The sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro will have an all-new design that will play off the styling and design cues of the current generation car, according to a report from Edmunds.
Sources said the 2016 Camaro, which will share General Motor’s Alpha platform with the Cadillac CTS and ATS, will have all-new sheet metal, but won’t venture too far away from the styling of the well-received fifth generation car.
“The difference between the existing and redesigned (Camaro) is not drastically different,” an unnamed industry source who has seen the new car told Edmunds. “It looks like a worked-over current-model Camaro. It is on a different platform, so that is a significant difference, but when they modified it to be on a different platform, the styling did not change that much.”
Chevrolet spokesman, Mike Albano, commented on the description of the new car provided to Edmunds.
“We won’t discuss future product, but I will tell you that any Camaro we do will have expressive design and will evoke the passion the previous-generation Camaros have done,” Albano said. “Camaro always has kind of moved the heart and the next generation will do the same thing when you see it on the road.”
The 2016 Camaro will move production from GM’s plant in Oshawa to the company’s Lansing, Michigan plant, where it will be built alongside the ATS and CTS. It is expected to make its debut at next year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
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Let’s hope it looks like a ’68 Z/28.
lol
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To the title of the story, I say GOOD as this has carried or aged well I think. They don’t need to go off on a radical bent, hell let the Mustang do that and suffer the consequences.
With the 2014 camaro recent update, the 2016 doesn’t need to change much. I can’t wait to see the 2016, newer styling and the alpha platform? Sounds perfect to me.
I hope they move it like the Corvette C7. While the basic shape is there they detail it to its own design. How many versions of the 69 Camaro do we really need.
GM went only a little retro on the present car and kept the hard edges etc.
As for the new Mustang I finally saw one. I am in no way a Ford fan but it is the best one since the 69 Mustang. It is for once a complete design with some real shape for once vs. the slab sides it has had for years.
No matter what the chassis under the car will be a giant jump.
While being conservative on styling is safe I hope they do give it enough edge to make people really want to move up to the new car. Also this one will find its way down under and possibly other markets globally so it had better have something for them too.
While we want it to look like a Camaro we also need it to advance the model into the future. At some point we all need to leave home.
I trust the group working on this car and in the end it will sell fine.
It’s time for a small coupe off the Cruze platform too for the masses. Make it high style and functional.
If they would just stick the current car in the dryer on high until it was the size of the ATS it would be perfict!
Of coarse they would need to put the motor back in afterwards!
I do like the gen5 before the refresh better then after, not as edgey.
Good news!!! We want a Camaro with its curve and close to the current model
Looks are not what I think GM needs to work on making the car as light as possible and handle like a Z28 in the SS version
I would like to see fresh styling that’s similar to but not exactly the same as the current generation, but. Brian has a point they don’t need to focus too much on styling, weight, visibility and practicality are the biggest concerns.
They got a good car just work on the weight and the visibility… I like to see what the next one will look like..
Why do people have visibility issues with the camaro? I’ve driven plenty of them and I see in it just fine!
Maybe the problem is people don’t know how to adjust the mirrors properly?
If they are adjusted you can see everything you need to!
For their defense, the Camaro is a vehicle that you literally sit in. It can be hard to adjust back to that after driving a Prius.
Weight is not going to be an issue as we have already seen in the Alpha.
The visibility I expect it and the interior room to be address to a degree in this model. The present car was tasked to being as close to the show car as possible which is admirable but you pay a price in visibility and interior styling and room.
I know for a fact they are well aware of the issues and plan to address most all of them.
As for Visibility Brian the reality is many people today can not drive. They have little skill with mirrors and also if people do not feel comfortable in a car many will pass on it.
Now I know you will say that is their problem but the fact is their money is as green as anyone else’s and if at the end of the day you want to sell cars you need to give the customer what they want in some areas. The reality is it would not take much to improve many of these little things as the last car was not really designed for the real world and this one will be.
I know from my own experience I love the styling and the bunker feeling but it is a pain in the A$$ when auto crossing with the high cowl and fenders. You kind of have to just feel where the car is.
Note that females are 50% of the buyers of cars today including the Camaro and Mustang. While guys would put up with a 2 foot scoop on the hood for power or looks a woman will not. They often buy for more practical reasons so there has to be some middle ground taken here.
The bottom line is sales and you have to capture everyone you can. If someone has any interest and the money you need to satisfy their needs.
Now if you are selling a $1,000,000,000 mid engine car then you do not have to worry about the little things as much as people buy for image. Vision and trunk space matters little here. The price makes up for the volume easily.
Peculiar article, exactly whaat I waas looking for.
it good that they are keeping the design features. in my opinion this is one of the best looking cars and its better to look at to unlike the new mustang
Beating the Mustang to the finish line is all that matters