The sixth generation muscle car will be discontinued in January 2024, but the name will live on.
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The «sixth» Chevrolet Camaro debuted in 2015, and in 2019 rumors spread that there would be no seventh generation — insiders said that the engineering team that worked on the Camaro was disbanded and that the production of the muscle car would end in 2023. In 2020, GM management decided to extend the release of Camaro for another, 2024 model year, it will definitely be the last and very short one: next summer, GM will launch the farewell Chevrolet Camaro Collector's Edition in RS, SS and ZL1 modifications (this is the top version with a 659-horsepower supercharged V8), in January 2024, the Lansing (Michigan) plant will release the last copies of the once very popular model.
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Chevrolet Camaro first entered the market back in 1966, GM developed it as a response to the wildly popular Ford Mustang, Camaro sales peaked in 1979 — then more than 280 thousand copies were sold! Today, muscle cars can only dream of such a demand: the sixth-generation Camaro peaked at 72,705 units sold in the US in 2016, sales have been much more modest in subsequent years. In 2022, the Camaro sold 24,652 units in the US. and far behind its main competitors: Dodge Challenger sold 55,060 units, Ford Mustang — 47,566 units.
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The current Dodge Challenger will be discontinued this year, and will be replaced by an electric muscle car. The Ford Mustang will live the longest of all gasoline muscle cars, since its current seventh generation debuted only last fall. The «sixth» Camaro will most likely not have a direct gasoline successor.
Official Press The release states that the Camaro's motorsport career will continue and that this is not the last chapter in the Camaro's history, the model name will live on, but GM is not yet ready to reveal its plans for this. However, insiders blabbed everything last year: Camaro, as well as Corvette and Escalade, will turn into independent brands with several models. .jpg» />
The Camaro brand will produce sports models of the middle price range: preliminary plans include an electric coupe and convertible with a 2 + 2 seating formula, a crossover with three- and five-door bodies and a certain flagship sports car, standing one step below future Corvette C9. In general, it will be interesting.