Hot Wheels® ’67 Camaro
concept and personalized cars for Tony Stewart, Guy Fieri spotlighted at annual
automotive aftermarket extravaganza
With models including the Camaro ZL1, Camaro SS with track-ready 1LE
package and the Corvette 427 Convertible Collector Edition, 2013 is shaping up
to landmark year for performance at Chevrolet.
Stylized versions of Chevy’s hottest performers – including a Camaro and
Corvette for celebrity enthusiasts – as well as a life-size Hot Wheels®
concept that mixes vintage Camaro style with a modern, emissions-compliant
powertrain, take center stage at the SEMA Show this week. They reflect popular
personalization trends and performance upgrades that many customers apply to
their new Chevys, blending Chevrolet accessories and aftermarket components.
“Chevrolet’s performance cars have always been among the most
personalized vehicles in the industry and it’s rare to find a Camaro or
Corvette that hasn’t been enhanced by its owner,” said Jim Campbell, GM U.S.
vice president of Performance Vehicles & Motorsports. “We celebrate that
passion and creativity at the SEMA Show and our concepts are designed to
inspire the high-performance dreams of enthusiastic customers.”
A Camaro ZL1 for NASCAR star Tony Stewart and a Corvette 427 Convertible
for celebrity chef Guy Fieri exemplify the personalization possibilities that
complement the performance capability of the vehicles. Each features styling
enhancement reflective of the personality behind the wheel.
The Chevrolet Performance 1967 Camaro Hot Wheels® concept is
a full-scale interpretation of the very first Hot Wheels Camaro, which was part
of the first set of 1:64-scale toy cars issued in 1968. Along with mimicking
the styling cues of the original – including its dazzling Spectraflame paint –
this concept introduces a new LS3 E-ROD Connect and Cruise Powertrain System
(part number CPSLS3EROD4L65E).
“Chevrolet Performance pioneered the industry with E-ROD
emissions-compliant crate engines a few years ago and we did it again last year
with the Connect and Cruise crate powertrains, which combine the crate engine,
electronically controlled transmissions and the controller for them in a
convenient and economical package,” said Campbell. “We’ve now combined those
two great ideas with the LS3 E-ROD Connect and Cruise crate powertrain, delivering
convenience with a CARB EO number – making the kit legal for installation in more
than 20 million pre-OBD II vehicles in California.”
Additional performance concept and show vehicles on display include:
· 2013 Camaro
Hot Wheels® Edition
· Camaro
ZL1 Touring Convertible concept
· Camaro
Performance V-8 concept
· Camaro
Performance V-6 concept.
Along with the concept vehicles, the Shop Talk garage experience
demonstrates new Camaro ZL1- and 1LE-based upgrade kits, along with exterior
and interior enhancements, with installation demonstrations performed on a
Camaro SS. The parts are detailed in the 2013 edition of the Chevrolet
Performance catalog, which also debuts at the SEMA Show.
Tony
Stewart’s Camaro ZL1
Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champ Tony Stewart enjoys driving on the
street as well as track and his sinister-looking Camaro ZL1 reflects the
personality of a man nicknamed Smoke.
Stewart visited the GM Design Center, in Warren, Mich., to work with
Chevrolet Design Manager Dave Ross to imbue his personality and tastes on the
supercharged sports car. The collaboration delivered a custom gray metallic
exterior accented with tribal and Smoke graphics in flat red and silver
pinstripes. The headlamp lenses were tinted and feature red halo lighting; and
this personalized performer rolls on custom wheels with a Piano Black finish
and red accents.
Inside, Stewart’s ZL1 feature Jet Black leather seats with suede inserts
and scarlet accent stitching, as well as:
· Embroidered
Tony Stewart signatures on the seats
· Suede
leather door panel inserts and instrument panel wrapping with laser-etched details
· Jet Black
leather door armrests with French stitching and white piping
· Jet Black
suede leather-wrapped steering wheel with scarlet accent stitching
· Piano
Black trim plates and gauge cluster bezel.
The heart of the car is the supercharged 6.2L LSA engine, rated at 580
horsepower, that makes the ZL1 the fastest, most capable Camaro ever, with
performance credentials that include:
·
0-60 mph in four seconds
·
Top speed of 184 mph
·
11-second quarter-mile ETs (11.93 with the automatic / 11.96 with the
manual transmission)
·
Lapped the Nürburgring in 7:41.27.
Guy
Fieri’s Corvette 427 Convertible Collector Edition
The spiky-haired host of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” has an affinity
for Chevy convertibles – he owns a 1968 and 2011 Camaro SS convertibles – and
his new, personalized 2013 Corvette 427 Convertible Collector Edition makes Guy
Fieri truly a fast food mogul.
The 427 Convertible Collector Edition blends elements of the Z06 and ZR1
models to create the fastest and most-capable convertible in Corvette’s
history. Its heart is the 427-cubic-inch (7.0L) LS7
engine from the Corvette Z06. Rated at 505 horsepower (377 kW) and 470 lb.-ft.
of torque (637 Nm), it is the most powerful engine ever installed in a
production Corvette convertible – and, like the Z06, the 427 Convertible is
only available with a six-speed manual transmission. It also features a
dry-sump oiling system.
Fieri’s 427 Convertible is black with custom yellow stripes – a twist on
the trademark yellow-and-black color scheme of his other Chevys. The car also
features embroidered seat headrests and fender badges that call out the Guy
Fieri Foundation. It rides on a quartet of black Cup wheels (19x10-inch
front/20x12-inch rear) wrapped in Michelin PS2 tires.
It’s a high-performance Corvette befitting of its high-energy driver.
Chevrolet
Performance 1967 Camaro Hot Wheels® concept
Forty-four years after its gleaming Spectraflame paint job, side-exit “zoomy”
exhausts and red-line wheels launched playtime fantasies for millions of
children of all ages, Chevrolet Performance has paid homage to the original Hot
Wheels “Custom Camaro” toy with a full-scale tribute. It also introduces an
all-new, emissions-compliant LS3 E-ROD Connect and Cruise crate powertrain
system that matches the 430-horsepower LS3 engine with a 4L65-E four-speed
automatic transmission.
Translating a 1:64-scale toy car into a 1:1 real car is complicated, as
the proportions don’t exactly match a full-scale first-generation Camaro, but
the designers interpreted the original toy in a way that conveys its spirit in
a realistic form. The concept vehicle painted Kinetic Blue, just like the
forthcoming Camaro Hot Wheels® Edition production model.
“A literal interpretation of the toy car would have been too cartoony –
it just wouldn’t look right on a full-size car,” said Chevrolet Design Manager
Dave Ross. “The stance and wheels of the concept vehicle are different, as well
as some of the proportions the toy has, but the body lines and styling cues are
all the same.”
Additional vehicle highlights include:
· Shaved
door handles with remote keyless entry
· Hood that
matches the design of the original Custom Camaro toy
· Hot
Wheels exterior badges and grille emblem
· Stainless
steel “zoomie” side-exit exhausts
· Custom
18x9-inch (front) and 18x11-inch (rear) aluminum wheels with red-line accents
· 2012
Camaro front bucket seats with shortened head restraints, trimmed in white
leather with blue accent stitching
· Silver
vinyl-wrapped instrument panel, door panels and rear inner quarter panels
· Silver
perforated headliner and sunshades
· Custom
instrument panel and console gauge kit
· Leather-wrapped
steering wheel.
In addition to the new LS3 E-ROD Connect and Cruise crate powertrain
system, drivetrain and suspension components include a hydroformed front
subframe with tubular control arms and adjustable coil-over shocks, a four-link
rear suspension with adjustable coil-overs, rack-and-pinion steering and
heavy-duty four-wheel disc brakes featuring six-piston calipers.
2013
Camaro Hot Wheels® Edition
The Camaro Hot Wheels® Edition will be produced in the first
quarter of 2013, with an appearance that echoes the cues that Hot Wheels
enthusiasts recognize, including a vibrant, graphics-accented metallic paint
scheme and even red-lined wheels. It is available in coupe and convertible
models – in 2LT (V-6) and 2SS (V-8) trims, blending exterior cues of the
high-performance Camaro ZL1 with a Kinetic Blue exterior color and unique graphics.
Exterior highlights include:
· ZL1 rear
spoiler (coupe models)
· ZL1 front
upper grille
· Ground
effects package, including front splitter and rocker treatment
· Black
21-inch wheels with red outline stripe
· Two-tone
matte hood graphic and rear taillight panel “blackout” graphic
· Fender
“flame” graphics
· Hot
Wheels grille and decklid logos.
On the inside, a black leather-trimmed interior is accented with red and
black seat stitching, with the Hot Wheels logo embroidered on the front seats.
The instrument panel and door inserts are black, with the Hot Wheels-style
flame decal on each door. Hot Wheels® Edition sill plates also
distinguish the car, along with Camaro-logo premium floor mats with red edging.
Camaro
Performance V-8 concept
Showing what’s possible with new ZL1 driveline and 1LE suspension kits
from Chevrolet Performance, this bad, black Camaro SS is transformed from an
easy-going street driver to an SCCA Touring 2 weekend warrior. The Chevrolet
Performance components include a Camaro ZL1 rear differential kit, 5.1-ratio
short-throw shifter, shock tower brace with white Camaro graphic, Camaro 1LE
suspension kit and a Camaro ZL1 brake conversion kit.
It also features a number of exterior appearance enhancements and
ZL1-based interior components. Highlights include:
· Concept
dual-mode exhaust system
· Camaro
ZL1 rockers and rear lower diffuser
· Camaro
Dusk front splitter
· Upper
front fascia blackout graphic
· Hood and
decklid graphics in red metallic
· Chevrolet
Accessories black blade rear spoiler, heritage grille and “gill” graphics
· Chevrolet
Accessories 20x10-inch (front) and 20x11-inch (rear) five-spoke black wheels
with polished “fangs”
· Camaro
ZL1 black suede seat inserts with Jet Black leather seats; Torch Red stitching
and carbon fiber-material bolsters
· Red suede
stripe on the driver’s seatback
· Camaro
ZL1 flat-bottom steering wheel with carbon fiber material
· Camaro
ZL1 suede shift knob with 5.1 badge
· Leather
carbon fiber-material-wrapped instrument panel and door inserts
· Suede-wrapped
soft instrument panel insert
· Chevrolet
Accessories lighting package, pedal covers and Camaro-logo premium floor mats
· Concept
Chevrolet Performance embroidered console lid and sill plates
· Production
RS gauge package.
Camaro
Performance V-6 concept
Developed in a similar vein to the racing-intended Camaro V-8
Performance Concept, this vision for a track-capable Camaro uses the
323-horsepower LFX V-6 engine for motivation. It also employs a blend of components
available from Chevrolet Performance, such as the ZL1 Brake Conversion Kit and
Camaro 1LE suspension kit, as well as the rear differential from the Camaro
1LE. Additional features on this Summit White concept Camaro include:
· Chevrolet
Performance shock tower brace
· Camaro
ZL1 dual-mode exhaust system and rear diffuser
· Camaro
convertible rear spoiler in matte black
· Chevrolet
Accessories heritage grille painted matte black
· Camaro
Dusk front splitter in matte black
· Upper
front fascia blackout graphic
· Matte
black hood wrap with exposed Summit White stripe
· Chevrolet
Accessories 20x10-inch (front) and 20x11-inch (rear) 10-spoke black wheels with
milled faces
· Summit
White door panel and instrument panel inserts
· Chevrolet
Accessories lighting package, pedal covers and Camaro-logo premium floor mats
· Concept
Chevrolet Performance embroidered console lid and sill plates
· Concept
Chevrolet Performance logo on the instrument panel insert
· Production
RS gauge package.
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