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STANDARD features of ther
AM/FM cassette, dual airbags, tilt

conditioning,.
steering whee!, centre conssie, and tachometer.

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porary unit body design. It’s
not well known, however,
that the Camaro has rust-
proof plastic bady panels on
the doors, irant ienders, root,
trunk and spoiler.

Base Camaros are fairly
well-equipped, starting with
the 200 horsepower V6
engine and four wheel disc
brakes with ABS. Also stan-
dard are air-conditioning,
AM/FM cassette, power
steering, dual airbags, folding
rear seatback, tilt steering
wheel, variable intermittent
wipers, centre console,
tachometer, and P215/60R-

16 radials.

package P.

iloy witeels, front and reat
rand acro body
ng with RS badges.
*s also an optional

alloy wheels aici stee ng,
dual echausts and limited stip
diticrential.

In addition to all the stan-
dard features on the base V6
Camaro, Z28 Coupes have a
standard 305 horsepower
5.7-Ltre OHV V8 engine,

r-speed automatic trans-
mission, black roof,
P235/55R- 16 tires, limited
slip rear differential, and a
suffer suspension. Curiously,
the four-speed automatic
transmission is standard and a

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six-speed manual transmission
is optional. J recommend the
manual transmission: ic allows
you to extract much more
fun out of driving this car.

With on eption: the
manus} transmission sull has
the annoying first to fourth
skip shift that automaticaiiy
guides the lever from 1st to
4th if'vou try to shift out of
Ist below about 2900 1.p.m.
This is supposed to help save
gas, but at has the cflect of
making you rev the engine
higher in order to chinge
manually — thereby using
more gas.

The Z28 Camaro is a blast
to drive, and has a raw, gut-
tural road feel that front-
wheel-drive sporty cars lack.
‘The hig 5.7-liter V8 has
tremendous torque, allowing
you to lof along in filth or
sixth gear. and still accelerate

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without changing down
gears. On the highway, the
engine tums over just 1700
rp.m., so it’s relatively quiet.
Acceleration is very fase, the
engine biurting out deep,
race-like sounds that march
the performance very nicely,

On smooth pavement, the
Camaro has high cornering
limits, bur with its traditional
live rear axle, the Camaro can
be a handful on bumpy, wet
toads — that’s why T recom-
mend getting the optional
traction control. It prevents
the driving wheels from spin-
ning undcr acceleration,
thereby preventing a loss of
traction and stability.

Z28 Camaro is a bar-
gain. There isn’t another
vehicle on the market with
over 300 horsepower and 2
six-speed manual transmission
for under $30,000.

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