Sixth-Gen Chevrolet Camaro Could Live On Until 2026
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The sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro could live on until the 2026 model year, according to a recent report out of Australia.
The last we heard, General Motors was planning to pull the plug on the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro in 2023 following the end of production of the 2024 model year vehicle. However a new report from Whichcar.com.au indicates GM will extend the production end date to the 2026 model year.
While this is the first we’ve heard of a supposed production extension for the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro, it appears to make sense. GM has already committed to the Australian Supercars series’ new Gen3 ruleset and will race a sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the championship from the 2022 season onward. It wouldn’t be very cost effective or practical to make a multi-year commitment to a racing series with a vehicle that will go out of production not even 24 months later, so there just may be some substance to these rumors.
Additionally, the Whichcar report indicates GM is looking at re-introducing the sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro to the Australian market by as early as next year. Again, it wouldn’t make much sense for GM to go through the trouble of setting up a program to ship Camaros to Australia and convert them to right-hand-drive locally only to pull the plug less than two years later. If the Camaro is confirmed for the General Motors Special Vehicles lineup, it would certainly add some credence to the claims that it will live on past its current planned 2023 end date.
The sixth-gen Chevrolet Camaro was briefly offered in Australia via Holden Special Vehicles, which shipped both SS and ZL1 trim level models to Australia before converting them to RHD for local consumption. The more competitively priced Ford Mustang made the converted HSV Camaro a hard sell, however, and the company was forced to pull the plug on the program. GMSV will apparently get a better deal on the vehicles from GM in Detroit than HSV did, which may enable it to offer the Camaro for a lower price.
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I Hope that chevy will introduce a camaro ev.
They have COPO-e but Chevy needs to up the HP too beat the Shelby-e each running in the 9 sec 1/4 mile.
If evolution is a must…1000-1200 HP Camaro would peak interest of many.
WHY? The Camaro sales in less numbers than the Impala and Malibu which have been discontinued because cars don’t sale anymore. So why hang on to a model that only 30k a year are sold. Chevrolet could easily put the Impala on this platform and build 4 models, A base in Malibu price range, A middle in Impala price range , A Impala SS and A top model Impala ZL1
That makes too much sense. You must be crazy. If only the bean counters were logical.
Could this be the Alpha 2 platform’s run time-line as CT4/5 is on this platform. Also as witnessed by Mustang/Challenger having an older platform don’t mean it won’t sell.
I thought they ride on a newer platform?
This seems like an opportunity to bring in a Buick Wagon and Sedan on the platform. Done right they certainly could compete. World give the Buick/GMC arm a car to sell. Everyone I know who has a Regal loves it. Imagine it RWD/AWD and offered in a stick at the right price point…. And actually advertised.
Dodge has shown us that the Charger/Challenger can still remain competitive despite them riding on old platforms. GM just needs to keep the Camaro fresh and advertise it more. An updated interior would also be a nice bonus.
@ Rob
IKR & the Camaros chassis is light years better than the challengers’.
Absolutely. It a killer platform. And now that the corvette has gone mid engine, they should give the camaro some of the features of prior corvettes, Particularly by making it a lift back. Make that trunk actual usable space, increase the frame ridgidity in the rear. Add front lift height and don’t be afraid to add more power to it, add active shocks on the SS, and the most important part would be to market even the base 2.0 turbo models as economic sporty round town run abouts. With similar pricing as the Camry and still making 30mpg, why buy a Camry? Try that for marketing
Doing away with some of the bizarre styling would help
I agree the ZL1 and Base Camaro front grill is butt ugly. The SS grill looks good though.
Yes, definitely keep this awesome looking vehicle going. It WILL SELL better against the Ford competition if more aggressively priced. Here in Oz, myself and THOUSANDS of other Chevy fans, want to see the Camaro fight on both On The Track & On The Road against the ford (cant bring myself to say the ford crap name) product. Advertise the Camaro more and POSITIVELY Go Out And Grab Those Sales, this Beautiful Car Deserves. CHEVROLET CAMARO FOREVER !!!!!!!
I can’t remember the last ad campaign for a Camaro. Maybe back when the 82s first came out. They said the closest competitor was its shadow, or something like that.
Now, they’re too expensive, Mustang track pack is better, and the Hell Cat and Red Eye have so much allure that the Camaro lacks, in spite of the Camaro being the better car.
Not to mention they have a 6.4 supercharged powerplant doling out 707 HP in the 4 door sedan and now 2 SUVs. Average Joe an Joan see a 4 door sedan grocery getter and a family hauler SUV, not a platform or chassis, they see themselves in the zoom zoom zoom…. who cares about a platform when I get 707 HP, badass 22″ wheels and crazy LEDs all around. That’s why the Charger has been #1 in its class for over a year. Not to mention the latest base 5.7 with 395 HP with 20″ wheels. Impala was #2 but no v8. The SS and G8 was nice but it didn’t sell as expected due less HP ratings.
As for the Challenger that’s actually in the Camaro space, up the powerplant to a 6.4 to match 492 HP in a lighter car with crazy LEDs a Supercharged 6.4 too…
Hopefully they make a gen 7 and learn from the gen 6 mistakes.
NO MORE CHOP TOP! As well as firing whoever approved the gen 6 design.
They need an entirely new from end, this means forking over cash for new DOT headlights too.
And the interior needs an update.
It’s too bad the Camaro has fallen from grace yet again in its life.
The interior design is fine. The only complaint people have is the top of dash is hard plastic. Which i don’t care because i’m not touching it. I think they should move the window control switches to the center or move them farther towards the front of car on the door arm rest.. Make backseat usable which probably won’t happen until the car is redone or a Electric on comes out.
The only complaint I have is the poor visibility and even still the Camaro is one of my favorite cars.
Just love this 2021 Camaro I bought back in October never driven one before can’t wait to buy the 2022 model will have 2 Camaro just love the sound coming from that engine beautiful car so many compliments
never going back to luxury cars again.
If true, this likely means lower and lower sales numbers. GM is highly unlikely to invest more money in the Camaro outside of the occasional re-worked facia. Also, if there is a seventh generation car, it will not have a gas burning engine.
IMHO the 6th gen is a beast. The interior is gorgeous and a much needed upgrade from the 5th gen. And chevy knows it because, just look at the blazer. It’s a Camaro made over and they can’t keep up with the sales. The front midcycle refresh screwed up the front fascia-fix that and invest some money into advertisement and they’ll have much improved sales.
Well if the blazer is popular, it just goes to prove that improving the interior, and making the backseat usable will improve sales. just imagine, good looks, High Performance, and some basic utility. Sounds like a hit to me.
maybe gm is trying to get some of that old car dodge challenger magic rub off on the camaro.
This audience doesn’t deserve this magnificent car. They’re just parrot dummest clichés; “Yeah yeah low visibility we need high roof, corolla style, we need to see nose of the car, otherwise we can’t drive it because we afraid to hit something yeah we’re that bad a driver and have no business to buy a sports car.”
They’re drooling over import sport cars with zero visibility meanwhile poopooing Camaro. If this car had come from Europe, i assure you it will be like a gold for the same people. You hate 650 hp & 650 lb-ft track machine that comes cheap as $65K and beats lambos and ferraris in Nurburgring time, and why because of its low roof!! If high roof that much momentous for you, you’re a plain SUV customer not a Camaro. All this low visibility beaching is just a non-sense make up excuse from non-Camaro guys.
Exactly!!
I am not a non-Camaro guy, but here’s the deal…..The 1967 & 68 Camaro is one of the best looking Pony cars ever produced and Ford and Dodge and yes, even GM, have never surpassed it. Visibility out the windows was good, the back seat was useful and the trunk was decent. Just look at the prices and demand for 67 & 68 Camaros. Ford and Dodge have succeeded quite well in the retro look, judging by sales, whereas Chevy has missed the mark. If the Camaro is to continue GM needs to do what they did with the C8, say goodbye to any pretense at retro styling and come up with a new design for the 21st century. A 600+ hp EV Camaro with a real back seat and trunk and a convertible option would be strong competitor to any other EVs and ICE Mustangs and Challengers.
I’m 6’3″ and still feel like I’m a child. The door glass barely comes to my shoulder. Yes, I can drive it, but why must the belt line be so high?
I don’t care about the visibility issues, you can get used to that. I can’t get past the lack or rear seat leg room, back seat is unusable, and that’s just ridiculous. They might as well ditch the back seat and make it a hatchback. At least it would have some cargo space.
Why? What works for Mustang and Challenger is not the case for Camaro. It needs to be totally redone front to back and inside, other wish they will just sit on lots and take up space which is a waste of money that be spent elsewhere
BRING BACK THE CHEVELLE and watch people flock to the showrooms!
In Wyoming…….. and which Chevelle you want?, the 307 wagon?, i6 sedan?, 2bbl 350 convertible?.They never stopped making the Chevelle, it’s today’s Malibu (Chevy’s midsized car).
The closest we had for Chevelle SS today was the SS and it was to fill Holden’s contract obligations, that’s the only way it returns.
The Chevelle days was numbered as a muscle car before the Energy Crisis when Camaro and M/C arrived, the only saving grace was you couldn’t get a 454 in a factory Camaro then and the M/Cs no convertible also sticker price. The GTO was also history once Firebird got attention in the 70s also.
Yeh,..and like the last GTO ..the SS’s were just butt ugly like a foreign car…thats why they were failures. And to just stick the SS on a no name car was about the dumbest thing GM could have done. They Stupid!
The Last GTO did look plain, the stillborn ’10 GTO was supposed to remedy that. The SS shoulda had more expressive style and GM did say the SS meet expectations and competed well against 392 Charger but that didn’t prevent Holden from shutting down in which why Holden wasn’t built in Oshawa in order to cut cost shared with other GM vehicles like the Acadia?.
Back to my point for a Chevelle SS to return (and it will have to be sedan only) the fwd Malibu IMO will need to phase out and replaced with a mass market rwd sedan on VSS-R.
The probable motivation here is we know Charger/300 will continue, the CT5/4 may get some CUVs on VSS-R to cut cost, the wildcard is Ford may do a Mustang sedan for a Fusion replacement so that may prompt GM to “return fire”. Overall Chevy will do a performance sedan only when it’s cheap enough.
When I first saw the GTO it looked like a Sunfire on steroids. Unfortunately lutz’s final years were not his most successful in terms of product.
@Tom:
……to ignore it as they sign for a new Blazer.
Why do you think pretending it’s 1966 would help anything?
Because 66 was a great year for American cars.
GM should go buy a honda accord, and figure out how to stuff a V8, and the rest of the drivetrain in it. I’m all for an Accord 1LE.
Must be a Millennial or Gen X’r. Sad
Sorry if you think it’s sad, I’m all for function over form, especially if it’s costing me $50k GM needs to do their homework. At least in the 5th gen the back seat was usable for short trips, 6th gen is useless. If you want a two seater, get a corvette.
I sold my 17 accord sport to get my camaro. Would never even think about looking back.
I guess everyone is missing my point. The Accord is Similar in size and style to the Camaro, If Honda can give a car that size four usable seats, I don’t see why GM can’t. Add in the Camaro’s superior performance, and it should be a sales success. The Zl1 is a performance bargain at 60k, but not everyone has 60k to drop on a 2 seat performance car. They need it to be able to do other things too.
When I was 18 in 1970 my parents bought me a used 1966 chevelle. The previous owner had put a 427 L88 on backed with a Tubo 400 trans and 456 tail gears…so much fun to blow people off the road street racing from about a 15 mph roll.
With no stall converter coming off the line at a dead idle,the car ran 12.89 1/4 mile. My all time favorite car is the 1969 Chevelle with Hi Po 396 rectangular heads Muncie 4 speed. We took the 427 out of the 66 chevelle put it into the 69 chevelle put 538 tail gears in the rear up the cam to a 648 320 duration solid lifter and a Tunnel Ram with two 780 Holley carbs….side step the clutch at 7 thousand r.p.m
Pulled a 12 inch wheel stand and ran 11.46 in the 1/4 mile…..all on pump gas 103 octane
Nice car…The Tubo 400 trans was rare.😝
The Camaro is not a bad car, it just needs some improvements ie…. Dodge and Ford, SEs more horsepower, new dash and inventory I’ve said before no good inventory here, car I would by in AL. Maybe dealers can work together better, seems they always sell🤷
I have a camaro and a challenger.. The camaro is light-years ahead of dodge on the interior and on the gadgets.
What motor in the Challenger? I guess the Camaro is new with the LT1?
Keep making improvements HP SEs etc.. color.
This car is unbelievable the ride is awesome and the sound coming from the engine feel like a racing car on the track when I bought this 2021 Camaro V6 in November and thinking about buying another one great car .
Bring the Camaro back as a new 1970 1/2 retro model.
Holden did buildup production on the Commodore VF when it was wound down. It could be HSV just make a few hundred units extra per “year” and sell as 2025 MY and 2026 MY too.
This is a car that people won’t know what they’ll miss until it’s gone. It’s platform is easily better than S550, and light years better than the Charger/Challenger platforms. It’s HP is not lacking in SS form compared to GT or Scat Pack as it a noticeably lighter car than its competition. Do I think a LT2 would be nice in a SS? Yes. How about an LT5 in a ZL1? Of course, but why would Chevy invest in that if their sales are so bad? Also GM needs to let people defeat the computers in them easier. You can’t tune the A10 in a 20-21 model, (but you can in a 19) and they have a reputation for 60 footing like crap because it’s hard to full defeat the cars T/C even when you supposedly turn it off. They are extremely composed cars that handle very well and safely.
The problem is cost.
That and the A-pillar should be reinforced like C8 and Mustang in convertible trim. GM media relations sure doesn’t seem to like to talk about that one.