New Camaro! Only $427,000!
2000blazerls
11-11-2005, 09:24 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/funonwheels/11/09/motion_camaro/index.html
Ok everyone! Get your wallets out!!
LAS VEGAS (CNN/Money) - If you missed your opportunity to buy a brand-new Chevrolet Camaro before General Motors stopped making them in 2002, here's your chance.
You'd better have some serious cash, though.
The reincarnation of a muscle-car era team that specialized in making high-performance Chevrolets has brought the reincarnation of the Camaro itself. This time, they're making their own Camaros from scratch with bodies designed with the help of a 22-year-old California car artist.
The look of the new Baldwin-Motion 540 Camaro SuperCoupe calls to mind the the 1969 Camaro, but this is a bigger, broader two-seat monster. The SuperCoupe is powered by a 700-horsepower V-8 engine.
In a nod to the good old days, the company lists the engine's displacement as 540 cubic inches. That's about 8.9 liters for those of you too young to remember when engine displacement was measured in cubic inches.
Even the car's price is a nod to those old English-unit days: $427,000.
Camaros with General Motors' 427-cubic-inch engine were the basis for some of the most famous cars created by the original Baldwin-Motion Performance Group.
That company was formed when Motion Performance, a Brooklyn, NY, speed shop, moved their operations to the suburban town of Baldwin, NY. There, in 1966, they partnered with a local Chevy dealership to sell custom performance upgrades.
Their cars, mostly high-horsepower Corvettes, Camaros and Chevelles, became some of the most prized muscle cars of the era.
Joel Rosen and Martyn Schorr were largely responsible for creating the original Baldwin-Motion. Rosen was the mechanic, Schorr was responsible for public relations, advertising and marketing.
The pair started their new company, now based in Florida, last summer along with several business partners.
This time, the cars are being created without factory-built Camaros to base them on. The new cars' all-steel bodies will be built by Time Machines, a Florida company specializing in body work for classic muscle cars.
The success legendary performance tuner Carroll Shelby has had with a line of faithfully recreated Shelby muscle cars -- not to mention an upcoming Shelby version of the new Ford Mustang -- had something to do with inspiring this venture, said Lawrence Jaworske, Motion's chief executive officer.
"Why should Carroll get to have all the fun?" he said.
Designer Kris Horton worked with Rosen to pen the prototype car. Horton came to the attention of the Baldwin-Motion team because of a sketch he did for Popular Hot-Rodding magazine in the summer of 2003. That computer sketch, which was distributed widely on the Internet, illustrated what a Chevrolet Camaro might look like if General Motors were to produce the car again.
The Baldwin-Motion SuperCoupe's body, while resembling a 1969 Camaro in the front grill, rear and overall shape, actually shares no sheet-metal or dimensions with that car.
Each of the 12 SuperCoupes the company plans to sell will be hand-made according to the customer's desires, said Lawrence Jaworske, Motion's chief executive officer. That 700-horsepower engine isn't supercharged, for example. If you really want, it could be.
The company is proud of the fact that its supercars will be totally "streetable," said Joworske. In other words, the cars are designed to be safely and legally driven on public roads by non-professional drivers. Motion will not want to do anything to jeopardize the car's road-ready nature, said Jaworske.
"We want to be responsible about what we're doing," he said.
The company will tell buyers to allow a year for their cars to be completed.
The new Motion Camaro will also bring back "the guarantee" that went with the original cars.
Those cars were guaranteed to be able to run a quarter mile from a dead stop in 11.5 seconds at a top speed of 120 miles per hour.
The new guarantee has been tightened to 10 seconds, said Jaworske.
For those with a little less to spend, the company is also making 25 Motion Phase III Camaros which it will sell for about $189,000 each, said Jaworske. Those cars, Jaworske said, will more closely resemble original 1969 Camaros and will use some original body parts.
While he's not exactly sure who the "typical buyer" for a $400,000 to $500,000 700-horsepower Camaro might be, Schorr pointed to the current market in highly collectible muscle cars, including classic Baldwin Motion Camaros from the 1960s and '70s. While not common, extremely rare muscle cars in pristine condition can sell for prices well into six figures.
The prototype Motion Super-Coupe will be sold at the Barrett-Jackson collectible car auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. in January. That event, which is broadcast live on cable television, generally brings some of the highest prices paid for collectible muscle cars.
"If it doesn't bring big bucks at that auction it never will," said Schorr.
Click the top link to see the picture of this thing. So who is going to get one first?
Ok everyone! Get your wallets out!!
LAS VEGAS (CNN/Money) - If you missed your opportunity to buy a brand-new Chevrolet Camaro before General Motors stopped making them in 2002, here's your chance.
You'd better have some serious cash, though.
The reincarnation of a muscle-car era team that specialized in making high-performance Chevrolets has brought the reincarnation of the Camaro itself. This time, they're making their own Camaros from scratch with bodies designed with the help of a 22-year-old California car artist.
The look of the new Baldwin-Motion 540 Camaro SuperCoupe calls to mind the the 1969 Camaro, but this is a bigger, broader two-seat monster. The SuperCoupe is powered by a 700-horsepower V-8 engine.
In a nod to the good old days, the company lists the engine's displacement as 540 cubic inches. That's about 8.9 liters for those of you too young to remember when engine displacement was measured in cubic inches.
Even the car's price is a nod to those old English-unit days: $427,000.
Camaros with General Motors' 427-cubic-inch engine were the basis for some of the most famous cars created by the original Baldwin-Motion Performance Group.
That company was formed when Motion Performance, a Brooklyn, NY, speed shop, moved their operations to the suburban town of Baldwin, NY. There, in 1966, they partnered with a local Chevy dealership to sell custom performance upgrades.
Their cars, mostly high-horsepower Corvettes, Camaros and Chevelles, became some of the most prized muscle cars of the era.
Joel Rosen and Martyn Schorr were largely responsible for creating the original Baldwin-Motion. Rosen was the mechanic, Schorr was responsible for public relations, advertising and marketing.
The pair started their new company, now based in Florida, last summer along with several business partners.
This time, the cars are being created without factory-built Camaros to base them on. The new cars' all-steel bodies will be built by Time Machines, a Florida company specializing in body work for classic muscle cars.
The success legendary performance tuner Carroll Shelby has had with a line of faithfully recreated Shelby muscle cars -- not to mention an upcoming Shelby version of the new Ford Mustang -- had something to do with inspiring this venture, said Lawrence Jaworske, Motion's chief executive officer.
"Why should Carroll get to have all the fun?" he said.
Designer Kris Horton worked with Rosen to pen the prototype car. Horton came to the attention of the Baldwin-Motion team because of a sketch he did for Popular Hot-Rodding magazine in the summer of 2003. That computer sketch, which was distributed widely on the Internet, illustrated what a Chevrolet Camaro might look like if General Motors were to produce the car again.
The Baldwin-Motion SuperCoupe's body, while resembling a 1969 Camaro in the front grill, rear and overall shape, actually shares no sheet-metal or dimensions with that car.
Each of the 12 SuperCoupes the company plans to sell will be hand-made according to the customer's desires, said Lawrence Jaworske, Motion's chief executive officer. That 700-horsepower engine isn't supercharged, for example. If you really want, it could be.
The company is proud of the fact that its supercars will be totally "streetable," said Joworske. In other words, the cars are designed to be safely and legally driven on public roads by non-professional drivers. Motion will not want to do anything to jeopardize the car's road-ready nature, said Jaworske.
"We want to be responsible about what we're doing," he said.
The company will tell buyers to allow a year for their cars to be completed.
The new Motion Camaro will also bring back "the guarantee" that went with the original cars.
Those cars were guaranteed to be able to run a quarter mile from a dead stop in 11.5 seconds at a top speed of 120 miles per hour.
The new guarantee has been tightened to 10 seconds, said Jaworske.
For those with a little less to spend, the company is also making 25 Motion Phase III Camaros which it will sell for about $189,000 each, said Jaworske. Those cars, Jaworske said, will more closely resemble original 1969 Camaros and will use some original body parts.
While he's not exactly sure who the "typical buyer" for a $400,000 to $500,000 700-horsepower Camaro might be, Schorr pointed to the current market in highly collectible muscle cars, including classic Baldwin Motion Camaros from the 1960s and '70s. While not common, extremely rare muscle cars in pristine condition can sell for prices well into six figures.
The prototype Motion Super-Coupe will be sold at the Barrett-Jackson collectible car auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. in January. That event, which is broadcast live on cable television, generally brings some of the highest prices paid for collectible muscle cars.
"If it doesn't bring big bucks at that auction it never will," said Schorr.
Click the top link to see the picture of this thing. So who is going to get one first?
1986Z28
11-11-2005, 09:52 PM
ok i figure with about 50 members to the camaro forums thats about 8540 to buy one of those as a group, il go get my checkbook, anyone else?
666_speed
11-11-2005, 09:56 PM
ok i figure with about 50 members to the camaro forums thats about 8540 to buy one of those as a group, il go get my checkbook, anyone else?
shotgun on driving it first!!
shotgun on driving it first!!
1986Z28
11-11-2005, 10:03 PM
shotgun on driving it first!!
god dam you!!!! i get to wax it! dibs on second
god dam you!!!! i get to wax it! dibs on second
666_speed
11-11-2005, 10:08 PM
haha! man.....that'd be so awesome to have...i couldnt drive it through town without girls all wanting to do me lol...i need that....thats why i get to drive it first
cuda_dude
11-11-2005, 10:25 PM
haha! man.....that'd be so awesome to have...i couldnt drive it through town without girls all wanting to do me lol...i need that....thats why i get to drive it first
lol... i bet you turn more guy heads.....
lol... i bet you turn more guy heads.....
Rally Sport
11-11-2005, 10:29 PM
Damn thats alot of money..
R.OConnor
11-11-2005, 10:48 PM
btw, incase anyone cares there will be a camaro concept released this coming january. I was at the seattle car show and they had the SS concept there, there was also some chevy rep standing right there. I said "hey this is the zeta right? wouldnt this be what the new camaro is suppose to be on?" He gave me a odd look and said "Well everyone has been asking about a new camaro... We arent suppose to talk about it, but incase you are wondering a camaro concept will be released this january and it will be on the zeta" and then he smiled and my heart warmed up. Doesnt mean for sure that there will be a 5th gen camaro. If anything its a good start and this will also mean a more realistic release date (is any) of like 2008 or 2009.... unless GM has some huge conspiracy involving F-bodies... I doubt it but a concept would finally tell us what a 5th Gen would look like.... say it out loud: "5th Gen Camaro"
Morley
11-12-2005, 01:02 AM
shotgun on driving it first!!
"Shotgun" and driver are 2 different positions...you don't drive from the "shotgun" position.
"Shotgun" and driver are 2 different positions...you don't drive from the "shotgun" position.
666_speed
11-12-2005, 08:40 AM
i didnt call riding shotgun.... i called shotgun on getting to drive it first...... and cuda all the guys can look at the car and when their busy crapping their pants i will pick up their girls
philly rs
11-12-2005, 08:50 AM
if i were paid like that im telling u, fuck any euro car, i would have that.....
flatlander757
11-12-2005, 08:52 AM
i didnt call riding shotgun.... i called shotgun on getting to drive it first...... and cuda all the guys can look at the car and when their busy crapping their pants i will pick up their girls
Dingbat... you call "dibs" on driving... not shotgun.
Read up on this simple concept you cannot grasp.
http://www.shotgunrules.com/
edit:
Oh yeah, I asked my mom if she could undersign on a loan for me.
She said no. :confused:
Dingbat... you call "dibs" on driving... not shotgun.
Read up on this simple concept you cannot grasp.
http://www.shotgunrules.com/
edit:
Oh yeah, I asked my mom if she could undersign on a loan for me.
She said no. :confused:
92zcamaroperson
11-12-2005, 08:54 AM
girls will not be a concern of mine if im driving one of those!
666_speed
11-12-2005, 08:55 AM
lmao...at my house we call shotgun on doing things first not always involving a car....okay then i have dibs on driving first...shew
cuda_dude
11-12-2005, 11:49 AM
you do it like this.......... I call driving it first *with shotgun in hand*
Matt365
11-13-2005, 07:03 PM
im counting my pennies! :2cents:.
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