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Will Chevrolet Camaro Join Australia’s Supercar Series?

With news that the Ford Mustang will join Australia’s Supercars series, it has many local fans wondering if the pony car will see its rival take to the grid in the near future: the Chevrolet Camaro.

Tickford boss, Rod Nash, told Supercars.com in a Saturday report that he believes it’s a “no-brainer” that the Camaro will soon join the series.

“That’ll be up to Holden to make those statements officially, but I think it’s a bit of a no-brainer that the Camaro is on its way now for sure, just as a result of the Mustang body being put out there,” he said.

Right now, Holden, General Motors’ Australian subsidiary, runs the 2018 ZB Commodore as its Supercar racer.  It’s unclear if GM would allow the Commodore and Camaro to race alongside each other, but Nash is convinced the Camaro will join one way or another.

“If you’re a betting person, someone within the category will pick up the Camaro, I would have thought,” he said.

Ford Australia chief Graeme Whickman also expressed a desire to race against a number of different makes and move past the “red versus blue,” that is, Ford versus Holden.

“It’s not just around the red-blue, I’d like us to be racing against a multitude of marques, because I think that speaks volumes to the competitiveness of the market anyway and what we’re doing in the market. It translates beautifully onto the road.”

Ford also announced the Mustang will compete in the NASCAR Cup series where it will also face the Chevrolet Camaro.

Former GM Authority staff writer.

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  1. Odds are that is why they are importing them. At the price point offered the volume will be low but they can race them. Also it will establish the brand before the platform is up dated to RHD for them in a couple years.

    For the Camaro and Mustang to survive the future they will have to look outside America to generate more volume. When they drop below 100,000 units the business case for both gets more and more difficult to approve unless they raise the price more and it already is too high.

    These cars have to conform to become global players in some way. That means they will have to evolve with the growth to appeal to a wider market.

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    1. Proof? Holden just dropped the racing TTV6 experiment. That was during a very brief period in which the Dunnydore (Aussie lingo for Commode – door) was supposed to continue as a “halo” car.

      Here’s something for y’all. Not only will the Camaro race in Supercars, but the whole “car of the future” spec chassis is doomed. When Whickman said he wants more than just Red vs Blue, he absolutely means Supercars will adopt the SRO GT4 rules in the next cycle, probably around 2021.

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