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Article: CALIFORNIA (CAMARO CONVERTIBLE) DREAMIN'; You don't have to wait until 2011 to go topless.(NEWS)
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- AutoWeek
- Article date:
- August 24, 2009
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Byline: MARK VAUGHN
Spending $16,000 or more to make a Camaro into a Camaro convertible isn't a rational decision, but we can certainly understand people wanting one.
We drove the concept version of this car from Chevrolet two years ago ("Top This! AW, July 2, 2007) and loved it. Back then, Chevrolet planned to release a convertible version of the new Camaro in November 2009, but an economic cliff intervened, pushing production to the second quarter of 2011. You could die of Camaro lust by then, or you could buy your Camaro convertible from Newport Convertible Engineering in Placentia, Calif.
Newport Convertible has always done a solid ...