New Camaro

[Sarumatix]

My friend who works at Holden and helped design the camaro, has told me that they will not be selling them here.

Lets hope they change their minds

I have one of those too and he said the same thing to me . He also drove it around in Melbourne and said it goes as well as it looks .

[PM-R33]

I've driven a 6 speed, before and after LS1Edit and it felt gutless at low RPM like a turbo car, especially after hopping out of the 5 litre I owned at the time, the owner even admitted mine felt 'faster' on the street lol. I found that the LS1 felt like it was labouring around town, unless you were holding 2nd or 3rd gears.

It is true, LS1's weakspot is low down torque. However a positive displacement manifold supercharger fixes that very well

[Roy]

I dare say that the gutless down low claim has less to do with the engine and more to do with the final drive ratio of the car and the 1800kgs the engine has to get going

[Line-]

It's really too bad the Camaro won't be released here, even though it's still possible to get one through importing and RHD conversion. The cost involved..I don't know if it's worth it. I always think how the car is sold for 25k USD in the US.

I thought a car like this would sell well in Australia too:(

I really love the Camaro, such a great looking car:)

Edited July 10, 2009 by Line-

[kil-351]

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[PM-R33]

I dare say that the gutless down low claim has less to do with the engine and more to do with the final drive ratio of the car and the 1800kgs the engine has to get going

True. All your Holden LS1/LS2's have 3.46's in the manual where as the HSV's got the 3.73's which is much more suited. A lot of guys put in 3.9's but i think the 3.73's suit the 6 speed perfectly. Good acceleration at the right RPM at 60/80/100 without sacrificing all your top speed. Makes the 6th gear actually usable at a good rpm on 100.

Edited July 10, 2009 by PM-R33

[bozodos]

3.45 is still a lot better than the 3.08 before it lol.

[PM-R33]

Haha very true!