2016 Chevrolet Camaro To Hit The Road After Belle Isle Debut
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Obviously, if you’ve been tuned to not only GM Authority but the entire internet, you know the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro will be debuting on May 16th at Belle Isle in Detroit. But Chevrolet is going to make sure those who didn’t secure a spot at the public unveiling of the hotly-anticipated pony car will get to see the car in the sheetmetal.
According to Edmunds, the 2016 Camaro will make its traditional auto show debut at the 2015 Los Angels Auto Show in the fall, but before that, expect to see the 2016 Camaro at the Indianapolis 500, Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park on July 14, Michigan’s Woodward Dream Cruise on August 15 and Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion in California August 13-16.
“We’re building a schedule right now,” said Todd Christensen, Camaro marketing manager, in a phone conversation with Edmunds. “We’re fighting over who gets to use them. You’ll see a combination of some enthusiast events and some bigger events following the car’s reveal.”
It was also revealed the 2016 Camaro that will be taking center stage at the Belle Isle reveal will be a red one, a classic hue for a storied muscle car nameplate. Other possible exposures of the 2016 Camaro include the auction of the number one during a Barrett-Jackson event, most likely for a worthy-charitable cause.
Expect plenty of customization to offered with the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro, with Christensen also adding there will be a “pretty good presence at SEMA” this coming fall.
Like you, our dear readers, we cannot wait to see the 2016 Camaro in merely four days.
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Can’t help but seeing a subtle hint of XA Ford Falcon Coupe in the sideprofile!
You need glasses.
Have you even seen a XA Coupe? Go and Google one. I’m sure the whole Camaro won’t look like one but there is a subtle hint of one in the rear quarter window. The angles are heaps sharper than on the Gen 5 and Gen 1. And for the record, I hate Fords, I’m a Holden man!
Or maybe because the XA Ford Falcon Coupe was originally a copy of the Camaro which came first. Remember, this has some throwback cues to a car from the 60s.
GM (USA) has been building cars longer than almost any manufacturer out there, so usually it is other car companies that are doing the copying.
Yes sort of, Fords designers in Aus were inspired by the 69 Camaro coke bottle belt line for XA, however if you looked at the two side by side, they are nothing alike. The quarter window on gen 1 and 5 has 3 distinct edges, if you look closely at an XA or the teaser photo it has 4. That’s where I drew the comparison from. Not for a minute do I think GMs designers copied a 43 year old Ford design, I just think its coincidence that the belt line is simular, as they have tried to amplify the retro looks of gen 5. One look at the quarter panels of gen 6 immediately tells you the car is a Camaro, they are pumped out hard as per gen 5. A XA’s are relatively flat as the car was based on a four door sedan.
The Aussie Ford team was sent to Detroit down size the 1970 Torino for the 72 Falcon. The Torino was done by a EX GM designer and then the Aussie team sent here transferred it for their own platform.
Ford originally just wanted to use the same center section but the Aussie team showed they needed a whole new car do while they kept the similar styling they resized the entire car for their smaller platform.
No real copy of the Camaro there and no real copy of the Falcon here once you see the rest of the car.
Yep I agree mate, I was hoping for Gen 6 they may have softened up the quarter window like a 70 Chevelle or a HQ Monaro, especially if the Camaro is going to be our V8 Commodore replacement. Anyhow I’m sure I’ll still like the Gen 6, although I will always have a soft spot for Gen 5 seeing it is built on a platform designed and engineered by Holden. It is a real legacy of the golden years of Holden prior to the GFC stuffing everything!
camaro disainer is ford fan, ford falcon fan aahhhhhaaaaa. who know
Yep already not liking the quarter window and C pillar…but i guess we shall wait till she reveals the rest of her body
Red is typically a tough colour to photograph, maybe not the best choice of debut colour. It’s also common that if a car looks good in white, its a good looking car. Then again white can hide eye catching lines and creases in photos too.
I REALLY hope they bring it to the GM Nationals this June. I’m already taking time off to go down so it would be a much welcomed treat to see it.
Before I saw the comments and just the picture, I thought ’69 Mustang fastback.
Actually the Falcon comment is valid.
Keep in mind that the Falcon came from an era where the main designer at Ford was Larry Shinoda who came from GM with the new head of Ford Bunkie Knudson.
That is why the Torino looks much more like a GM car than a Ford. Same with the Falcon as they down sized the Torino to fit the Falcon platform. Just look at the Ute and wagon and they look like a 72 Chevelle and El Camino.
I really see a 68 Chevelle in the c pillar of this car.