The all-new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is right around the corner. For the sixth generation, the Camaro will adopt the dynamic Alpha RWD architecture as seen in the Cadillac ATS and CTS, but will implement different power trains than previously seen. Expect a Small Block V8Â (though a V6 and a turbo 4 appear in the cards, too)Â to send power to those rear wheels in Camaro SS models, and expect GM’s latest transmissions to come along with it. Also expect the next Camaro to come across as less bulky, being a pinch smaller than what we currently see with the CTS.
But, as evident from the latest spy photos found on Camaro6.com, don’t expect the looks of the 2016 Camaro to be that far of a departure from what buyers are currently enjoying today. Peeking under the layers of camouflage we can make out similar front and rear light designs that we first saw when the fifth-gen originally made its debut. Lastly, what’s not pictured is the roar emitting from the quartet of tail pipes emitting from these V8-powered bruisers, but we can imagine the 2015 Ford Mustang heard it through the trees loud and clear.
Expect the all-new Camaro to debut soon, either at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show or 2015 New York Auto Show. Detroit seems to be reserved for the new Volt.
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The extra material on the back window is really interesting. Hopefully there is some interesting design feature to be uncovered back there.
These photos have been around almost a month.
The car will be somewhat similar in some respects but much different in others.
While the car will be smaller the wheel base will be similar to what we have now.
GM is playing a game on the back light as I saw a photo of the rear window and it is near the cover so it may extend back a little more rakes than what we have now. That could provide more room in the back seat.
The rear will be more of a departure from what we have now but the nose will have a similar hammered down look and smaller headlamps.
While it will be similar do not expect a 7/8ths of the present car.
Also note it will have a lower center of gravity as it will be a lower sitting car than what we have.
Less weight and more refinement will be hallmarks here and the press will be shocked at how well it rides and handles as they were with the CTS. Much of what Cadillac did can be carried over to help the Camaro in refinement. It is money Caddy spent that Chevy either never would have or could not have gotten approved. The trickle down will pay off for Chevy as we move forward and help recover the development cost for Cadillac.
The Camaro will not be a Chevy CTS as it will be tuned to Chevys needs but it will be a more solid, lighter and better tuned car due to the solid design work that Cadillac did to the Alpha from the start.
It will be at least 2015 before we see this car. I was thinking Detroit. Corvette last year and this year Camaro. It is where the 5th gen jumped off too. Nothing says Detroit like a Camaro or Mustang so where would you intro it?
The Volt is all for LA since GM is going to focus the car to the NE and SW regions where sales are the greatest.
Watch the video on he CTS V sport they posted here the other day. It is old too but it will give you some of the design details Cadillac has done that could easily be used In the Camaro now with no major cost for development.
This car will leave the Mustang in the dust in the refinement category. There will be no comparison other than legacy.
Dodge had better get with it on a new car as their old one will only carry the 700 HP hype for so long.
The key to the new Camaro is it will finally be the full package. The platform will be for it and not just adapted from what they had sitting around. GM planed this platform for it from the start. Also they will finish the interior this time as development money Is not going to run out after the engine and suspension.
They key to a great car is to get it all right and have the complete package. That is what we will finally see. Not overweight and not a case did the best with what we had.
I have high expectation for this car as I did for the C7 and we know how that one turned out. I expect the same results here.
Very well said.
Just hoping this isn’t another case of “evolutionary design” as this failed with trucks, the Malibu and one could argue CTS.
(The Dodge has always been junk but has a following among MOPAR fans, and is heavily discounted.
The Camaro will leave it in the dust but FCA will find a way to keep moving them.)
It seems like the rear tailamps will look like the ones that are found on the stingrays
Yeah, these photos have been around the block a few times. They have so much camo(heavily padded at that)that anything said IMO is pure speculation.
Odds are great the lights they are using here are not even production. Often the production lights front and rear come later.
The car is camouflaged for a reason. And the camo is intended to give the impression of little design change. But the grille appears to me to be a definite nod towards the 2nd gen, and suspect we’ll find the same to be true of the C pillar.
All future car should be less bulky.
Less weight and more refinement. I love the sound of that. Those will be the keys for this car. As far as precise styling goes, as long as it is not ugly and takes a step forward, it will be fine. The things we cannot see at all in these photos are what we need to know most.
That is just it he photo’s hide so much and lets face it while you will always have some who complain at first sight the cars are generally well accepted with in 6 months after intro.
It is just that about half of the people get a preconceived idea of what it is to look like that when it appears if it differs than they are disappointed. In time they see the new car for what it is and generally 90% love it and then they complain the next one changed from the present one. It is just human nature,
Add to this segment and we are at a point now where some are fine with full on change where others want to relive the past over and over. GM walks a fine line to keep a little of the past but to make sure to keep the car advancing as a safe rate not to be lefty behind.
Lets face it if GM did not advance styling we would have no future classics. If Chevy had remained with the 54 Chevy we would have never had the 55 Chevy. Same for many of the other models. The next classic is out there if you just let it happen. Never for get the past but you have to live to grow into the future.
We have seen this transition at Ford on the new Mustang and we will see the same here. If you let the past box you in too much it limits all the new good things that can come along.
I just hope they take the last model and evolve it into the future and let it be its own design. It can share some of the past but I would like to see some new ideas added. The 69 Camaro was great but the split bumper 70 1/2 has its own place in history too. It is like kids you have to let them develop their own personalities at times.
I think that is why Dodge is at a cross roads now. They went so retro that they are in a box. To grow the model they need to change it some how. They had considered going to the Cuda in a smaller more radical change but that is off the table now. They will remain with the Challenger name but right now Fiat is sorting out how much to or not to change this car. Because of the lack of change being so retro they are almost damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
The risk are always there but at least Ford and GM did enough change that the risk were less.