So, this is weird. You know the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro, which will serve as the first model year of the sixth-generation car, hasn’t been unveiled yet, and hasn’t (to our knowledge) ever been spied or photographed without camouflage? Well, several headlamps for one turned up on eBay.
Motor Authority picked up the story, originated at the Camaro6 forums. An eBay seller posted three identical headlamp assemblies for sale, all of them quite unlike anything found on any current or past production Camaro models. It’s not clear how they were acquired, nor if they are even genuine.
But the original poster on the Camaro6 forum noted that the product label on the headlamps matches the program code of the sixth-generation car: “A1BC,” for Alpha 1 (platform), B – an internal designation for a coupe, and C for Chevrolet. And, the headlamp assemblies do look quite a bit like what we’ve seen of the prototype sixth-generation car’s lamps, although historically, part of the assembly has been covered with camouflage in spy photos.
The seller listed the lights innocuously enough as “2015” production headlamps, but this they certainly aren’t. Any thoughts as to whether these are the real deal? Weigh-in in the comments below.
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good comercial strategy for new camaro.
http://www.worldcarfans.com/115021088622/2016-chevrolet-camaro-possible-headlight-listed-on-ebay
Waiting for A1BP to emerge.
You don’t need to reply with “it may be awhile.”
Definitely not a 5th gen light as the mounting points are slightly different. This very well could be the 6th gen lights, or a possible option that was discarded in favor of another set that will make production. The word camaro scribed into the lens does help support the theory of production 6th gen lights, and they look like they are the same lights and that would explain the camp on the lights to hide the light pipe in the headlight. The new York auto show can’t come fast enough!!!!
if you follow the discussion on camaro6.com this fixture is from the EuroMarket but definitely something found in the dumpster out back in MI.
They were probably given to one of their factory equipment vendors in order to design tooling to assemble them. I used to get LED tail lights from Cadillac and when we were done testing our machinery on them we were supposed to throw them out but we decorated my bosses boat with them.
One thing we were NOT supposed to do is sell them.
Parts get out all the time. I know where some plastic Pontiac wheels were and I even own half of the few 1990 Fiero emblems ever made.
There are a few Fiero power steering units and complete test cars out there that are traded from time to time.
These were most likely used for testing and or even on a mule that was torn apart. These salvage yard scrap these cars but are not to sell them. I would say GM will not be happy.