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Bad news for fans of drop top muscle cars: according to multiple sources, the Dodge Challenger Convertible has been canceled and the Chevy Camaro Convertible delayed for at least a year. Luckily Ford will be showing a 2010 Ford Mustang Convertible at next week’s LA Auto Show , with sales scheduled to start in Spring ’09. galleryPost('2011CamaroVertSpy', 3, 'Camaro Convertible'); galleryPost('teaser2010stang', 3, '2010 Ford Mustang Convertible'); galleryPost('semachallengerconvert', 3, 'SEMA Challenger Convertible'); Chrysler and GM’s decisions to respectively kill and delay the ultimate poser’s cars, convertible muscle cars were made for the same reason: money. The unibody Challenger is, unbelievably, not originally engineered to lose its top. So engineering a model capable of retaining its rigidity is, due to the financiapocalypse , now considered wayyy to expensive. Speaking to Motor Trend , a company insider described the Challenger convertible...
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Following hot on the heels of the production 2010 Chevy Camaro coupe reveal, we get a good look at a 2010 Chevy Camaro convertible roaming the streets of Victoria, Australia. The lovely blue beast has us all reconsidering GM's direction on the car as it features the hood intake present on the Camaro concept, but nowhere to be seen on the production model. Is it possible we're looking at a Chevy Camaro SS Convertible? galleryPost('camaroverti', 6, 'Camaro Convertible Faking An Aussie Accent'); That top looks pretty smooth to us, sacrificing little in the way of style and interior room. And dare we say it, it may actually have better lines than the hardtop. Also differing in the convertible, we see the wheels are of a different design, though obviously that means nothing on a mule car. In addition to a terrestrial antenna there's also a shark-fin antenna resting in the middle of the trunk lid for satellite and OnStar duties. So, a Camaro Convertible with a possible...
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Here we go again — first it was the 2010 Chevy Camaro coupe getting the official "leak" by Bob Lutz and Ed Peper, now they've gone and slipped out pictures of the drop-top. There's one shot of the 2010 Chevy Camaro Convertible up above and one more over at GM's little blog project via the link below. [via GM FastLane ]
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So what do we think folks? Does the Chevy fan-boy site Camaro5 have the first production press photos of the 2010 (or maybe 2011) Chevy Camaro convertible? The shots look — well — have a look yourself. There's just something not right about them and wethinks it isn't just the rakish tilt of the camera. What do you think? galleryPost('2011CamaroVertSpy', 2, 'Chevy Camaro Convertible?'); [via Camaro5 ]
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What is it criminals and Camaros? Does the F-body just scream "Getaway Car" when it's time to flee John Law? One approach is to rob a bank and promptly buy a red Camaro with the money ... or you can do what this gentleman in Indiana did: escape from a roadside trash-cleanup crew by distracting guards with an intentionally clogged toilet, then hoof it to a nearby car dealership, where a helpful salesperson hands you the keys to a shiny red 1995 Camaro convertible. Then, of course, you drive it to your dad's house, where you get nabbed by waiting lawmen. Just once, we'd like to see this kind of story with a Camry as the perp car of choice. [Associated Press]
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