Say what you will about Chevrolet (and you will), but it has for decades led the industry in production of sometimes-tasteful, often-not special editions of its cars. In this way, Chevy is very much like the Bugatti Veyron, Maybach and Mercedes-McLaren SLR. Otherwise not so much.
So it is with sadness that we report, Chevrolet will not -- we, repeat -- not produce a special edition replica of the 2009 Indianapolis 500 pace car, the 2010 Camaro. No. Stop asking.
This marks the first time Chevrolet won't produce an Indy pace car replica on the years when the Camaro has paced the race ('67, '69, '82, '93).
This may or may not have something to do with the fact that the company will produce an unspecified number of Bumblebee replica Camaros, timed to go on sale when the second Transformers movie opens this summer.
Here's your chance to vote for your favorite special-edition. Will it be the 2010 Bumblee Camaro? The 2010 Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Camaro that won't exist? Or the 1974 Oleg Cassini American Motors Matador?
alexnunez says:
01:11 PM, 05/22/09
The Oleg Cassini Matador.
Obviously.
stephen987 says:
01:56 PM, 05/22/09
That's OK. The mindless "collectors" can have replicas of the Coca Cola 600 Pace Car instead.
dg0472 says:
05:53 PM, 05/22/09
Yep, Matador's my fave, too.
subytrojan says:
03:31 PM, 05/25/09
I'm undecided between the Bumblebee replica and the pace car replica. The former is pretty bold and bright, but I think the graphics on the latter would seem tacky to me after some time.