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CARB Document Suggests 2019 Chevrolet Camaro Will Gain Seven-Speed Manual Transmission

This year, we’ll more than likely see the introduction of a refreshed 2019 Chevrolet Camaro. Although the specifics remain unknown, the California Air Resources Board has potentially let it slip that the C7 Corvette’s seven-speed manual transmission will make its way to the refreshed Camaro.

AutoGuide reported on the published document on Thursday, which adds the seven-speed manual transmission to the Camaro’s current transmission offerings. That’s intriguing since it would potentially leave buyers the choice of two manual gearboxes—a six-speed and seven-speed—and the eight-speed automatic. The document does not include the 10-speed automatic transmission, which the 2018 Camaro ZL1 and ZL1 1LE serve as optional. However, CARB documents are always subject to change.

The addition of the seven-speed manual could indicate a new Camaro variant on the horizon, which may exclusively offer the seven-speed manual or eight-speed automatic. Chevrolet could reserve the six-speed for lower-spec Camaros, but this is simply speculation.

We do know the 2019 Camaro will usher in fresh fascias, judging by the amount of camouflage covering prototype vehicles. Along with the tweaked looks, we also expect the refreshed Camaro to remedy a big problem: the lack of an affordable V8-powered car.

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Todd Christensen of Chevrolet Performance Marketing told GM Authority last November that “We’re trying to do more in the lower end” with reference to repackaging and repricing the Camaro’s trim levels. The least-expensive V8-powered Camaro rings in $5,000 more than a V8-powered Challenger and about $3,000 more than a Mustang GT—the latter makes 460 horsepower to the Camaro’s 455 hp.

Former GM Authority staff writer.

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  1. Really curious to find out the MY19s 0-60 and quarter mile…

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  2. V8 performance vehicles shouldn’t be ‘Affordable’. What is ‘Affordable’…to who?

    The Gas Guzzler rule needs to be revisited in this critical and rapidly escalating Global Warming situation we are all in.

    It used to be that we dumped our crap into the rivers and steams, lakes and oceans, now we dump it into our absolutely critical atmosphere.

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    1. Yes they should be. While they still can anyway. Vehicles like this do almost absolutely nothing in regards to air pollution.
      Fun fact: Methane gas (farts) produced by all the cows in the country nearly double the amount of greenhouse gases that ALL the cars in the country emit.
      If you wanna go Al Gore on here then do us a favor… eat more beef.

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      1. Reg; “If you wanna go Al Gore on here then do us a favor… eat more beef.” _ Makes no sense, as does your tortured logic comparing methane emissions to pollution emitted by ICE vehicle as an excuse allowing for more ICE pollution. Explain your current position to your grandchildren in about 10-15 years.

        And by the way, I haven’t eaten anything with ears since 1985 because of deforestation for the production of meat for the fast food industry and methane production because of that production.

        I’m looking out for you, who are you looking out for.

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      2. Save the planet eat beef and wear leather.

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  3. No 10spd across the board? Wow…

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  4. Animals were put on this earth for two reasons one to eat and two to do work everything else is something us humans just came up with!

    Fast cars should never be affordable!

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    1. 4 that matter neither should fast animals but at least those should be delicious

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