Camaro’s Brazil Launch Short Film
This past week Chevrolet Brazil officially launched the Camaro as part of their vehicle line-up, and to coincide with that they put together a great official Camaro Brazil website, and produced an awesome short film. Now, if you don't read Portuguese, the website may be a little difficult to navigate, but the opening animations are awesome and worth a watch, and the video they produced is absolutely a blast.
The film, titled "Não encoste no meu Camaro" (or, "Don't Touch My Camaro" in English) is a great, very fun, film just over 3 minutes long. The basic translations of the text notes in the film aren't necessary at all to get the feel of it, as it is about a feeling and experience most every teenager knows and most every parent of a teenager fears, but if you're interested I'll provide them below. (Translated, albeit, to the best of my very limited ability). The detail, in short, the story of a child who gets a hold of his parent's Camaro keys when they go out of town (anyone else thinking of Ferris Beuller?).
Translations:
- Good morning son - Kisses, Mom
- Don't touch the car
- On Flight 3551 - Take care of home
- Don't think about it.
- Flight canceled, we're coming home.
Camaro Convertible Release Information
Chevrolet is planning on publicly unveiling the 2011 Camaro Convertible at the LA Auto Show next month. The high profile event should provide a lot of press for the vehicle and make pre-ordering it an easy, albeit slow going, task. I imagine there will be a pretty long wait-list for a while with the vehicle as, already, its profile is pretty big.
Before the show, though, Chevrolet has released some pertinent information concerning the vehicle:
- The Camaro Convertible will arrive at dealerships in February of 2011
- The starting price for the Camaro Convertible will be $30,000
- On top of the $30,000 cost there will also be an $850 delivery charge
- The Convertible will be available in both RS and SS versions
Camaro Heritage Grill Available Now
News is coming out that GM has officially released their Camaro Heritage Grill. With a list price of $305, but some people saying they've found discounts on it, I wanted to skip right past the whole "Oh hey! This is new! Lets buy it!" and actually consider if its a good, viable front grille replacement option, or if better exist out there.
Let's start with looking at the Heritage Grill:
Alright, yeah, that does look good. The solid, strong lines, look really nice. Still though, it's over $300, and not THAT aggressive looking. In fact, there may be an argument that the OEM Camaro grill, with its wide openings and boxier style, is an actually more aggressive looking front grill piece.
Well, with that all in mind, what other options exist out there as front grill pieces for a Camaro?
There are a lot of them out there, but I picked the two I like the most. After some shopping around too, it appears that southerncarparts.com offers them both at pretty good prices. I also got in touch with the SCP guys and they said they're planning on adding the Heritage Grill to their line-up soon, so that would be a good place to start your shopping.
Anyways, here are the two options I looked at that I wanted to compare the Heritage Grill to:
The first one, on the left, is the Mesh Wire grill, and the second on the right is the Phantom Billet grill. The mesh grill is over $400, so right there its a little behind the Heritage Grill in that category. Of course, that money is not money poorly spent as that is a great looking grill. The cross-bar there looks great, and really seems to accentuate aggressive lines of the Camaro. Of course, the mesh itself looks a little light on the Camaro, and for that reason, I say this is a comparable bang for the buck comparison to the Heritage Grill, and the choice should come down to cost/personal preference if picking between the two.
Of course, that is, if you're just picking between the two. The third option here, the Phantom Billet grill, is absolutely sweet. Maybe you'd disagree with me, but I feel like the solid lines (which are close to the Heritage Grill look) are strong and bold. Add to that the fact that the grill itself is made with high-quality, TIG Welded, aircraft grade aluminum, and the price is well below the Heritage Grill for the half grill, and almost equal to the Heritage Grill for the full, light-covering phantom look, should make this the undeniable premiere choice.
Maybe you disagree, and I understand a lot of people love the Heritage Grill look, but I personally am all for the Phantom Billet Grill! It gets an A+ from this humble blogger.