By DGthe3 (moderator):
Its been another crazy year in Camaroland with plenty of highs and lows. From GM’s bailouts and bankruptcy to delivery of cars and meet and greets across both the United States and Canada. The Camaro5 membership has nearly quadrupled in size and is by far the largest 5th Gen Camaro community in the world.
Last January (2009) the pre-ordering process was in full swing and we were eagerly anticipating the start of regular production for the Camaro (and learned it would be delayed one more month). Over 10,000 had already been ordered and Camaro #0001 was bought by Rick Hendrick at Barret-Jackson. There were a trickle of spy shots, such as the first white car and a few convertibles. February brought the Daytona and Indy 500 pace cars. And March, well that was a huge milestone for the 5th Gen Camaro. On the 16th, the first production car rolled off the line (an event which was attended by a lucky few of our members). That very same day GM revealed the final performance specs of the car, including improved acceleration and fuel economy figures, and Nurburgring time. Later that week we got the first set of magazine reviews of the SS followed by some comparison reviews against the Mustang and Challenger. March was a good month.
April was full of anticipation. Some soon-to-be owners knew their car was built and didn’t have it…. [read the rest of the Camaro 2009 review HERE].
Read the full year-in-review at the following LINK
