As we look forward to the 2017 Camaro and its various variants, including the track-focused 2017 Camaro 1LE, beastly 2017 Camaro ZL1 and the collectible Camaro 50th Anniversary Special Edition, this minute-long video from Chevrolet reminds of just how far the Camaro nameplate has come in its 50 years and six generations.
With such rich heritage and smile-generating ability, how could one not like the concept of Chevy’s Mustang eater? Sure, if you have poor taste you might prefer the Dodge Challenger or Ford Mustang (we kid… kind of). But the important part is to note that each of these three vehicles carry a healthy amount of weight, and are associated with feelings of nostalgia, patriotism, past successes, and the anticipation of new ones.
As the narration says, “The Camaro story has no ending; it’s just beginning”.
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Well, it turns out Camaro had its own flops more than 30 years ago – 1982 Camaro with Iron Duke engine having “whopping” 90 hp with 3 speed auto did 0-60 in around 20 seconds, while with manual gearbox it was 15-16 seconds:
http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1658533_1658527,00.html
http://www.thelifemechanical.com/2014/11/lq9fbod.html
It was slow like any econobox or even Lada cars, if you know what I mean.
So the question is – with Camaro always generally intended to be a sports/muscle car, why did they release that version of Camaro in 1982? What was the point?
It’s no surprise that Japan makes started to rock in North America in 80s, if American car manufacturers sometime did so poorly back then.
The Camaro story did have an ending…hmm i recall it being the around the year 2002 lol