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The production version has been recently caught during testing in Australia, but this time it is a barely disguised of the future muscle car built by GM.

As expected, the production model will be close to the concept car with a similar overall shape but loses its sharp lines. The air intakes disappeared and the wheel arches are smaller. In a way, it seems that the production Camaro will be softer and oddly less muscle car in its styling.

As said in a previous post, the Camaro will share its platform with Holden VE Commodore also sold in the US as the Pontiac G8 model. The engine range will offer V6 and V8 petrol engines.

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The future Chevrolet Camaro has been caught under testing in Australia as the coupé is being developed by Holden. GM promised the car will be as close as possible to the concept. If it’s hard to guess the shapes of the front fascia and rear end, the B pillar remains true to the concept.

Due to be sold in mid-2009, the future Camaro shares its inner structure with the Holden ‘s VE Commodore model and will be available with a choice of various engine from a 3.6-litre V6 petrol unit to the Z28 V8 engine which might produces more than 500bhp.

Unfortunately like the Ford Mustang, the Camaro won’t cross the Atlantic Ocean but grey importers will likely be happy to import the car in Europe, especially with such a competitive US Dollar.

According to the website pickuptruck.com, GM will revive the El Camino model in a few years. Last year, in an interview with Autoweek, the GM product guru Bob Lutz said he would “love to do another El Camino but the grownups amongst us don’t share that way of thinking”.

One year later, it has been reported that GM is considering to import the Australian Holden Ute onto the American market. The Ute is more famous for its performance than its capacity towing. In the last generation, it had the cheek to offer a 6.0 litre V8 engine that produces 349 bhp/354 hp at 5600 rpm and a torque of 376 lb-ft/510 Nm at 4400 rpm. Surely, the future El Camino would inherit the V8 engine to appeal to customers.

Based on the Zeta platform like the future Camaro, GM could build it in the same factory. Compared to the Camaro, the Chevrolet Ute would be very similar to its Australian cousin. The front and rear faces will be different in order to be recognized as a Chevrolet but from the B-pillar, the rest of the car’s panels will be identical. The underpinnings will also be similar, meaning a 2915mm wheelbase, strut front suspension, and multi-link rear suspension.

Even if the Z06 already delivers 507bhp, Chevrolet is still seeking to increase the power of the Corvette. Even if the company still has not acknowledged it, a 600bhp supercharged Corvette nicknamed “blue devil” is to be released at a price that might reach $100,000, but not before 2007. This Corvette, whose body may be partly made of carbon fiber, was caught on test on the Nürburgring track. According to Autoweek, GM vice chairman Bob Lutz confirmed there would be “something beyond the Z06”. Keeping up with its tradition, the Corvette might outpower such prestigious European supercars as the Aston DB9 or Ferrari 612 at half their price or so.