the 15th. As those days approach, we should be getting more and more news on what, if any, changes are being made for the 2011 model year. Keeping fingers crossed for something new and exciting over here, hope you are also!
Ford Trying to Keep Up
Well, because the Camaro is mercilessly wiping the floor with the Mustang in sales right now, Ford realized that they had to do something. That something? Make the Mustang as much like the Camaro as they could! The 2011 V6 Mustangs will have new engine tuning modifications to offer 305 HP and 29MPG, pretty much identical to the V6 Camaro's 305/29. Now, I wonder if they'll go out and fix some of the styling cues on their vehicle to compete as well? Only time will tell, but until they do, we Camaro owners and fans can sit back and enjoy the numbers which keep rolling in showing that the masses agree with us in this argument.
