Bumblebee Camaro a big hit at car dealerships

General Motors Says Orders for Camaro Sports Cars Outrun Supply - Bloomberg.com

No surprise there; the new Camaro is amazing. Too bad I don't have the cash for anything resembling a new car.

Wouldn't it be hilarious if the demand for the Camero was enough to pull GM out of potential bankruptcy?

Unlikely, but it would be funny.

if i could afford the new camero, i would be buying one myself, they are a sweet ride.

Now what would be REAL funny, if there were a sudden spike in demand for Yellow Bugs...

bet they wish they had a Cliffjumper repaint in the movie too!

Wow... just wow...

I wish I could get a Camaro... in BB colors... but... be my luck, it'll be 10 years before I will be able to afford one...

The Camaro commercial before the movie was pretty interesting -- 29 mpg with a 300+ horsepower engine?!

That actually can happen. It did for Chrysler Corp in the 1980's when they came out with the Caravan. That minivan alone saved the company from going under. After I move, I think I am going to place an order on one myself as well. I wanted to buy one outright, but that's not going to happen with a $30K price tag.

They're still five years late to the retro musclecar game.

I always preffered the Firebirds to the Cameros, and I'm not really anymore impressed with this Camero, than with past ones.

Massive sales show otherwise.

I preferred Firebirds as well. But there is no more Pontiac (DAMN YOU GM!!! ), and the early plans for a Firebird cousin was scrapped in 2008.

I always preferred Firebirds/ T/A to Camaros as well but what are you going to do?

Mine here:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/genera...10-camaro.html

Having direct injection probably helped with those stats.

I'd love to own one myself. The interior looks a little too retro for my tastes though.

Exclusive Bumblebee Chevrolet Camaro released | Transformers

http://jalopnik.com/5263391/bumblebe...rting-june-1st

I've already contacted Chevy about getting this. I should hear back soon =)

Me too. I have a 2000 WS-6

And that was just the V-6!!!! I think that more than the Mustang GT is putting out.

It might. They'd REALLY sell if they were able to slap Autobot logos on a limited run of "special movie version" Camaros, like they did on the Topkick (except the Camaro isn't as much as a gas guzzler as Ironhide is)

How much of that is going to the wheels?

They showed that comercial twice before the movie. Both times people thought the movie was going to start

I SERIOUSLY doubt this will "save" GM. In fact it has zero possability of doing so. And its selling like mad because..well...its a all new retro styled camaro DUH!

Good news sure, but a long, LONG, LONG way to go before this car "saves" GM (talking orders on the magnatude of 15,000,000+! 25,000 is just a drop in that bucket)....not that it could anway.

And NO the minivan didn't save Chrysler. The K-car mechanics it(and many other models) were built upon did. A single car model CAN'T save a company that is even half the size of GM.

Apparantly there's also a huge increase in demand for weird spikey flying tanks.

There's always a demand for those.

I saw a big fat guy with shiny red Camaro all hooked up. Guess since he doesn''t have to spend his money on women and dating he can afford it....

Lord willing this will be my 1st car in a few months!

I think it's about 245 at the wheels.

I seen a red, yellow and black in person. The red is gorgeous! It really makes the car pop. Did he put lambo doors on? That's what I plan to do.

oh I wish I could get this car, I am hoping I can sometime soon.

My wife loves this car! It is awesome! Can't wait to test drive it!

The new Camaro isn't a retro muscle car, it's a modern sports car.

The Mustang (at least prior to 2010 model) and Challenger are retro, and only the Challenger would be considered a muscle car.

I'd love to buy the Camaro so much. I need to hurry up and get rich already!

Technicaly all three are "pony cars" but people generaly consider all three to be muscle cars anymore. None of them are sports cars, modern or not..

Camaro's nice but what they should really be doing is putting Sideswipe into production.

These are definitely cool, the Camaro won Motortrend's best new pony car out of the Challenger, Mustang, and itself. I've only seen one in person, the first one to show up at my town's dealer was bought by a 90 year old man, whose neighbor - just as old - bought the second. All that's left is a silver one now, with an adjusted market value price jack...

Why do you need to be rich to buy a $23k car?

Yeah, I was wondering about this... The Camaro is actually pretty cheap when it comes to BRAND NEW cars out there.

$23k is a lot, c'mon.

It's estimated to cost upwards of £36'000 when it comes to the UK next year, in limited numbers to boot.

I am a diehard BMW enthusiast, it is the only make I have ever owned. Besides Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Porches there was never anything else I could ever see myself wanting to drive. That was before Transformers the movie. Ever since then I have wanted a Camaro so damn bad.

Unfortunately, with things like they are right now, buying one is not an option. However, one day Bumblebee will be mine.

I believe the top of the line Camaro is actually around 40k. Who wants to pay 23k for a pony car with no pony? I sure as hell don't wanna buy a v6 Camaro...that is just sacriledge.

Not really when it comes to car purchasing. Anything under a 500$ a month car payment is the norm for *NEW* cars and 23k will get you there in style.

I understand where you are coming from. 1995. This is not the same V6/V8 relationship that existed in the past.

I bought a 1LT/RS M6 (v6) 2010 Camaro and I don't regret it. It has the same HP as my 2004 Mustang had and more then my 1993 Z28 had. Yes, the torque is less but the MPG is way better and runs on regular unleaded. By far this is the most bang for the buck.

And the top of the line Camaro is $34,255 and $35,425 with the RS appearance package.

I've been to a dozen dealerships and none of them will let you test drive the car unless you're going to buy it. They'll ask for a credit check first which is totally bogus, I thought they only did that with the Corvettes.

I hate to be a negative Nancy - heaven knows I want GM to succeed - but this same thing (demand outstripping supply) happened with the Pontiac Solstice when it was introduced. And that was before it was featured in a major motion picture. Now, as far as I know, both the Pontiac Solstice and its sister, the Saturn Sky, are dead, along with the Kappa platform they were based on.

If they're having trouble finding them to sell, they should call the dealership in my town, there are no less than four sitting in their lot. I've seen people looking at them, but they've been there for at least 10 days.

Comparing the 2006+ Solstice to the 2010 Camaro really isn't a fair comparison. I have owned both. They are hugely different vehicles with completely different marketing demographics. I think I just contradicted myself.

Anyway, it's not the actual sales of the Camaro that will save GM but the forward progress in the design of the Camaro will go a long way in promoting the brand.

Sorry, perhaps I should've been clearer - I bought a 2009 Toyota Tacoma last year and am in the midst of paying that off. I have a full-time job, but I'm not exactly swimming in cash here (buying Transformer toys is one of the luxuries I afford myself aside from bills and other necessities). I can't exactly afford two car payments, especially when I already have one vehicle and have no wish to get rid of the truck. I want the Camaro, but it's a selfish wish as a second vehicle for play, and again that's in "I'm rich and can afford to shell out for a second car I don't need, with jacked up insurance rates to follow, because I want it thanks to Bumblebee" land.

So yeah, that's why I need to be rich to pick up a Camaro right now.

Not really. Only real forward progress is IRS, something that could have been done decades ago. It's an image car to be sure, along with the...Mustang and Challenger. But all they are doing is trying to cling to the past with this stuff. They need to make some real cars, not just glitzy penis extentions on a stick for the public to chase after(no offense). For GM to come back it needs bread and butter family mobiles that get better than 35MPG and cost less than $18k, something clever but unitarian. Realistic homes, not McMansions type of thing. The sort of thing Chrysler did with thier K-car lineup in the 1980s. Thankless but dependable, well built, reliable, efficent automobiles...the kind of stuff imports are known for offering.

Don't get me wrong, the Camaro is a great car. But its too little, too late; reflects the old GM. Something like the Volt would save GM before the Camaro could even hope to. Like the slumbering giant it is, GM is starting to wake up to this...hopefully it will be in time.

Not really an ideal comparison.

The Camaro is a 2+2 pony car which can be used as a daily driver. This of course makes it (particularly the V6) a viable option for those of us who don't have the extra scratch to put down on a second toy car like the Solstice. A 2-seat roadster isn't really ideal for people with a family (or a social life) unless they have a second set of wheels.

Also, 300 hp at 29 mpg on unleaded is absolutely insane!

i was just gonna say that! jeez is everyone in my head?

I'd be even funnier if they started calling it a Camero instead of a Camaro.

I'm pretty sure a 29mpg 304 HP car is a step in the right direction. And the Camaro's have had IRS for a while now. Maybe you are thinking about the mustang that can't seem to shake its solid axle.

I think that if you saw the kind of responses that I'm getting to my 2010 Camaro you might change your mind some. GM does not need to be all Volt, all the time. If all of their products were like that that I think they'd fold as well. The *need* the diversity that the Camaro brings. Why do you think that after 3.5 months of build the cars, and building them fast, they still can't make more cars then they have orders for? The reason is because the car evokes a feeling in some people. People are being emotionally moved to buy a car and that's something that hasn't happened at GM much lately.

No, this is the first Camaro model to have IRS, all previous generation Camaros had solid axles. The Mustang Cobra had IRS from 1999 to 2004 and has gone back to solid axles.

Of course GM doesn't need to be totaly about the Volt, wasn't what I was saying. GM needs to put more emphesis on the Volt, and less on the Camaro.

People are drawn to the Camaro because it is a modern take on the 1969 model. Not because of the movie, or bumblebee. Its nostalgia fueling the popularity of the retro car. And the car still isn't haveing the sales impact it once had. At the hight of its sales sucess in 1979 Pontiac pumped out nearly 120,000 Trans Ams (not all firebird models, talking just the T/As)! The 25,000 2010 Camaros can't hold a candle to that.

I stand corrected!

I have a feeling once we are closer to production there will be plenty of emphasis on the Volt!

I both agree with you here and disagree. Initially, yes, this is why most people are drawn to the Camaro. But most the reaction on the streets for me is from people that recognized it from TF.

As far as sales go, you'd also have to compare the sales of the mustang in 1979 to the sales of Mustangs today. Plus, do you remember what a 1979 mustang looked like? You'd be out of your mind to prefer that over a 1979 T/A Obviously market conditions have something to do with current sales numbers too.

I think 25k *sold* orders within 3 months of production is amazing. What you need to remember is that you can't just walk into a Chevy dealership for the most part and buy a Camaro off the lot. I wonder how many cars they could have sold this quarter if they could have magically produced 100k of them already.