Car or A Robot? Why not both!

We continue our posts on cars from critically positive movies today with something more recent compared to our other posts. Today’s post is from the movie Transformers (2007), you know that movie where heroic autobots and the evil decepticons, comes to earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager? Well, it’s that movie that received 3 oscars nomination and was directed by Michael Bay and featured MEGAN FOX.

But hey, this blog is about cars in movies so we won’t focus on Megan Fox (#sadface). The car that we will focus is on the Chevrolet Camaro, who is actually the Autobot Bumblebee in the movie, who defends the persona Sam and his girlfriend Mikaela Banes from the Deception Barricade, before the other Autobots arrive on Earth. Ha, only if Sam knew how awesome his car was all along, he quoted the Chevrolet Camaro “That piece of sh*t car” only to be surprised by a change of car from 1977 Chevy Camaro to a brand new fifth-generation Chevy Camaro.

As you now know, the first form of Bumblebee in the film was a 1977 Chevy Camaro manufactured by General Motors under the Chevrolet brand. It was one of the few American high-performance vehicles available at the time (1977). ’77 Camaro, also known as Camaro Z28, was an instant hit and was powered by a 350 cubic-inch v8 with four-barrel carburettor and 185 horsepower, with most cars equipped with air conditioning and ab automatic transmission for a comfort-oriented public. ’77 Camaro set a record for the second-generation Camaro, with 218,583 coupes produced, and for the first time ever Camaro outsold Ford’s mustang! 

Bumblebee’s upgrade – fifth generation Chevrolet Camaro (2006 Camaro in the first film and 2009 in the latter films) didn’t fail to impress the audience either! With a lean, muscular design, inspired by the 1969 Camaro which many considered to be the best first-generation design, ’06 Camaro included a 6.0-L LS-2 engine rated 400-horsepower with Active fuel Management, T56 6-speed manual transmission, front and rear suspension features progressive-rate springs and gas-pressurized dampers, four-wheel vented disc brakes with 14-inch rotors, 21-inch front and 22-inch rear unique five-spoke cast alloy wheels. Like the ’77 model, it was also an instant!

Two cars of similar models in two different generations used in the same movie as the same character, which car would you like to get your hands on? Let us know in the comments below!