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Oh come, ye armchair engineers. Tell us that removing a stressed member as important as the roof is bad. Regale us with stories of chassis flex and cowl shake.

We will listen. Then we will politely disagree and point to the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible as evidence. Counter intuitive though it may be to the number crunchers, cutting off the roof has made the Camaro a better car.

Of course, Chevrolet didn’t simply Sawzall-off the roof and kick the Camaro to the showroom. If you’ll recall, the original Camaro Convertible Concept debuted four years ago, a year to the day after the original Camaro Concept. A topless car was always in the cards, but then, so was bankruptcy.

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When German tuning house Irmscher decided to create a tribute to Transformers hero Bumblebee, they didn’t do just another yellow Camaro with black stripes. Instead, they built a black Chevrolet Cruze and decked it out in orange. Makes sense, right? Read the rest of this entry »

Chevy used the Comic-Con festival in San Diego to launch their new limited edition Transformers Camaro.

The special edition features “Autobot” logos on the front quarter panels, wheel caps, and center console. Other design touches include a Rally Yellow exterior, branded sill plates, and a Transformers logo embedded in the black rally stripes on the hood. Read the rest of this entry »