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Autoblog reader Joe Lopez spied what looked to be a Chevrolet Camaro Convertible prototype out on the street. Jazzed about his sighting, he trailed the car as it pulled into a local Detroit-area Target store. Camera in hand, he moved in for pics. That's likely when the sheer horror of the situation before him struck with the force of a Toyota Prius driven by Jim Sikes.

This was no Camaro Convertible.

Someone had done the unthinkable (and yet, at the same time, inevitable): They had fitted a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro LS with a fabric mock top. Joe's no dummy. He took the photos anyway, and posted them on his blog, 5thGenCamaro. Then he emailed us, so here we are.

As we all know, tastes vary. That established, in our books, at least, mock tops are only moderately less revolting than the ill-advised landau roof. As you can see, this is one of the more super-classy installations, including false roof bows and a ring of tonneau snaps - because those really scream modernity. The shark fin roof antenna poking through the fabric is the proverbial cherry atop this turd sundae.

As you'll see in the gallery below, there's a real convertible - a Chrysler Sebring - parked to the Camaro's right. We believe we can confidently say that this is the only time a Chrysler Sebring actually looks better to us than a new Chevy Camaro. And that, friends, is frightening. If it were a Buick Lacrosse - even the new one - we probably wouldn't care. It'd almost... belong. But this? Who does this? Click on the gallery below, then avert your eyes. Thanks for the indigestion pics, Joe!


Gallery: Mock-top 2010 Chevrolet Camaro "Convertible"



[Sources: 5thGenCamaro, MichiganClassics.com]Making a mockery of the new Chevrolet Camaro "Convertible" originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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Not nice.

 

They have had vinyl top cars for a long time. I don't consider them faux convertables.

 

That sh*t should be illegal. Who still buys those things?

 

UGH...

 

Sweet. That's true retro right there.

 

 

Not quite true retro. The '69 has a non-padded halo-style vinyl top.

The '10 has a God awful padded coach top.

BIG difference.

The '10 looks pretty bad with that top.

 

To me if that was the roofline of the convertible and how it would look with the top up it wouldn't be too bad...

 

Korry could you please install a stick on fake shark fin antenna on your car........

 

why?

(finds out what a landau top is)

?!?!?!? why?

 

 

At least it was "just" an LS...

 

Vinyl tops used to be a big option on the first Gen Camaros. Not that this has anything to do with that or that those who committed this crime ever knew of the 60's vinyl top.

Looks like the Oakland Mall area. Which has seen it's fair share of landau tops before.

 

I am waiting for the Brougham...

-Geoff