It’s pretty much been common knowledge to a lot of folks that the new Chevrolet Camaro has become quite a popular item for General Motors re-launched the brand last year, but we had no idea that it had become THIS popular.

According to Camaro5, the Camaro recently reached a historic milestone after the GM’s Oshawa assembly plant rolled out the 100,000th Camaro. Fittingly enough, the historic Camaro was an Inferno Orange Metallic SS.
The feat is even more remarkable considering that the Camaro reached 100,000 units in less than a year’s time – if you wanted to be anal about it, the first Camaro was rolled out on March 16th of last year.

If you round out the average, that’s about 282 Camaro’s being rolled out every day!

Remarkable; to say the least.

General Motors rolls out 100,000th Camaro originally appeared on topspeed.com on Sunday, 7 March 2010 06:42 EST.

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Birthday surprises are particularly cool, especially when our parents give us something that we never would have expected from them.

15-year old Shane was celebrating his 16th birthday and his parents gave him quite a surprise. Now, normal soon-to-be 16 year olds would have been happy with a Playstation 3 or maybe an all-expense paid trip to Cabo, but this lucky celebrant’s parents decided that video games and vacation trips aren’t worthy enough for their young son.

So they got him a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS. Damn, that kid’s lucky.

This 10-minute video chronicles the whole episode Shane’s entire family carefully planned to make this surprise present a total shocker for the speechless 15-year old. It even has some references to the movie Transformers, complete with Linkin’ Park’s very own Transformers 2 theme song ‘New Divide’.

It shouldn’t be too difficult to imagine how young Shane reacted when he got his dream car for his 16th birthday.

We’d be speechless and start getting teary-eyed too.

Video: 16-year old gets 2010 Camaro SS for his birthday originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 5 March 2010 03:11 EST.

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After posting less-than stellar numbers last year, the 2011 Ford Mustang has been rejuvenated thanks in large part to stronger-than-expected sales numbers to start 2010. Two months into the year, Ford has already reported 11,000 Mustangs being ordered, about three times as many Mustangs ordered in the same span last year.

A big reason for the Mustang’s resurgence can be attributed to the two powertrain outfitted in the 2011 model. Powered by either a 305-horsepower V6 or a 5.0-liter 412-horsepower V8, the 2011 Mustang has become somewhat of a pony car darling for customers all over the country.

In fact, almost half of the 11,000 orders have been for the V6 variant with the Mustang GT California Special also drawing considerable interest from the public. As a result of this surprising amount of attention given to the 2011 Mustang regardless of what variant it comes in, Ford’s initial sales projection for 2010 has already tripled – and we’re still not done with February.

A year after it experienced some pretty stiff competition from the Chevrolet Camaro, 2010 is fast becoming a banner year for the Ford Mustang and if it keeps up this pace, then we might not see as close a competition for pony car supremacy like we did last year.

Press Release after the jump

Sales of 2011 Ford Mustang off to roaring start originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 26 February 2010 16:00 EST.

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Are you ready for a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro? JEGS Mail Order is offering you the chance to get one as a celebration of their 50th anniversary.

“Our customers are car people so the best thing we could think of to give away was this great American-made hot rod. We’re hoping to have a lot of fun with this Sweepstakes and I think our fans and customers will join in the excitement, especially as we get closer to July when we give this thing away.”

Press release after the jump.

Want to win a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro? originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 18 February 2010 16:03 EST.

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There’s something about quarter-mile times that car tuners seem to have a fixation with. Whether it’s trying to post world record times or just seeing how fast their tuned-up creations can go the quarter-mile run has seemingly become a badge of honor of sorts – post the fastest time and wait for somebody else to beat it.

The folks over at SpeedFactory seemed to have that record in mind when they completely overhauled a 2006 Dodge Charger and put a Gen III Hemi stroker motor boosted by a Vortech supercharger engine underneath the hood, tuning up an already fast 900-hp sedan into a mind-numbing 1,000 horsepower.

The result, as you can imagine, is a car that could very well challenge the world record for fastest quarter mile time, and that’s exactly what the
souped up Charger did, clocking a time of 9.453 seconds at 145.38 mph.

We’re still going to need confirmation on whether the car broke the world record for fastest quarter-mile time, but either way, a 9.453-second time is ridiculously fast.

Check out the video and see how SpeedFactory’s tuned-up Charger fared in its quest for quarter-mile immortality.

Press Release after the jump

Video: Tuned-up Dodge Charger attempts to break quarter-mile speed record originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 13 February 2010 14:00 EST.

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While the perception in society points to men becoming “tied-down” after they get hitched, we should all be reminded that perception isn’t always reality. It seems a little short-sighted and naive to think that men have become a little too predictable once we become domesticated.

That being said, as far as the new Dodge Super Bowl commercial is concerned, they seem to think that all men, no matter the course of action they take, will, at some point in time, end up on sort of leash in their lives.

But as the ad puts it in the end, men will abide by the rules for as long as they have something – even just one thing – to go crazy about.

And for Dodge, that ‘one thing to go crazy about’ is the new Charger.

On some levels, we cringe at thought of seeing men – husbands, specifically – get stereotyped in the way Dodge did it. But on the other hand, we can all agree that, while some men do indeed fall on that label, the thought of speeding off on a new Dodge Charger is something a lot of us do go crazy about.

Dodge’s Super Bowl Ad highlights Charger as ‘Man’s Last Stand’ originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 8 February 2010 16:00 EST.

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As we were perusing the Internet the other day, for car related reasons of course, we came across a very interesting post on Craig’s List that proves the second coming of the muscle car is still going strong. Chrysler’s in house high performance specialists will sell racers a Hemi powered Mopar Drag Pack Challenger that is good for 10 second quarter mile runs and the blue oval has brought back a purpose built Ford Racing Boss 302R Mustang ready for Grand-Am road racing with a 21st century 5.0 Liter V8 under the hood that promises to deliver some pretty fast laps. However bowtie enthusiasts will be happy to hear that GM Performance Parts is offering the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro as an off highway body in white blank canvas for race teams to drape over the chassis of their choice before packing up the trailer and heading out for whatever series they want to compete in, starting at only $7,000.

The benefit of this approach is that not only will racers be able to practice whatever discipline they desire, but also the bare metal body shell is a much better start for a purpose built racecar. The special order GM Performance Part means that crews will not have to waste any time tearing down the vehicle in order to strip as much weight as possible, in fact the only way to make a steel bodied 2010 Camaro weigh less would be to Swiss cheese one of these things. Offering the perfect start for anyone who is serious about going racing, the bare body means that the car can be custom built to whatever specifications are necessary, with everything from the engine and suspension to the rear end being up to the builder. Luckily GM also offers every conceivable component to fill those empty bolt holes from big blocks ready for drag racing to high performance trannys built to take the abuse. It’s the little things like these that our dreams are made of and makes us proud to be in America.

Press release after the jump.

GM Performance Parts offers a Camaro for any occasion originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 15 January 2010 12:00 EST.

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Previewed at the 2009 SEMA Show by a concept car with the same name, the Camaro Synergy Special Edition has been announced today for production. it will be produced between February to May, and it will be priced at $26,790.

The Synergy Special Edition is based on the Camaro 1LT and it is powered by a 3.6 liter direct injection V-6 engine that delivers a total of 304 hp and 273 lb.-ft. of torque, and returns up to 29 mpg on the highway.

Besides the Synergy Green exterior color, it also gets Cyber Grey Rally Stripes, a standard rear spoiler, and standard 19 inch, Sterling Silver painted wheels wrapped with P245/50R19 tires. The interior is defined by the same Synergy Green color on the instrument panel and door inserts.

Standard options include: Camaro Convenience and Connectivity Package, with Bluetooth phone connectivity, USB port for MP3 players, and remote vehicle start.

Press release after the jump.

Chevrolet Camaro Synergy Special Edition originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 14 January 2010 05:44 EST.

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