The debut of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro isn’t far out, but pony car fans aren’t known for being particularly patient. More renderings of the inbound Alpha-based Camaro have popped up on the Camaro 6 forums, and we’d be surprised to learn they were very far off from what the real thing will look like.
User Chazcrons used spy photos of a pre-production 2016 Camaro to create his renderings. Looking at the front end, he was able to make out the Camaro’s potential grille shape, lower intake opening, hood vents and hood lines. His renderings also feature a styling element which runs just above the rocker panels, seen in the spy photos, and the rear quarter panel line that runs above the rear wheel.
These renderings are good enough to give you a rough idea of what the 2016 Camaro will look like, but we believe the car’s lines will be a little sharper and edgier than what is seen here. This is especially true for the side windows, which come to a curve rather than a point, as seen in the spy photos. We also think Chevy has a much busier design in store for the rear-end that is more reminiscent of the C7 Corvette.
The sixth-generation Camaro will debut this year with a new Alpha chassis, a version of General Motors’ next-generation Small Block V8 and other major improvements. In the meantime, you can check out the renderings here and let us know what you think in the comments.
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What a let down. I.wanted new.vision, nkt a slight evolution. If anything, Camaro 1971 should have been the inspiration.
It looks great! I’d rather have this then a whole new design. Why fix it if it ain’t broke. I really hope gm goes through with this cadillac-esc fog lights that go straight down. I know the taillights will be different though then all renderings but I’m guessing the front will be close to the renderings
I wish retro would go away. It’s almost like GM doesn’t have the ability to make the Camaro look like it belongs in 2015, and can only rely on half-baked designs that are suppose to evoke a car from over 40 years ago; cars whos’ styling only appeals to those who were alive when the original launched.
I wasn’t alive when the original Camaro launched. How the hell am I supposed to feel any kind of emotional draw towards the 5th or 6th gens if everyone who buys these cars bemoans about how it’ll never be as good as the 1st gen?
The Corvette would never pull this kind of perpetual, stale, retro-salute-to-the-past, “we’ll never be as good as we were in 1953” kinda crap.
Really? Because the Stingray name is 100% a call back. The front wheel haunches harken back to the C3 Vette as well. Proportional shape has stayed true since the C4.
The name doesn’t bother me. A properly maintained and cultivated name can last for decades. Old names like SL and Skyline and 911 and even Corolla can last for generations without much difficulty provided that the product is good. Hell, there were people whining about the Stingray name in the first place, feeling that it wasn’t good enough to put on a car that “looks like a Skyline” or “came from GT6”. I’m indifferent to the name anyway because it isn’t tarnished.
But for appearances, it’s not the same deal with the C7. Its styling elements are what remain as vestigial features; that alone doesn’t turn me off. A haunched wheel arch here and the 4 separate tailights there; those are expectations of the form, but they are SUBTLE design cues that compliment the car rather than speak for it.
It’s when the whole damn car has to look like 1960’s throw-back that bugs me. Front fascia, the interior, commercials that play pensioner rock. The whole approach screams that past is more important then the future, and for someone who never knew how important and lasting the impact of the 1st gen was to its owners, the connection between me and the car is like sham marriage; the image of the past is more important than the time and place it exists today. It’s like the automotive equivalent of hipster.
To me, the 5th and 6th gens (along with the Mustang and the Challenger) are just tributes to the past and don’t compel me to feel any attachment to them. That the car they’re selling today is just a reheated copy of an older “better” car, that despite being technologically and engineeringly inferior to todays model, is still the archetype that demands deference and unwavering support; that you must pay into the scheme and accept the fact that your 2015 SS is inferior to some base model Camaro from the 60’s.
The C7 doesn’t have that problem. The Camaro does. Different cars for different consumers could work as an argument. But looking at the totality of Chevrolet’s performance range in a global sense (Isn’t GM trying to position Chevy as a global brand?), the Camaro doesn’t look like it belongs.
It has been a while, but I agree with you in – in spirit, if not entirely. I AM a old car fanatic, but a rehash of a old car does not endear me with lust for the new car. It just makes expect the same emotional attraction that the original did. And that’s impossible. The ONLY way they could do that is to build a brand new 1969 Z/28 with the exact same body lines, dimensions, etc, but update the suspension, brakes, and engine.
And even then, it would loose a significant portion of what made the old car endearing. Even if they actually manage to make it superior in every way.
It’s 2015!! Lets have cars that reflect this! The originals were cool, but GM can do so much better.
Andrew us correct as these cars now are not retro anymore they do have some heritage styling that you would know it is a Camaro but it has all modern lines.
This segment is a tight rope, People bitch if you do not keep the heritage factor and they bitch if you go out and create a totally new car. They chose to split both camps and once the car is out they all settle now and 90% are happy.
Again let them display the finished car here and make an informed opinion on the real thing vs a half covered car or an educated guess like this.
Graw the C7 is a perfect example of a totally new design with hints of the past in the styling. You look at it and would know it was a Corvette even if the name was not on the car. But yet even you the anti Retro guy misses the obvious heritage hallmarks of the past in the new car. That is what happened when you properly split both camps.