vehicles will be able to link with iPods, Apple said in a press release. The move, announced today, means that more than 70 percent of all 2007 model-year U.S. to enable people to link their iPods to vehicle audio systems on most 2007 models. Stay tuned to AutoWeek for the official announcement from GM. The report goes on to say that the car will be built as early as 2008 and that a V6 will join two V8s as the powertrain offerings. Vice chairman Bob Lutz says the magic number is 100,000 units, and others say that means a range of affordable pony cars. With hardware in hand, the next phase of making a real-world Camaro happen has to do with finalizing a production design, developing a specification list that will generate the requisite sales numbers, setting up to stamp out body parts from sheetmetal. This platform, with independent suspension all around (technically, the Camaro’s parts came from a Cadillac CTS) and robust parts for large and high-performance cars, was shelved for a while to save costs as GM struggled to bring its bottom line under control, but it is ready to go now. The Camaro concept is built the company’s Zeta rear-drive platform, which goes into production this summer in Australia. ![]() The Detroit Free Press has reported that GM CEO Rick Wagoner will announce later this week at a conference in Traverse City, MI, that the Camaro concept will be built. ![]() According to a newspaper report, the official announcement is now finally only days away. Shortly after the Chevrolet Camaro concept hit the Detroit show floor to rave reviews, there was little doubt GM would eventually build the car.
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