CAMARO CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

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No less a Chevrolet enthusiast than Dale Earnhardt Jr. introduced the Camaro SS Slammer (pictured above), a lowered, road-hugging one-off that Chevy will show on its stand all week at SEMA.

“This thing’s pretty awesome,” said Junior. “It’s got a good profile.”

Designers modified the Camaro body to accommodate 22-inch front and 24-inch rear wheels. When it was done rolling in, air shocks deflated to lower it even farther to a parked position.

“The Camaro SS Slammer concept is a design exercise intended to take the Gen 6 Camaro’s proportions to the extreme,” said global design executive director John Cafaro.

The black paint includes gloss-white flakes to “add depth and sparkle,” according to Chevrolet, and they sure did when viewed in the stark show lights of the car’s intro. A custom