Finally it’s here. The Waldo of the automotive industry has finally made its debut. No not the re-engineered DeLorean. The all-new Camaro made its presence known last Tuesday in the parking lot of the radio station. I ran around like a five year-old seeing St. Nick for the first time. Running office to office then eventually, down the stairs…yes stairs. I couldn’t even wait for the elevator.

The Camaro showed up, one of two. This one dressed in what I call Z-28 blue. You could not have kept me from this rendezvous with any amount of money or sweet talk. I haven’t felt this excited since…well that can’t be printed here.

Dark blue, huge wheels (read high heels) and hips like J-Lo. The all-new Camaro looked far better in real life then in any pictures I’d seen. I was afraid it was going to appear too large in the flesh. Not the case. The Camaro looks low slung and hungry.

I got lucky enough to drive both models, the beast-like 425 horse SS and the more manageable although still fun to drive V-6 RS. The SS is just filthy fast. Sitting on the same platform as the Cadillac CTS and the Holden based Pontiac G8, the SS seemed a bit faster than the G8 GXP I reviewed last week. Torque for days. I’ll say it again for my money there is no better engine platform on the planet than the LS series of motors.

But because many of you who buy the all-new Camaro will opt for the 304 horse V-6 RS I’ll say this, both models turn heads equally. To the laymen there is no visual difference between the SS and RS except badging and a slightly larger exhaust. I took the wife and squid to Sea World last week and there must have been twenty pictures snapped of the car on I-35 South. Some were snapped by young guns with their cell phones. Others actually risked life and limb trying to focus a camera while driving. The reactions were as amazing as the styling.