A few months ago Bumblebee was rumored to have become a convertible due to a
change in design for the Chevy Camaro and now its Sideswipe's turn. In ROTF,
Sideswipe's alt mode was the Corvette Stingray Concept car. Corvette Blogger
then posted an image of a convertible version of the concept car spotted near
a Transformers 3 set that suggests that Sideswipe might get an upgrade.
Since the vehicle has yet to be released by Chevy, I am sure they wouldn't
mind the current model making an appearance in the movie. It's way too early
to say this is an accurate assumption as we don't even know if the character is
in the movie. This is a very sleek looking ride so it might be a welcome
alteration to the character. I assume this occurred at or near Playa-Vista in LA.
So the images above show Skids, Mudflap, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime and the
Ferrari 458 Italia vehicle that Bay revealed would be an Autobot in the movie.
The Stingray Convertible was spotted near beverly hills, At least according to http://jalopnik.com/5565049/corvette-stingray-concept-goes-convertible UPDATE--
Above is a brief video that was filmed in downtown Los Angeles at 4th Street and Main and shows a red Ferrari 458 Italia, Bumblebee Camaro and the grey Stingray convertible driving away without its top on set. I sure hope he has more screen time than in ROTF. So it seems that the Chevy Corvette Centennial Convertible IS the new alt mode for Sideswipe in Transformers 3. Hmmmm...looks like someone gets into Bumblebee when those people run out of the building...Maybe Sam? I'm guessing that his office was just attacked. That would explain the moving office set piece from earlier this month! So this could be the building where he works or on closer observation it could be just a Hotel...anyways, something bad must have happened, therefore sending the staff running out and Autobots to rescue Sam...Yay!
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