Camaro: From sketchpad to street

Several largely hand-built test vehicles, costing about $250,000 each, were constructed in Australia. These cars were used for for driving tests, crash tests and extreme weather endurance testing.

Portions of the cars were sent to the Canadian factory at which the production Camaros will ultimately be built. There, factory workers looked over the vehicle sections, pointing out areas that will be difficult to assemble or hard to reach. Cars that are easy to assemble on the production line are less likely to have quality issues later.

The test cars were also camouflaged with paint and tape to hide their true shape from prying photographers.

NEXT: Cold weather testing