well i just got a European car magazine from 1982 where they test drove a 1982 z28-e. i thought it would be cool if we had a test drive of an american 1982 z28 so we could compaire them both. i have a scanner and i will scan the pages but i can not make it small enought to fit in this thread any one willing to help me?

 

i have a copy of the 82 motortrend testdrive. Ive submitted to the homepage im not sure if it ever got posted though.

try emailing your article to the address on this page. I'll try to resend mine as well

https://www.thirdgen.org/newdesign/articles/index.shtml

 

Email me the pics and I'll host them for you.

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Heres a copy of motortrend 1982

 

cool thanks cdartz i will e-mail thoes i have them i will be working on the translation with an on-line translater i have to learn how to make a winzip file to send them to you it might be another day or so

blyth18md i have some stuff i have sent the webmaster along time ago and has not got posted yet i have more that i want to scan but i do not want to waste my time i am going to wate to scan my new stuff and see if the other stuff get posted first. i am not rushing them or any thing i know they have a lot to do and they do it all for free

 

I thought they were identical except for paddle mirrors, different decals, and some right hand drive?

 

ok cdartz you have 8 e-mails sorry but there sent also aaron7 no they where left hand drive and i think they had a little more horse power i think. i am still working on the translations

 

any luck cdartz? i got some of the translations done

 

ok so heres the magazine pictures that cdartz hosted thanks
so is there any diffreance between them?
heres some of the translations i am still working on some

page #53
new American cope with funfliter achtzylindermoter. the Americans bring in the Federal Republic keisubgszahlen American cars in second halfte the seventies constantly increased, are meanwhile again to the Bedeutungslosigkeit degradiert them

page #55
Test Chevrolet Camaro Z 28 E ~ the giant general of engine for example could set in this country only still 106 cars off in the Marz of "this J of ahres. The Griinde fur this PIaute is obvious. Reason of number one: The risen dollar rate drove the prices kriiftig into the high one. Reason of Nurn~er two: the still iiberdurchschnittliche thirst the US mobile in view of the gegenwartigen gasoline prices completely a crucial factor. And schlieBlich reason of number drd: Under the pressure of the American consumption laws the former capacity giants became ever smaller - there are eight cylinder engines only in few models -, the specific attraction of the American Way OF Life going place thereby the past on. DaB the a:lte glory nevertheless not yet completely past is!, tried however general of engine with a completely new Ausfuhrung of the Chevrolet Camaro to prove, yon it a Z 28 E version mentioned gives, the one new fact in GM history to that - ausschlieBlich fur the sales in upper lake is 1 bestimnit. The NeuaufIage of the success model Camaro, yon amerikamschen Fachblattern enthusiastisch celebrated, turned out ebenfa:lls clearly more delicate a:ls the Vorganger, but daB the long urn 25 centimeters and the width unrcsiebenZe!1timeter, has the Startlichkeit of the auBeren feature an abort did not shrink done the United States to identify. Only in the interior a new, material style introduction held. The instrument panel held in black completely does without - vollig on fashionable StylingGags - one could introduce oneself it just as well into europaischen~Sportcoupe. But the first impression yon pleasing Dbersichtlichkeit exchanges something. There are only few control levers, but dafiir integrated in one to the Lenksaule placed switch so many functions, daB zunachst einma:l confusion entrance: Dimmer switch, windshield wiper including stu penn a rough car is the Camaro still - and besides one with good figure. No doubt: Its Linienfuhrung excites attention in the old person world, and she remained, with more a:ller. Schlichtheit, so typically American; daB also a layman the Chevy immediately a:ls a product fenIos adjustable Interva:ll. scha:ltung, a zusatzliches klei~ nes Hebelchen fur the disk washer and a further, combines with a pushbutton, fur the Cruise control universe meets in this equipment. As reconciliation however a headlight flasher is missing completely. After the development of these Scha:ltzentrale the American engineer genius was however obvious at the end, because as in that truly Arl!1aturentafel a glove subject aus]adenden to be accommodated could, unfortunately are kei. nemder Camaro designer please. Voter the Teppichbodeo of the trunk hides itself zusatzIiches stowage box to em. The mechanism harmoniert well with ftem v-Achtzylinder. "-"'-"also in the Turen does not give it files; which remains, a rather schmachtiges Behaltnis between the seats, that with the car papers, is a box cigarettes and a Son e nenbrjlle already quite ausge is1. rests lmmerhin however can the round instruments be read off properly, the front seats is comfortable, and the driver's seat does not refresh itself on electrical way in a:lle directions to adjust, so daB it humans of most different Statur difficulties maj::ht to find a adaquate position behind clem small leather steering wheel. Also place delivers esg~nugend ~ however only in the front: part, protecting the rear seat niches not straight to a langeren Aufentha:lt invite. It is missing to 55 at knee area and head liberty. however fur children test & technology ill

page #57
rorhaube one can hardly merblicken. Objectively seen s that natiirlich a disadvantage, more:IDer on the other hand ensures straight ME enormous lip dafiir, daB one the impression has to sit in anem S, traBenkreuzer old Priigung - and does not mletzt constitutes also the attraction of American cars. if one ~eht the Ziindschliissel, ground memories of are enough past Ani of the Muscle Cars awake. Fiinf the Lirer rough V8, whose thermal condition was more!:}lkiihler improved fur europaische ~/erhartnisse with one speziel:.::n Wasserkiihler and, is then given ~ert geh6rig by its two Gicken of exhaust pipes, and enn gas, ~t themselves it a dull/musty Gebrabbel on, which is in del ' act a Ohrenschmaus. Thus h6rten also the PS~onster of volume ' 15 years on, but;:JaI1 tate the Camaro reliably ImI'eCht, wollt~ one maintain ground, 3ill with him ilUr the acoustics 3.aniniszenzen to those times 1erVorruft, in which the:::S Autobauer made itself ' still no Ge.:.anken of iiber economy:md exhaust behavior. Z"Val ' produces the V8, ge;nessen at the capacity, one only s;hr modest output of..55 HP (116 KW), but dafur 3It already with 1600/mill a mftiges torque of 325 ~im on, the Camaro with the St3rt in completely considerable mA ~ more;;;ier away-catapulted. 10.1 seconds of 0 to 100 km/h 5ind really nicllt to make the Chevy a ernst~ften sports car JtJecsiereichen geeigaet nevertheless out, around to 2

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Test Chevrolet Camaro Z 28E show, daB behind the sporty feature under no circumstances only lamely like gladly hides themselves. Act essentially it is amazing, as miihelos the eight-cylinder along that nevertheless well 1.5 Tonnel1, heavy car finished becomes. Opelierend with lowest numbers of revolutions, quite obtain he the Gefiihl of gehOriger reserves; it scltiittelt its achievement as it were from the Armel and ensures in such a way fUr those

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Drive comfort, which one did not measure-like straight with an American car. The softly switching and spontaneously reagierendl '; Three-course mechanism is a harmonious Ergiinzung of this bulIigen power source. Their Tiitigkeit becomes only when full turning the individual drill steps off really spiirbar, otherwise smd the switching jerks minimal. Which during gleichmaBiger travel in third Gangwie a zusatzlicher shifting process anfiihIt itself, is the interference of a zusatzlichen Wandierkupplung, which then a rigid Durchtrieb ago. steIlt to reduce the the increased consumption due to the mechanism. Also the form of the Camaro, which is with an air resistance factor yon Cw = 0.36 the stromungsgiinstigste car yon general of engine, promises appropriately modest handling the level of fuel in the tank, but nevertheless one should not itself in this relationship IDusionen hang-evenly. Ziigig moves; if the Camaro allemal17 L/lOO km swallows, and if the achievement is used haufig yoU, consumption iiberschreitet also once the 20 litre border. Also, a test consumption yon 18.1 L/100 km the Camaro became more economical - as economical car he can apply however keinesfaUs. As iiberaus storend prove in the connection

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