First Drive: Chevrolet Camaro Concept Car; That and More - This Week on The Car Connection

DETROIT, May 16, 2006 -- A slate gray sky hovers over the Motor City, but the rains part just long enough for TheCarConnection.com to take the wildly popular Chevrolet Camaro concept car for a first drive. Described by design project leader Tom Peters as "the meanest street-fighting dog you can get," Camaro's bold fenders and bulging hood speak of the raw power of its 400-hp Corvette-derived V-8. Yet the shape is softened by its wasp waist and sensuous curves.

How does the Camaro concept drive? Does it meet expectations, following its dramatic debut at this year's North American International Auto Show? And perhaps most important of all, will GM actually put it into production? Get answers in this week's issue of a href="/link.html?http://www.thecarconnection.com">TheCarConnection.com, / .

And there's plenty more on TheCarConnection. If power and performance are your game, check out Audi's hot new RS4 and discover that fast things often come in small packages. But beware of the man with the badge, and radar cops will be happy to get their hands on the new Dodge Charger Police Package. If you've got a family to haul, check out the updated Nissan Quest, less funky, more fashionable, but still quite functional.

Other reviews include the new Saturn Sky roadster and Nissan's small, affordable and surprisingly well-equipped Versa.

Chrysler continues to control the minivan market. Now get a look at spy shots of the 2008 remake to see if the U.S. automaker will maintain its domination.

Audi intends to go Porsche poaching as it readies a bigger, bolder, 2010 remake of its flagship A8. TheCarConnection has the spy shots.

Then check out spy shots of the upcoming '08 Hyundai Mesa, the Korean carmaker's biggest ever.

In business news, Delphi is in court and the UAW is ready to strike, so why is GM predicting a settlement? What's this about a kinder, gentler BMW? And is Ford's turnaround plan on track?

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