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According to reports, there will be two Chevrolet Corvettes that will be released on the  92^nd running of the Indianapolis in May 2008. One of these Corvettes will be powered by ethanol while the other one will be an anniversary car. This is because the 2008 event, to be held May 25, is going to mark the 30th anniversary of the first Corvette pace car at Indy. Moreover, Chevrolet also plans to dell a limited edition of 500 signed and numbered replicas of the 30^th anniversary pace car. These will be offered in two versions namely the coupe and the convertible version.

Chevrolet’s representatives, along with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway offially announced the pairing and added that the one who will drive the E85-powered Corvette Z06 concept is two-time Indy 500 champion Emerson Fittipaldi. Fittipaldi will also personally sign all the 500 replica cars at the Bowling Green, Kentucky factory, the same factory where these cars will be built.

This will be the very first time that a car maker sent two pace cars to run the Indy 500. Also, According to Chevrolet, having chosen Fittipaldi is a good decision since he is from Brazil and this is the place where ethanol is a well-developed product and this is also where 70 percent of new cars have flex-fuel capability. Moreover, he is also a stakeholder in a couple of ethanol companies in Brazil.

The Indy pace car Z06 ethanol concept is built with the production Z06 as its basis. According to Chevrolet, it is mechanically stock, except for the adaptation to the ethanol/gasoline blend. The pace car is coated with Gold Rush Green paint which can either be gold or green at different angles depending on the lighting conditions. Also, a subtle checkered flag pattern is also included in the paint job. Also added in the car are items like strobe lights and safety equipment.

The 30th-anniversary pace car, on the other hand, will be available in black with silver graphics. This is in honor of the 1978 Corvette Indy pace car. This car, along with the replicas, will have a two-tone titanium-colored interior and Indianapolis 500 logos embroidered onto the seats. The commemorative Corvette is also equipped with the 436-horsepower LS3 small-block engine, Z51 performance package, choice of six-speed manual or automatic transmission, new forged chrome five-spoke aluminum wheels, and Indy 500 logo fender badges and other features. Prices are not yet available.

The Chevrolet Camaro has always been an iconic car ever sinceits first introduction, Ironically, Sangyup Lee, the designer of the Camaro Concept Coupe and the Camaro Convertible Concept had no idea that the said car was so iconic. Lee said, “I was kind of glad I didn’t know how strong of an icon the Camaro was when I was first working on the project.” According to him, it was the pressure that pushed him to do the amazing design concepts that everyone is talking about nowadays. Among the designs that were lifted from the original Camaro is the gill in front of the rear wheel while the YF-22 fighter jet inspired the creation of the radical angles of the car.

The Chevrolet Camaro Concept was first introduced at the 2006 Detroit Auto Show. It was mainly built using the modified Cadillac STS platform and other details form General Motors rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

The Camaro was equipped with the 400-horsepower LS-2 6.0-liter which provided maximum power. Other features also included 14-inch front rotors and 21- and 22-inch wheels.

In August 2006, General Motors officially announced the start of production for the Camaro. GM Chairman Rick Wagoner said that the 2010 Chevy Camaro will be “virtually identical” to Lee’s concept.

The Chevrolet Camaro, which will still be released in 2010 but as early as now, consumers have already seen the car versions like the coupe, convertible and the one that was featured in the movie Transormers.

The production model will be built off a derivative of GM’s new Zeta platform, developed Holden, which is GM’s Australian wing and will be shared with that company’s new Commodore.

General Motors India has registered total sales of 60, 032 units in the calendar year 2007 compared to the 35, 823 in 2006. This brought the company an increase of 68 per cent in sales. According to experts, this rise in sales may be attributed to the outstanding sales of the Chevrolet Spark and other new models in 2007.

GM India, in December 2007, posted a record of 144 per cent in sales in comparison to the same period in the year 2006. In fact, it actually sold 6, 309 units in December 2007 alone while in December 2006, it was only able to sell about 2, 583 units. The total sales comprise of 2, 179 units of the Chevrolet Tavera, 1, 800 units of the Chevrolet Aveo, 1, 508 units of the Chevrolet Spark and 822 units of the Chevrolet Optra.

GM India will start the new year’s sales with a bang at the 9th Auto Expo in New Delhi in January with the Hummer H3 and Cadillac CTS production cars as also the Chevrolet WTCC Ultra, T2X and Sequel concepts as the main displays.

With regard to GM India’s performance in 2007, P Balendran, Vice President, GM India said, “GM India is also working on several programs that will enable us to launch more new models and exciting marketing initiatives.”