1989 Chevrolet California IROC Camaro

Chevrolet California Camaro, 1989
Chevrolet California Camaro, 1989
Chevrolet California Camaro Iroc-Z, 1989
Chevrolet California Camaro Iroc-Z, 1989
Slipping into the 1989 Chevrolet California IROC Camaro concept car was made easier by the upward-opening doors.
Slipping into the 1989 Chevrolet California IROC Camaro concept car was made easier by the upward-opening doors.
Charles Jordan, GM"s design chief, helped get the 1989 Chevrolet California Camaro concept car project rolling.
Charles Jordan, GM"s design chief, helped get the 1989 Chevrolet California Camaro concept car project rolling.
The 1989 Chevrolet California IROC Camaro concept car was created as a paean to West Coast lifestyles.
The 1989 Chevrolet California IROC Camaro concept car was created as a paean to West Coast lifestyles.
The IROC Camaro emerged from GM's California-based design center.
The IROC Camaro emerged from GM's California-based design center.
Glass and ceaseless curves dominated the Cailfornia IROC Camaro.
Glass and ceaseless curves dominated the Cailfornia IROC Camaro.
The 1989 Chevrolet California IROC Camaro concept car helped continue the tradition of Camaros as a highly sought after car for collectors and enthusiasts alike.
The 1989 Chevrolet California IROC Camaro concept car helped continue the tradition of Camaros as a highly sought after car for collectors and enthusiasts alike.
A super-slim tail spoiler featured the only razor edge on the otherwise rounded body of the 1989 Chevrolet California IROC Camaro concept car.
A super-slim tail spoiler featured the only razor edge on the otherwise rounded body of the 1989 Chevrolet California IROC Camaro concept car.
Chevrolet California IROC Camaro, 1989
Chevrolet California IROC Camaro, 1989
Chevrolet California Camaro Iroc-Z, 1989
Chevrolet California Camaro Iroc-Z, 1989
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Chevrolet California Camaro Iroc-Z, 1989
The design of the 1989 Chevrolet California IROC Camaro concept car offered a number of surprises to Camaro fans who had thought they knew the car inside and out.

The concept Camaro was given quasi-gull-wing doors that pulled upward, and hauled part of the glass roofline along with them. They also shifted forward at a 45-degree angle, so you didn’t have to be a contortionist to slip into the driver or passenger seat. Seating was 2+2, just like the contemporary Camaro, and more than likely was just as cramped in the back, though the three-inch stretch in wheelbase helped some.

Once inside, the driver faced a full set of analog instruments (and a digital speedometer) in a cockpit that felt more like that of an airplane than an automobile. In fact, the layout of the Chevrolet California IROC Camaro was inspired by Formula One racers. Just in case you forgot where to sit, the swiveling driver’s seat was red upholstery while the passengers rested on black.

The red seat could even be custom-fitted to a single driver -- which might have caused a bit of discomfort and irritation when the spouse or youngsters took the car out for an evening. Maybe not, though, because the interior was designed to offer a precise relationship between arms, legs, steering wheel, and pedals -- handling a broad variety of (human) body types and sizes. So maybe everybody would be relatively comfy.

That same precise relationship extended to the nearby, high-mounted gearshift lever, which traveled from one ratio to the next with a mercifully short throw. No need to reach halfway across the front passenger to snick into top gear. Performance fans loved it.

Nobody liked to settle their designer jeans onto dusty upholstery, so Chevrolet thoughtfully included a little vacuum cleaner in the console, with the urging that the driver better wait until standstill, for safety’s sake, before switching on the suction.

With both Camaro and IROC monikers attached to the car, it was a sure bet that performance wouldn’t be ignored, though the folks at GM weren’t ready for some time to name a specific powertrain for any production version. However, the prototype carried a dual over-head cam V-6, leading observers to believe that if a readable version of the California Camaro were to appear, horsepower might run in the neighborhood of 250.

All Camaros in the past had come with a choice of engines, so at least one smaller powerplant was sure to be offered. Not every customer demanded the sensation of being rudely shoved back when tromping hard on the gas pedal. Thankfully, hefty 17-inch tires (P235/50R17 at the prototype’s rear) handled the top end of the engine spectrum without flinching.
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16 июня 2014 г.
Этот автомобиль мня очень привлекает еще с самого дедства,когда я впервые увидел его на вкладышах щевательной резинки турбо.
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