The upcoming 2022 Chevy Camaro will arrive as the seventh model year of the latest sixth-generation vehicle, set to introduce a few minor changes and updates over the current 2021 model year. One of those changes will be the discontinuation of the Kalahari interior seat trim color.
Currently, the Chevrolet Camaro offers the Kalahari seat trim color as an available option on 2LT, 3LT, and 2SS trim levels. With its departure and the debut of the 2022 Chevy Camaro, the Bow Tie muscle car will be left with the following five interior color combos, listed as:
- Jet Black
- Medium Ash Gray
- Adrenaline Red
- Ceramic White
- Jet Black with Red accents
To note, the discontinuation of the Kalahari interior color option with the introduction of the 2022 Chevy Camaro will also include deletion of the Kalahari knee pads, an LPO-level item (delivered to and installed by the dealer, rather than at the factory at the time of production).
Further changes will include discontinuation of the 1LE Track Performance Package for LT models, as well as a few changes to the optional extras, such as a rename for the Wild Cherry Design package.
General Motors currently has no plans to offer a 55th anniversary special edition model. However, the 2022 Chevy Camaro will continue to offer the same engine lineup as before, including the turbocharged 2.0L I4 LTG, the naturally aspirated 3.6L V6 LGX, the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LT1, and the supercharged 6.2L V8 LT4. Transmission options will include a six-speed manual, eight-speed automatic, and 10-speed automatic, depending on the powerplant selected. Under the skin, the 2022 Chevy Camaro will continue to ride on GM’s Alpha platform.
As GM Authority covered previously, the start of production for the 2022 Chevy Camaro is set for Monday, June 14th, 2021, with models rolling of the line at the GM Lansing Grand River production facility in Michigan.
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Why do they have to use foreign sounding names? Aren’t they an AMERICAN brand?
You are a pathetic troll
Is this lady serious?
Now fix the grill/front end.
yes , i agree, also a Camaro guy ,I’ve been saying it all along , get rid of the clown face front, its hideous looking.
I swear, it’s almost as if the designers and whoever else is in the Camaro division at Chevrolet/GM just want to kill the Camaro off for good! Whoever is responsible for designing this car for the last 5 or so years needs to go! It’s hideous! I’m a huge Camaro guy but the people over this car have failed the many Camaro enthusiast out there including me.
You can’t blame the designers or engineers for these decisions – they may quietly be wishing things were being handled differently, too. What we’re witnessing is the same ‘death march’ that other sunsetting GM products have been subjected to. After the scheduled MCE, options (and sometimes standard equipment) start being peeled away/discontinued, and advertising/promotion support dwindles. Existing options or accessories are re-packaged to keep things interesting, but the writing’s on the wall…Camaro’s walkin’ the green mile.
The same pattern generally repeats itself:
– launch to great fanfare and critical acclaim
– sell well for awhile
– MCE comes with mixed reviews
– competitors are refreshed and get more attention
– GM trims less popular options/colors, apparently as resource$ are diverted away to development/launch of next generation; in some cases, the majority of sales in the last couple of MYs are to fleets
…rinse/wash/repeat, with almost everything except the trucks and Corvette. In Camaro’s case, there’s no replacement officially announced in the pipeline and last I heard, the development team had been reassigned elsewhere. I’m a Camaro fan too, but alas it (and the Alpha platform) doesn’t have a lot of time left.
This is my favorite color out of all those mentioned as it goes with all the exterior colors very well.
Ha. So does their normal BLACK.
The main reason we bought the wife’s black Impala LTZ was the kalahari. interior. Oh well.
The only thing that needs improvement on the Camaro is the top of the instrument cluster, in my opinion. Everything else is perfect, as is, including the tan interior option.
Kalahari looks fantastic in the right combo.
Do I dare ask why Camaro owner need Kalahari knee pads????
Take a corner at 80mph and you will find out.
I thought it was just a lifestyle thing…😂
You don’t need it, it just looks great.
With it being said production the 2022 starting in month an half maybe I can get my 2021 camero or do I need give on this had it ordered since February an some on this page since dec
I ordered my 2021 in November. It was partially assembled in February… No idea what is going on.
I’m a a Chevy guy, but damn those front ends are garbage. Who gives a flying F about the interior color. Let’s slap a Malibu front end on it, sounds like a great idea for a sports car. The back ends are ok I guess. But, sorry dodge and Ford got this design beat for sure. No matter the trim level. That kinda hurts to say. Not sure if they are trying too hard or not enough.
Brett , you hit the nail on the head !! front end looks like a clown , maybe put the blazer front on it, then it will sell, or put the zl1 front end on , very similar to blazer, it will sell.
They just can’t help but ruin it. 2020 offered a gorgeous deep green with the Kalahari interior. Classic performance car perfection. Look at British Racing Green Jaguars with saddle interiors. But 2021? Green gone. 2022? Kalahari gone. GM, sometimes you reeeeeally suck.