The Chevrolet Camaro has been a fixture at the Indy 500 for decades, assuming pace car duties at the world-famous motorsport event on several occasions, dating all the way back to the late ‘60s. For example, in 1993, the all-new fourth-generation Camaro was once again enlisted to lead the pack at Indy, making its appearance as the Indy 500 pace car for the fourth time. To celebrate, Chevy produced a limited number of special-edition Camaro models, one of which is now listed for sale by Gateway Classic Cars.
This relatively rare Chevrolet Camaro is one of just 645 units produced, and comes loaded with options and equipment. Highlights include a CD player and AM/FM radio, cruise control, air conditioning, and a T-top for a little open-air motoring. There’s also power steering, power brakes, power windows, power locks, and power seats.
Outside, this 1993 Chevrolet Camaro bears a special two-tone paint job, which mixes white lower panels with black panels up top. Offsetting the two-tone paint are bright multi-colored graphics, which proudly display the two-door’s official Indy 500 pace car status. There’s also prominent Camaro lettering for the windshield. The corners get a classic set of aluminum alloy wheels with a white finish that matches the lower half of the body.
Moving inside, we find upholstery that screams ‘90s, matching the exterior with two-tone black-and-white coloring and multi-colored swirl designs running longitudinally down the seats.
Providing motivation is a 5.7L V8 engine, which produces 275 horsepower. Output is routed rearwards through a four-speed automatic transmission.
Now, this 1993 Chevrolet Camaro Indy Pace Car edition is on offer for $17,500. The odometer reads 43,969 miles.
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Source: Gateway Classic Cars
Comments
Another example of the bad old days where it was virtually impossible to get any horsepower because of technology and is reason why they only manage to sell 645 units of this car; but imagine if the Camaro had access to the 750 hp LT5 supercharged 6.2L V8 used in the 2019 C7 Corvette ZR1 as sales would have been much greater than 645.
Sort of. Actually the 275 horsepower was considered a hell of a lot at the time. It was a pretty big deal.
Compared to now, of course it sucks. But the paint job is the worst thing about this car.
I always thought these pace car versions were kind of cheesy.
Official pace car of the Indy 500 *
* well not actually this car
That’s what makes it unique,limited edition and now a rare Collectible Classic.
They decided the number of replicas long before they hit the market. It wasn’t a matter of how many they could sell. The paint and the interior is fantastic on the 1993 Pace Car. The best looking Pace Car that was made.
I own this car personally. I bought it back in October from gateway classics in Scottsdale/ Phoenix. It had $34,000 original miles on it and it’s signed by six Indy car drivers including Mario Andretti in which that was his last race It was in the veterans Day parade 2021 and it turns more heads than The hottest girl on the planet its that hot. It looks amazing in the Phoenix Sun and if you don’t know what pretty looks like that’s a damn shame cuz this is one pretty pretty car
This a great looking pace car, they only made 645 because that is all they could have made, it was made in a new plant in Canada , they probably could have sold 6,000 as in 1982 if they wanted but they only made 40,000 total cars in 1993. The interior is one of a kind, with 3D knitting, it is the only car to have this . Do your research before you comment