About Chevy Camaro and 5th generation

The Chevrolet Camaro is an automobile manufactured by the Chevrolet division of General Motors, classified as a pony car.[1][2][3] The "F" Body owes its creation to John Delorean who wanted to build a "sport car" called "Banshee" it was much like the Chevy "vette" but for Pontiac Motor Division, after a prototypes were built Chevy took many of the style cues from the car and added them to the third-generation Corvettes in 1968. The car was abandoned because of the possibility of sales cutting into Corvette. Delorean then went to work of making it into a "pony car". Originally a Pontiac idea Delorean was given the ultimatum to first build a "Camaro" for Chevy before building "Firebird" for Pontiac. It went on sale on September 29, 1966 for the 1967 model year and was designed as a competing model to the Ford Mustang. The car shared its platform and major components with the Pontiac Firebird, also introduced for 1967. Four distinct generations of the car were developed before production ended in 2002. The nameplate was revived again on a concept vehicle that evolved into the fifth-generation Camaro, production started on March 16, 2009.[4]Based on the 2006 Camaro Concept[10] and 2007 Camaro Convertible Concept, production of the fifth-generation Camaro was approved on 10 August 2006. Oshawa Car Assembly produces the new Camaro [11] which went on sale in spring of 2009 as a 2010 model year vehicle.[12][13]

The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro is offered as a coupe only in LS, LT, and SS trim levels.[14][15] LS and LT models are powered by a 3.6L (217ci) V6 producing 304 hp (227 kW), mated to either a 6-speed manual or a 6-speed automatic with manual shift. The sprint from 0-60 is covered in 5.9 seconds with the V6.[16] The SS is powered by the LS3 6.2L (376ci) V8 producing 426 hp (318 kW). It is paired with a 6-speed manual and runs 0-60 mph in 4.8 seconds.[16] The automatic gets a L99 with 400 hp. The RS appearance package is available on both the LT and SS. Production began on 16 March 2009 as a 2010 model.

MotorTrend has published the information on a new Z-28 model in the making for 2012 with a Supercharged LSA bumping 550 bhp (410 kW; 558 PS) and a 6-speed manual.