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how likely is it for bb to see a 2009 concept camaro, painted yellow AND with black stripes? the first draft he sees a billboard of a camaro with a diff. colour and scans that, besides, couldnt he just look through the "world wide web" and find an updated model on google image search? god, it was so freakin unlikely and there were 503 other freaking ideas that wouldve been more likely! f*ck! F*************K!

Well, it was a test drive I suppose?

Dead Metal wrote:Well, it was a test drive I suppose?

yes, but the same colours as 74 bb? likely?

tyler1451 wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:Well, it was a test drive I suppose?

yes, but the same colours as 74 bb? likely?

Standart color and deco maybe?
Who knows how they thote it would work.

milo: "but its... yellow."

Black and yellow is a pretty popular colorscheme, especially with racing stripes. Black on yellow, yellow on black, and every variation thereof.

In the book it said he copied the model but kept his colors.

yes, but im sure thts not wht m.b. meant when he picked the colors for bb, BUMBLEBEE: a yellow insect with black stripes BUMBLEBEE: a popular transformer whos alt mode is a yellow concept camaro with black stripes

am i the only one that sees this?

Maybe that particular scene was set in year 2010?

true not very likley, but then again this flic is about 30ft tall robots who like to get their fight on. So the idea that bb saw an 09 camamro dosen't seem so unrealistic.

Mr.Bond007 wrote:true not very likley, but then again this flic is about 30ft tall robots who like to get their fight on. So the idea that bb saw an 09 camamro dosen't seem so unrealistic.

But living, talking sentient transforming robots are 30x more realistic than 09 Camaro roaming the streets in 2007!

Auto Bot wrote:

Mr.Bond007 wrote:true not very likley, but then again this flic is about 30ft tall robots who like to get their fight on. So the idea that bb saw an 09 camamro dosen't seem so unrealistic.

But living, talking sentient transforming robots are 30x more realistic than 09 Camaro roaming the streets in 2007!

true, but it's just a movie afterall

2009?? I thought BB was a 2008?

Nope. It's a 2009. Its coming out next September in the 2009 model year. If it were a 2008, it would be out now. The car companies release the new model year in September.

Tramp wrote:Nope. It's a 2009. Its coming out next September in the 2009 model year. If it were a 2008, it would be out now. The car companies release the new model year in September.

Duh me... I am thinking you guys were talking about Bumblebee from the movie.. He was an 08' concept..

This

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Fe ... eId=121044

Is the 09 concept.

Wait...
After looking around I see the BB referred to as
2008 concept
2008/2009 concept
2009 concept

Some examples
here
here
here

What the hell one is right?

Cyber Bishop wrote:

Tramp wrote:Nope. It's a 2009. Its coming out next September in the 2009 model year. If it were a 2008, it would be out now. The car companies release the new model year in September.

Duh me... I am thinking you guys were talking about Bumblebee from the movie.. He was an 08' concept..

This

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Fe ... eId=121044

Is the 09 concept.

Wait...
After looking around I see the BB referred to as
2008 concept
2008/2009 concept
2009 concept

Some examples
here
here
here

What the hell one is right?

We are talking about movie Bumblebee. A lot of fans have mistakenly called his car mode a 2008 Concept, when it is, in fact, a 2009 Concept built from a GTO body. It isn't a production model, and won't be until the 2009 model year. That is why it's called a 2009 Concept Camaro, rather than simply a 2009 Camaro. The main article you linked to also refers to Bumblebee as a 2009 Concept Camaro, and that is from a professional reporter on a professional news site. All of the other links are from fans. That is where the confusion lies.

Then someone needs to educate a lot of people..

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dl ... category0=

He has been referred to a 08 concept for months now..

C'est la vie.

No argument there.

It's actually very possible to see a preproduction car cruising around the streets. Like to get a real world feel for it. There are some things you just can't simulate very well in test tracks and such. The new (preproduction of course)Camaro is currently bounding around parts of Australia doing some of this very same testing. It's been spied by a few automotive spycams. People in Ohio and Michigan may be familiar with this. I saw a preproduction Solistice and a preproduction Caddy STS a full year before release. They give them to higher ups, like plant managers, to test drive and evaluate. And even to park in their driveway, as it's good free publicity.

Another is to gauge public reaction to a vehicle. Sometimes you'll see a really sharp car, with no manufacturer identitifiers on it, but people will stop and say "hey, great car, what is it!?". It's kind of a free focus group/public reaction.

A lot of times, you'll see cars in camo instead of just being there for everyone to see. They'll hide certain body lines and things.
Like this:


As far as the colors, the new Camaro is inspired by the 1st Gen Camaro, particularly 68-69's. And many of those had racing strips and such. The convertible Camaro concept, was actually painted to match a popular model sold that had black stripes and red sidewall tires.



Slap some yellow on him and it looks mighty close to BB. The rest of the explanation is just your own suspension of disbelief, aka you'll accept it because you want to, like chosing to watch a movie about 30 foot tall robots doing battle on Earth.

Nevermind, mis-read things.

By the time TF2 is released, I hope BB won't be a concept anymore.

Eh, he was in Los Angeles. Stranger things have happened there.

Isabelle wrote:Eh, he was in Los Angeles. Stranger things have happened there.

Camaro Concept on the streets?

Maybe he got lucky...