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There is no more natural drive than wanting to make your car feel more like you by customizing it to some degree. After all, unless you're the Sultan of Brunei buying some weird one-off creation for the equivalent of a poor country's GDP, you're very likely to buy a car identical to what lots of other people drive.
A Chevrolet Camaro SS isn't exactly the most wide-spread model out there, and it already comes with a few stylistic elements to set it apart from the more mundane Camaros. It also has a nice, clean look to it that's part understated, part self-assured confidence. It's definitely a car a lot of people would be happy to own as they bought it off the dealership.
It's not too shabby in the technical department either. If we're talking about a pre-2018 Camaro SS - because that's what sitting underneath all those parts of the car we'll get to in a moment - it uses a 6.1-liter V8 engine with 461 hp and 455 lb-ft (617 Nm) of maximum torque. It's enough to give the manual option a 0-62 mph (100 km/h) acceleration of 4.4 seconds while making a glorious sound all the way.
However, some people look at the car and all they see is a base for aftermarket parts. Then, they start fitting them one by one. In some cases, these additions don't really follow a theme, and the result is something that looks like a clown's suit. In this case, though, they did follow a theme, though we doubt it was the one we're thinking of.
The front of this blue Camaro SS is nothing out of the ordinary. It has a new, very prominent spoiler, pink accents for the lights, and a new engine cover (possibly to make room for some engine upgrades, but most likely just a cosmetic touch). The rear, however...
That's where things get very interesting, particularly if you like old school console games. I have never owned a SEGA and never played a Sonic the Hedgehog game in my entire life - I haven't even watched the movie - and yet it was all I could think of the moment I laid my eyes on this Chevrolet Camaro's behind. Those pointy covers on the rear window coupled with the excessively aggressive air diffuser make the SS look like it would have no problem defeating Doctor Eggman's malefic plans.
The resemblance makes all the aggressiveness that each part would individually confer to the build evaporate in an instant. What should look intimidating is now actually funny. Once you see it, it's hard to get it out of your mind. Hopefully, the owner of the car will never read this because he might have to sell the car. Or maybe they should rent it to the "Sonic the Hedgehog" movie producers to use it for promoting the sequel.
It's not too shabby in the technical department either. If we're talking about a pre-2018 Camaro SS - because that's what sitting underneath all those parts of the car we'll get to in a moment - it uses a 6.1-liter V8 engine with 461 hp and 455 lb-ft (617 Nm) of maximum torque. It's enough to give the manual option a 0-62 mph (100 km/h) acceleration of 4.4 seconds while making a glorious sound all the way.
However, some people look at the car and all they see is a base for aftermarket parts. Then, they start fitting them one by one. In some cases, these additions don't really follow a theme, and the result is something that looks like a clown's suit. In this case, though, they did follow a theme, though we doubt it was the one we're thinking of.
The front of this blue Camaro SS is nothing out of the ordinary. It has a new, very prominent spoiler, pink accents for the lights, and a new engine cover (possibly to make room for some engine upgrades, but most likely just a cosmetic touch). The rear, however...
That's where things get very interesting, particularly if you like old school console games. I have never owned a SEGA and never played a Sonic the Hedgehog game in my entire life - I haven't even watched the movie - and yet it was all I could think of the moment I laid my eyes on this Chevrolet Camaro's behind. Those pointy covers on the rear window coupled with the excessively aggressive air diffuser make the SS look like it would have no problem defeating Doctor Eggman's malefic plans.
The resemblance makes all the aggressiveness that each part would individually confer to the build evaporate in an instant. What should look intimidating is now actually funny. Once you see it, it's hard to get it out of your mind. Hopefully, the owner of the car will never read this because he might have to sell the car. Or maybe they should rent it to the "Sonic the Hedgehog" movie producers to use it for promoting the sequel.
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