Manufacturing of the Chevrolet Camaro sports activities automotive will finish after the 2024 mannequin yr.
The final sixth-generation Camaro, which debuted as a 2016 mannequin, will go away Basic Motors’ Lansing Grand River Meeting plant in January, Chevrolet stated Wednesday. There was no quick plan to exchange the Camaro, although the model hinted at a future chance.
“As we put together to say goodbye to the present technology Camaro, it’s tough to overstate our gratitude to each Camaro buyer, Camaro meeting line worker and race fan,” Scott Bell, vp of worldwide Chevrolet, stated in a press release. “Whereas we’re not asserting a right away successor right this moment, relaxation assured, this isn’t the tip of Camaro’s story.”
Chevrolet didn’t elaborate. Automotive Information has reported {that a} similar-sized electrical automobile — although not essentially an electrical Camaro — is predicted to be constructed on the Lansing plant in 2026. The plant additionally builds the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 sedans.
GM may create a household of EVs, together with a crossover or SUV, bearing the Camaro identify, Automobile and Driver reported in December. The automaker beforehand discontinued the Camaro in 2002 earlier than reviving it in 2009.
To mark the tip of the sixth-generation Camaro, Chevy will supply a Collector’s Version bundle on the 2024 Camaro RS and SS, in addition to on a restricted variety of ZL1 variations in North America. The model says the bundle will throw again to the launch of the Camaro within the Sixties and its early code-name, Panther. Orders will start this summer season, Chevy stated.
The Camaro has lengthy been a rival to the Ford Mustang within the midsize sports activities automotive phase, although Camaro gross sales have light considerably. GM bought 24,652 Camaros within the U.S. final yr for a 13 p.c achieve from 2021, however it ranked third within the pony automotive phase behind the Dodge Challenger and the Mustang.
Since its relaunch in 2009, the Camaro’s U.S. gross sales have tallied greater than 875,000, with gross sales peaking at 88,249 in 2011.