The original Chevy Camaro was introduced in September 1966 for the 1967 model year. The 2022 model year will therefore represent the 55th for the storied muscle car, so it seems reasonable to expect General Motors to produce a 55th anniversary Camaro for the next model year.
There is precedent for this. Chevrolet made a Camaro 50th Anniversary Edition available for both the 2017 Camaro. The commemorative package was available in both Coupe and Convertible body styles and was offered on the 2LT and 2SS trims. The package, which was assigned the GM RPO code H50, included various unique exterior and interior touches.
Exterior:
- Nightfall Gray Metallic exterior (Convertible models include a Black top)
- Specific 20-inch 50th Anniversary wheels and wheel center caps
- 2LT includes RS Appearance Package
- Specific 50th Anniversary stripe package and exterior badges
- Unique grille with satin chrome accents
- Body-colored front splitter
- Orange brake calipers (front only on LT)
Interior:
- Unique Black leather interior with suede inserts and orange accent stitching
- Distinct 50th Anniversary treatments on instrument panel, seatbacks, steering wheel and illuminated sill plates
The package made these cars special, but it was also relatively easy for Chevy to produce. With another landmark year coming up, it would be simple enough for the Bow Tie to offer a 55th anniversary Camaro with similar features.
A 55th anniversary Camaro is undoubtedly possible and it would be a great way to commemorate the muscle car’s existence, since the sixth-gen could very well be the last Camaro with an internal combustion engine.
If a 55th anniversary Camaro does come to exist, then it will be based on the 2022 Camaro, which is expected to receive only minor changes to features/equipment, packages and a handful of new color choices compared to the current 2021 Camaro. The model will continue to be underpinned by the critically-acclaimed GM Alpha platform, which has provided the basis for the muscle car since the introduction of the sixth-generation model for the 2016 model year. The powertrain lineup is expected to continue unchanged from the four gasoline engines offered currently.
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Bought son new 2017 RS Garnet Red Tintcoat 1LT V6 A8 (no shutter after flush). All ‘17’s have “Fifty” emblem on steering wheel. Love the car.
What 55yrs? Anniversary models of the Camaro is more about pushing another sales jump for the car. It was off the market for 7yrs 2003-2010. So what are we talking about badges and stripes it more like a 10th anniversary of the new model
It’s 55 years since the introduction of the Camaro nameplate. No one cares that it was off the market for a few years, hence the 50th anniversary back in 2017. And yes, it would be an appearance package. The Camaro does not need any more performance, it’s perfect as it is.
Right. Redesign is not allways good.
Gas engines aren’t going anywhere. Europe and Asia are pushing eletric cars and transportation on overdrive and are making it “illegal to sell new gas vehicles…….10 years from now” knowing that they can always push back the date to avoid the fallout. Sorry, the “EV future now” ain’t happening. Will it happen In 10 years when solid state batteries exist? Nope. Nickel hallide batteries on the GMEV1 were unable to overcome older gas engines making 15 mpg, the current Lion batteries are unable to topple current 5th gen small blocks, making 27-30 mpg in Camaros and in 10 years the GM gas engine will be making 50-60 mpg gas in the camaro.
So American muscle will have another 50 years all on gas.
I hope you’re right… but I think the timeframe for mass EV adoption is very much around the corner. I wouldn’t give American muscle another 10 years.
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Think we will enjoy more V8 power for a while. The main difference between then and now is Tesla. EV’s are not selling very well at all given the Chevy bolt or Nissan Leaf. Tesla’s are jumping off the lots, partially because they are ev’s, mostly because they are the new kid on the block, much like VW when it first came to America and was a favorite of the hippies. If Tesla wasn’t on the scene, it wouldn’t even be a factor. The biggest effect that Tesla will have on EV’s is finally getting the big 3 to dump millions into battery research. I honestly don’t see it taking over as running a power plant at 50% efficiency, running that eletricity through power lines and transformers to charge a 80% battery and then run it through an electric motor which is far from 100% efficient. To me that is just a loosing proposition. But our best bet is that the EV “onslaught” will finally push gas engine engineers to reach out there and create hyper efficient HCCI engines and other advanced tech
Were sure never hear how convenient it can be to drive a Tesla or other EV on a week long 2,000 mile trip; or how responsible the EV batteries will be to our environment when they run their life; or how all the parts made on EVs are produced using plastics – a petroleum product! Not to mention how most of the electricity to charge them comes from generation at power plants. Have you noticed what happens to the value of homes that have solar panels for more than 10 years? Those homes end up being stuck on the market way longer than those that don’t!
American muscle forever. Even if I have to make my own fuel and retune my muscle cars I will always drive my muscle cars. Electric cars are for fags.
Can you imagine how long it would take to run a NASCAR race with EVs? Man!
You know too much Jake! So be on your guard and don’t get assassinated by deep satan-worshipping EV cult, Because we all know they pull the wires behind the world governments.
EV is coming and will be growing but it is true ICE is still going to be a part of the market.
Too many see GM is talking about adding EV models but fail to notice that the ICE models are not being cut. GM is going to let the markets migrate as people want to make the change and as regulations force the changes.
GM understands this is not a five year market change and they are prepared for it. Note there are plans for ICE till 2050 as being around with most mfgs.
The greater danger is the decline of coupe sales. All three American coupes are below needed numbers. They all should be 100,000 units each a year or more. This is why there is so little move to new gens sooner than we have seen. Why invest a couple billion that will not come back in return profits. FCA just keeps remaking the same car. GM has delayed or canceled the next gen. Ford talks of a next gen but till it arrives?? It is said to be based on a SUV platform.
The least of the Camaro issues is EV.
come up with a nice sporty look and keep the price down and don’t be always changing the style..u will do alright and it will be appreciated
I love the Camaro, just as much as I love the Mustang, the Challenger and the Charger. As far as GM goes, it’s failing, all around the world and that to me is a problem. The problem isn’t that people don’t like cars, it’s that people aren’t a fan of the cars that GM is selling, the same thing goes for Ford. To the disappointment of Australia, Holden closed it’s doors on it’s HSV lineup and the Amazing cars that they build that could have actually saved GM, if they had marketed them correctly here and globally. Chevrolet lazily brought the Holden Commodore to the United States and named it the SS. Everyone stated the car should have been the Impala SS, which would have sold better if Chevy had marketed it as an Impala and offered it with the 3.6L base engine and the V8 SS variant, but Chevrolet didn’t do that. Both Ford and GM were too busy focusing on China that they missed out on what they could have had and now China wants neither one of them and GM is following Ford stupidly out of the car business and into this imaginary SUV market. Don’t get me wrong, SUVs are nice and have their place, just like EVs but cars still have their spot and it’s time we remember that.
Honestly, the Camaro suffers from being a great, but impractical car car, kind of like the mustang, but worse. I’m not saying Chevy needs to reinvent the wheel, just rethink it. In Australia, GM/Holden had great performance cars, the Holden Monaro, the Holden Commodore and the Holden Maloo. While GM brought them up here as the awesome but failed GTO, Pontiac G8 and Chevrolet SS, their Australian (and European) cousins were much more awesome. GM could easily make these cars again and make them Global thanks to the Alpha II platform and being that they use GM engines. This time, they should keep the Monaro, Commodore and Maloo names. Want to go up against the Durango? Bring back the Chevy Nullarbor SUV on the Alpha chassis (like what Ford has with the CD6 platform). Ford should do the same thing with the Falcon. Bring back a coupe, a sedan, a minitruck and a performance crossover and let loose with some global performance vehicles that will rock the world again. I’m not against electric vehicles either and I do agree there should be a balance. Chevy had the bolt, jolt and volt and should add the Trax in there as well. With what GMC has done with the Hummer is nothing short of amazing and honestly, all of the super duty diesel trucks should go with that power train. Drop the traverse, bring back the trailblazer on the Colorado platform, Give the Suburban name back to GMC, move the Tahoe name to the suburban and bring back a full size Blazer (2-door and 4-door), make a Chevrolet Silverado 1500 SS, a blazer SS, a Silverado and Blazer Classic-10 version with the classic 2-tone schemes and a Cheyenne luxury package, and a off road Scottsdale package for both the Silverado 1500 and blazer. Make Buick the all-electric brand and bring back the Buick Electra (i mean come on it’s right there!) The Corvette has moved beyond Chevrolet and honestly it should be a Cadillac as it is truly up there with the V-Cars and it should be in that kind of company. GM and Ford could be doing alot of things differently that would make them so much more profitable.
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Truth is Australia is becoming a 3rd world country, and most Australians can no longer afford to buy the products GM makes.
Also after decades of bad governance, Australia’s auto industry is gone. The electrical grid suffers frequent brown outs, and fires plague the country.
You know things are bad when Hyundai outsells Honda 2 to 1.
Wait, I thought Australia was supposed to become a progressive utopia when they banned handguns a few years ago. Are you saying the country is now headed in the wrong direction?
PhD PE
While it is true that conservatives do tend to kill themselves with their own guns. It’s not in big enough numbers to swing the government to the left.
You just lost whatever credibility you had with that nonsensical comment.
PhD PE
When you shoot yourself, you will lose all bowel control.
Carrying on a conversation with someone who’s only going to repeat right wing talking points is complete waste of time. Like talking to the Parrot at a pet store.
I’ll take your word that you will crap your pants when you shoot yourself. In the interim, I have it on very good authority that the only thing red in Chicago and D.C. is the blood on the streets.
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Da right winger who can’t even come up with his own insults.
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Cracker? Really?? I’ve been called worse by much better. And I consider such a badge of honor. Labeling another with a racist moniker is how liberals concede in the today’s world. Thanks for acknowledging your loss.
You began by stating Australia has devolved into a third-world country – your words, not mine. I merely stated the event that initiated the transformation to fecal crater status, which clearly put a bunch in your thong. Sorry that you find the truth so painful.
I regret that you don’t have the intellectual capacity to grasp the insults. The “phys ed” response solidifies the conclusion.
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Even so, Both GM and Ford had great vehicles there. My main point is that there was no reason why GM couldn’t have put those vehicles on the Alpha Chassis, just like Ford could have done with the CD6 platform and made those cars globally? GM actually did but their marketing is piss-poor and they didn’t do what they should have done here in America with those cars. The Monaro and Commodore were sold both under the Holden name and Vauxhall name just like our Ford Fusion is known as the Mondeo overseas in Europe and Australia. Plus the fact that they all use the same engines as the ones made here. The problem is the American sections of these two brands don’t want to admit that the cars they made for the rest of the world are better than the ones they made for home.
Being greedy…GM and Ford if they wanted to can have Alpha/CD6 sedans everywhere as of now but they make so much cash off trucks and SUVs but an less expensive, better driving/efficient sedan will cut into profits. You see Benz/BMW slowly walking away from cars and pouring resources to CUVs. Will we see a global CD6/VSS-R?, hopefully but don’t expect them to put priority over trucks soon.
Oh, joy! A new tape stripe package. Call me when there’s a meaningful commemorative package.
A new tape stripe package is ok for me when you ad atleast 20 h.p. or 25 h.p. to the equation. As simple as that.
The Cameron is not perfect as it is, it’s a slacker. And it ain’t no 55 amniversary car. Neither is the vette what they say it is. If you were married 5 years. Then divorced for even a year and you been remarried for almost 2 years this second time then you closing in on a second anniversary not an 8th. There are no 83 votes so the Corvette time starts in 84 no 63. Chevy, lol. Drive a chevy there the best, drive a mile and walk the rest
For those of you saying the Camaro shouldn’t be celebrating a 55th Anniversary in 2022: Anniversaries are celebrated for many occasions throughout history. This does not mean that they occurred every year since then. It’s a remembrance of what occurred many years ago. This is a celebration of the first Camaro made 55 years ago. Not that one has been made every year for 55 years. Move on. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. Have a nice day!!
I have a 35th Anv Camaro SS Conv 6 speed,the real one and a 45th Anv SS Conv 6 speed. The 35 th Anv has 1875 miles on it. 45 Anv has 2250 miles. Got them new, one owner.
Would hope they come out with a 55 Anv. The 2023 camaro will be electric car no more 6 speed cars
Oh how I wish that EV pickup trucks would come sooner to then later…where I live every testosterone filled male young man/woman has a giant pickup with obnoxious exhaust and stupid V8 thunder that vibrates like a freight train or the dumb turbo diesel that billows out black smoke out of a 20 inch exhaust…real safe for the environment right?. If the Camaro, Mustang, and Challenger where cheaper with smaller V8 engine or practical EV power they would sell like crazy… instead we get 6 and 8 foot dumb redneck hillbilly pickups that don’t even get used as pickups for hauling stuff!? What’s the word coming to!?
Were you looking for gynoauthority ?
What’s the world coming to? The question should be “what’s the world digressing to? ”
Well… the Neanderthals still apparently live among us! Your description of “… giant pickup with obnoxious exhaust…billows out black smoke… ” describes a world (mentality) that is (Thankfully – Finally) on the fast-track to extinction!
This is why chauvinism in all groups will return in the US huge. I get it, men need to work with women but I don’t need a woman’s belittlement nor to be patronized and many men feel the same way to the point we don’t want to be around females like you.
We’ll enjoy our testosterone pickups without you trying to buy one yourself to “out man” a guy ….
These days there’s dudes getting facials
Manicured, waxed and botoxed
With deep spray-on tans and creamy lotiony hands
You can’t grip a tackle-box
With all of these men lining up to get neutered
It’s hip now to be feminized
I don’t highlight my hair
I’ve still got a pair
Yeah honey, I’m still a guy
All my eyebrows ain’t plucked
There’s a gun in my truck
Oh thank God, I’m still a guy
Get over it!
You make a Camaro cheaper and it becomes a Sonic. It becomes FWD and not much of a car. That is one of the problems. The Camaro used to be based on a economy car as was the Mustang. They had cheap RWD platforms to build them on. Now there are no cheap RWD platforms left.
The same folks were in Mustangs and Camaro’s doing much the same thing just with out diesel, back in the day most had too much carb and were rolling smoke anyways. Few knew how to reject a Holley.
Okay a 50th anniversary is a milestone but what is GM talking about in celebrating a 55th? I mean 60 is more relevant, no? Just one weird thing after another going on at GM. And I thought they announced they were cancelling Camaro a month ago? More weirdness. Miss whats-her-name needs better advice. Or better yet step down already.
How do GMA know this is the last ICE Camaro, could it be the an E/V option is for the Camaro or the Firebird returns as an E/V?.
When the first Camaro EV self ignites we can call it a Firebird.
If you want to keep this a legitimate question leave out the bird. It is gone. And it will not come back as a GMC or Buick.
Gone like Hummer….. Again, who’s saying the ICE Camaro is gone?.
Hummer was different. It should have been a GMC in the first place. If it had been it may have never left.
The folks that know the Camaro needs more volume to survive. If not the price will keep going up to keep it alive,
As said there’s no indication for an E/V only Camaro unless GM want to give the market to FCA/Ford not to mention German/Japan sports coupes. It’s a grand opportunity to revisit Pontiac as an performance niche.
The Hummer was different only because it’s not a GMC made vehicle. It always was a AM General made and produced vehicle. AM General is not a GM company never has been it did how ever used to be a Kaiser-Jeep company till the 70s
Actually the H1 was an AM General designed and built model.
The H2 was a GM product contracted to AM
The H3 was built in Shreveport By GM.
Hummer was then made a division by Bob Lutz as a stand alone dealer. In his book he said that was one of his greatest mistakes. He said it should have been a GMC sub model as it would have been easier and cheaper to make changes.
Concerning the actual article topic, an Anniversary Edition is unlikely to appear if for no other reason than the Camaro has become the Red-Headed Stepchild of GM. They haven’t advertised nor promoted that carline for years now, and apparently are simply planning for it to fade away. IMO, the only moderately-viable rumor is that after it’s demise in the next year or so, Chevrolet might eventually bring the Camaro name back as an EV to compete with the EV Mustang that Ford has been touting in TV ads for a year or so.
I hate to read that this is the Camaro when nothing from GM says otherwise. In my opinion the Camaro sales are dropping because the design has been around now for 10 years and its needs an overhaul. Reading between the lines there is so much money is being invested for EV vehicles that there is little left over for future gas powered vehicles. Every manufacture sees that EV is the future and do not want to be left behind, however, everyone’s crystal ball cannot come up with a timeline when the market will finally shift.
Not long ago, EV and hybrids was to get away from high cost of oil and dependence from foreign oil. But that has changed and the carbon foot print is now top priority. Law makers will love this kind of legislation since it gives them an image of “l care about the environment and global warming “. As time goes on, governments will legislate the extinction of ICE vehicles.
Redesign is not ALWAYS a good thing.
whenever GM decides that the ICE Camaro is in its last MY, Ill have my salesman order mine. it was 2023 now i ve read 2026. Time will tell ,but my rural area in PA isnt ready for plug ins
If there is a 55th Anniversary car please make it with a 7.0L and a 10 speed plus a manual option.I have a 2017 Camaro SS and it isn’t for sale to anyone,I love my car.It has been the best car I ever purchased, period.It got really good mpg’s factory but after a CAI, dropping the secondary cats and replacing the pinched pipes with 3″ and an oil catch can (engine saving not a power adder) I can get 32.3 IF I behave, which is really hard. I also added a Hypertech React which is a throttle optimiser and it really makes the car ridiculous on acceleration,plus it has multiple modes and adjustability.I also have never had an issue with the visibility like people claim,the car has just been fantastic.I am all for a new anniversary car if it isn’t just stickers.The Camaro lead designer used to work for BMW and I think might have something special in mind.
Redesign is not ALWAYS a good thing.
Yes bring out the 55th anniversary model and then announce this will be the last year the Camaro will be produced. Everybody will rush to buy one.
I totally agree with Pat, about the trucks so rediculous.
When are car makers going to listen to us? The only ones that want EV’s are the tree-hugging democrats and Californians. Just not sure where they are going to get all the electricity to charge the EV’s if they also want to close all the nuclear plants and remove all the dams.
@Dave:
How many new Camaros have you bought? They might “listen” to you if you have. If not, well……
If CHEVROLET puts a “HUGE” battery in that car, calls it the cars floor pan; I’ll Laugh!! In my opinion: the thought of muscle will die if there’s no rotating assembly under it’s [front] hood! Unless they want to copy the C8’s build concept!
There are multiple reasons for the steep decline in Camaro sales, and they have little, if any, connection with any need for a ‘re-design.’
When is the last time any of you has seen a TV ad (or a magazine print ad) for a Camaro? My guess is that if you were to ask a dozen people on the street about the Camaro, most of them would say they didn’t even know Chevrolet was still making them.
Additionally, young people (the traditional Detroit target for hi-po cars) just don’t care about performance any more; they’re much more into video games and their cell phones. Shoot, many youngsters these days don’t even bother to get a drivers’ license, much less concern themselves with fast cars.
The market has vastly changed in the last 20 years, and it will continue to do so. Unfortunately, the Camaro as we know it today won’t be along for the ride.
A bunch of junk that didn’t exist for several years in the 200’s, and built in Canada a portion of the time? Thanks for the chuckle.
From what I’ve been told by someone close to this situation there is no 55th anniversary edition in the works. I’d really like this NOT to be true, and I’d like there to be more to it if they did than the previous two anniversary editions which were unfortunately nothing impressive.
The Camaro should never be killed again. Whether it will remain gasoline powered, or electric it is the king of the road.
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