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Chevrolet Camaro 'Berlinetta' - 'American Way of Driving' also for Europeans

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Created on April 19, 2017

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Written by:

Bruno von Rotz

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Daniel Reinhard

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - die rund 1,8 Tonnen wollen um die Kurve gewuchtet werden

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - fast zwei Millionen der zweiten Camaro-Generation wurden gebaut

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - ab 1979 gab es die Front mit kunststoffummantelten Stossfängern

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - lange Türen für einen bequemen Einstieg

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - die "Wrap Around" Heckscheibe kennzeichnet diese "Berlinetta" als spätes Modell

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - breites Heck

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - über 1,9 Meter breit

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - wirkt im gezeigten Farbton fast ein wenig unauffällig

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - die breiten Heckleuchten ersetzten die runden der ersten Baujahre

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - wirkt kompakter als sie es mit rund 1,9 Metern Breite und fünf Metern Länge ist

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - mit flottem Heckflügel

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - sofort als spätes Modell der zweiten Generation erkennbar

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - die Servolenkung geht sehr leicht

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - im Verkehr kann der Camaro immer mithalten

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - die Starrachse hinten bedeutet nicht zwangsläufig Einschränkungen bei der Fahrdynamik

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - sieht manchmal schneller aus, als er ist

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - fahrsicher

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - eher ein Cruiser als ein Kurvenkünstler

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - vergleichsweise straff gefedert

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - kurvensicher, aber nicht kurvengierig

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - eine der letzten Berlinettas

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - rund 180 km/h schnell

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - kombinierten B- und C-Säule

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - sportlich anmutendes Cockpit

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - Einzelsitze im Fond

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - stoffbezogene Sitze mit Kopfstütze

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - die Karosserien wurden bei Fisher gebaut

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - "Berlinetta" war die Modellzusatzbezeichnung

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - Tacho bis 220 km/h, Drehzahlmesser bis 7000 Umdrehungen pro Minute - man wird auch etwas übertreiben dürfen

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - Hupknopf mit Modellzusatzbezeichnung

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - alles klar beschriftet

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - serienmässig eingebautes Radio-Tonband mit UKW und Mittelwelle

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - klassische Automatik-Schaltkulisse mit einem Gang

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - die Spiegel werden von innen verstellt

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - zur Einstellung des Aussenspiegels

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - Fünfliter-V8-Motor

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - Chassisnummer

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - Chevrolet-Zeichen und Camaro-Schriftzug

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - moderne Frontgestaltung, Stossfänger in Wagenfarbe

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - Blinker vorne

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - lange Türen sollen das Einsteigen nach hinten erleichtern

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Chevrolet Camaro "Berlinetta" (1981) - um die Ecke gezogene Heckleuchten

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Chevrolet Camaro (1969) - die letzte Version der ersten Generation

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Chevrolet Camaro (1969) - Heckansicht der SS-Version

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Chevrolet Camaro (1970) - ausgerüstet mit Rallyesport-Equipment

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Chevrolet Camaro (1970) - das komplett erneuerte Sportcoupé, bei den Händlern ab dem 26. Februar 1970

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Chevrolet Camaro (1970) - die SS-Version mit mehr Leistung und agressiverer Optik

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Pontiac Firebird (1971) - lange Türen kennzeichneten das rund fünf Meter lange Coupé

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Chevrolet Camaro (1970) - ein frühes Bild der zweiten Generation des Camaro

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Chevrolet Camaro SS 350 am Genfer Automobilsalon 1972 - leichte Detailänderungen für das Jahr 1972

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Chevrolet Camaro SS (1971) - nur dezent im Detail modifziert zeigt sich der Camaro am Genfer Autosalon 1971

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Chevrolet Camaro (1973) - sportliches Cockpit - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 1973

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Chevrolet Camaro (1974) - Wolfgang Wassermann beim Flugplatzslalom in Wangen

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Chevrolet Camaro (1972) - Dieser Camaro war Klassensieger und beendete das Rennen auf dem hervorragenden Platz 10 (12 Stunden von Sebring 1972)

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Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (1974) - British Saloon Car Championship in Brands Hatch 1974 - Stuart Graham

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Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (1977) - mit schneller machendem Zubehör

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Chevrolet Camaro Z 28 - ein in den USA sehr beliebtes Auto für Junggebliebene - am Genfer Automobilsalon 1974

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Chevrolet Camaro Fastback II Frua (1976) - keiner seinen besten Würfe, Pietro Fruas eigenwillige Interpretation des Camaro

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Chevrolet Camaro (1977) - die LT-Variante mit der schrägen Front

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Chevrolet Camaro (1977) - Vorderansicht der LT-Variante

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Chevrolet Camaro (1977) - Heck der LT-Variante

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Chevrolet Camaro (1970) - wie die Leistung sank und wieder stieg

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Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (SIMONIZ) (1974) - Gerry Marshall Trophy (Group 1 Saloon Cars) - Goodwood Members' Meeting 2017

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Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (1974) - Historic Touring Cars - U2TC & HTCC (MRL) - Spa Six Hours 2016

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Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 (1974) - technisch eng mit dem Chevrolet Camaro verwandt

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Pontiac Firebird (1973) - der Pontiac unterschied sich vom Chevrolet Camaro durch seine agressivere Front

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Summary

With the Mustang, the American car manufacturer Ford shocked the entire competition. General Motors and Chrysler also developed cars for the newborn pony car class at lightning speed. At GM, the answer to the Mustang was the Chevrolet Camaro from the fall of 1966. The second generation was presented in 1970, of which almost two million were built by 1981. One of the last second-generation Camaros with "Berlinetta" equipment is the subject of this driving report and is shown in historical and current photo material.

This article contains the following chapters

Bigger and initially as powerful as ever
More and more regulations
Always something new
Bel Ami
Eleven years
The cruising king
Further information

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

With the Mustang, the American car manufacturer Ford shocked the entire competition. General Motors and Chrysler also developed cars for the newborn pony car class at lightning speed. At GM, the answer to the Mustang was the Chevrolet Camaro from fall 1966 and the Pontiac Firebird five months later. Both used the same platform and enjoyed a large fan base, reason enough to announce the second generation in February 1970. When Ford was already starting to think about a compact Mustang, the GM people presented an enlarged Camaro. With the same wheelbase, the second-generation Camaro grew by 5 cm in length and 1 cm in width and was 5 cm lower, which in itself made it significantly sleeker. Flowing curves and long doors without a rear side window made the car appear even more elongated.

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