Compete with a piece of history: only going to build a few of them % You might not want to tell GM you are going to Electrify it %
http://www.technologytell.com/in-car-tech/2464/chevrolet-wants-to-sell-you-a-55k-camaro-with-no-engine/ [image] Chevrolet Wants to Sell You a $55K Camaro With No Engine by Lyndon Johnson Mar 26 2013 [image / Chevrolet http://www.technologytell.com/in-car-tech/files/2013/03/ChevroletPerformanceCamaroRollingChassis-medium.jpg Chevrolet is producing a limited run of Camaro chassis specially designed to meet NHRA eligibility rules for drag racing ] If a Chevrolet salesman offered to sell you a new Camaro sans engine for $55,000, you might feel insulted. Or, if you’re a drag racer, you might ask, “Where do I sign?” According to a release from Chevrolet [ http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2013/Mar/0325-camaro-rc.html ], the automaker is producing a limited run of NHRA-approved Camaro rolling chassis for competition use. They come with no engine, transmission, differential, or driveshaft. But if you’re a competitive drag racer, you likely would have either thrown out those items and replaced them completely, or at the very least rebuilt them with stronger components than the stock engine. General Motors U.S. Vice President of Performance Vehicles and Motorsports Jim Campbell said, This is a great opportunity to buy a factory-built foundation for a competitive Camaro race car, saving racers the time of building their own from the ground up and offering them the opportunity to compete with a piece of Chevrolet history, because we’re only going to build a few of them. Add your powertrain assembly and you’ve got a race car that’s ready to tackle the drag strip.” After calling an 800 number [(see PR above)] to work out a deal to buy one of the limited-production race chassis, the buyer would have to arrange pick-up of their new purchase in the Detroit area, the release said. The car will include a serialized identifying number, but will not have a formal VIN. That’s Chevrolet’s way of saying these chassis are in no way to be considered road legal, as if the full NHRA-approved rollcage didn’t spell that out for you. Of course, Chevrolet would be all to happy to hook you up with a full line of Chevy performance parts to finish off the build ... [© 2013 GadgeTell] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Mitsubishi i-MiEV, 1st Electric Car on sale in Malaysia EVLN: Mumbai's Electric dreams, plenty of EV choices EVLN: BDT80k Solar-charged electric tricycle/rickshaw ts:25kph EVLN: Twizy EVs tour New Forest r:62mi ts:50mph (video) + EVLN: Solar Cars Challenged To Get 'More Real-Life' {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-55K-GM-selling-new-iceless-VIN-less-Camaro-s-to-racers-tp4662184.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
