Friday, September 19, 2008

New Camaro unveiled

Born in 1966 as General Motors' answer to the Ford Mustang "pony car", the revived Camaro was unveiled this week in the United States in production form to go on sale in North America next year.

At the same time, the Australian-based designers and engineers involved in the new coupe held their own unveiling at GM Holden's headquarters in Melbourne.

The iconic sports car was designed in the US, engineered by GM's global rear-wheel-drive team in Australia, tested and validated on Australian roads and assembled in Canada. It's tipped the Camaro could be imported to Australia, following GM Holden adding the Hummer last year and Cadillac later this year.

However, GM Holden media relations manager John Lindsay said there was "no official confirmation yet from GM on whether it will be produced in right-hand-drive".



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