Chevy Drops New Photo Gallery of Camaro ZL1 Coupe and Convertible Models

General Motors has decided to share with us a fresh batch of photos of the next chapter in the Chevrolet Camaro's ongoing 21st century rebirth, the ZL1 series, which will soon launch in both Coupe and Convertible flavors.

The Camaro ZL1 Coupe was first introduced to the public nearly a year ago at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show, and it will arrive in U.S. dealerships this spring as a 2012 model with a starting price of $54,995 (€43,000).

It’s Convertible brethren will join in later in the summer as a 2013 model with pricing to be announced closer to the launch date, though if Chevrolet keeps the same pricing policy as the regular open-top versions, buyers should expect a $5,000 to $6,000 premium over the coupe model.

Both the Coupe and Convertible variants of the ZL1 get a 6.2-liter supercharged V8 SAE-rated at 580HP (432 kW) and 556 lb.-ft. of torque (754 Nm), which makes it the most powerful engine ever to be offered on a series production Camaro.

The Camaro ZL1 Coupe with the 6sp manual hits 60mph from a rolling start in 4.0 seconds and the quarter mile in 12.1 seconds at 119mph (191km/h) before it tops out at 180mph (290 km/h). The automatic model is slightly faster at 3.9 seconds, 12.0 seconds and 184mph (296 km/h) respectively.

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BMW Takes us on a Historical Journey of its Large Coupe and Convertible Models at its Museum

One of the destinations celebrity in In german car lovers to check out Monaco is the BMW Public lately refurbished 53,000-square ft. Together with the starting reveals, the museum also organizes particular occasions Bavarian business devoted to a particular time or a series of autos.

From July 28, 2011 after May 2012, the BMW Public shows an display devoted to the progression of significant cut of the business and sports car designs over the years.

The display is referred to as "Line of Beauty", and involves 14 reveals that readers a famous vacation from 1937-2011.

The vacation takes place with a pre-war car BMW 327 Cabriolet Activity Car and Activity 327/28 and goes on with the 502 Coupé Cabriolet with the same name, with the 503 Coupé in 1950, and the Bertone developed CS 3200 and CS 2000 the Sixties.

1970 is showed by CSI 3.0, followed in 1976 by the first BMW 6-Series variety, and 8 of the series in the Nineties, before the vacation stops with the last two years of Series 6.

Especially among the motors is also available a completely sensible model of the 850i Convertible that never made it into progression.

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BMW Expands 6-Series Coupe and Cabrio Lineup with AWD Versions, Priced from $86,000

First announced this summer, the BMW 650i is now available for order in the States with the option of the xDrive all-wheel drive system on both the Coupe and Convertible body styles.

 

The xDrive system will cost buyers an additional $3,000 lifting the MSRP of the 650i Coupe from $83,000 to $86,000, and the 650i Convertible from $90,500 to $93,500.

BMW says that the 0-60mph sprint time for the 650i xDrive Coupe is 4.7 seconds or 0.2-seconds faster than the RWD model, and 4.8-seconds for the 650i xDrive Convertible, or 0.1 seconds quicker than the RWD model.

The Bavarian automaker also has plans to offer a six-cylinder 6-Series for the time in the U.S. since 1989.

The soon-to-be-released U.S.-market 640i Coupe and Convertible models will be fitted with a higher performance version of BMW’s N55 TwinPower Turbo 3.0-liter inline six producing 315 horsepower and 330 lb-ft of torque for a 0 to 60mph (96km/h) acceleration time of 5.5 seconds for both models.

 

 

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