This Performance Ute Sketch Has Chevy Camaro Vibes
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If it’s a combination of performance and utility that you’re after, then the ute body style could be the choice for you, offering a coupe cabin mated with a pickup-style rear bed. Unfortunately, the ute body style is something you’d typically find in Australia or New Zealand, and not the U.S. Nevertheless, we can’t help but stare at this performance ute concept sketch, which, to our eyes, is giving us some heavy Chevy Camaro vibes.
Recently posted to the official GM Design Instagram feed (@generalmotorsdesign), the concept sketch was created GM Lead Exterior Designer Brian Malczewski, who reposted the sketch and commented that he had to go “back into the archives for this one.”
“Looks like some kind of Chevy muscle truck sketch from 2015,” Malczewski writes.
The overall look definitely appears to be related to sixth-generation Chevy Camaro, which first hit the scene for the 2016 model year. Although the concept image only shows the side view, what little we can see of the front end provides a familiar design, with aggressive lighting leading into a forward-leaning nose section. The lines lead back into an indented profile section and highly raked windshield plus greenhouse combo.
Chevy performance ute concept
Sixth-gen Chevy Camaro
As the eye trails back along the shoulder line, we find the B-pillar dropping suddenly into a flat rear bed section. Bulging rear fenders enhance the overall girth of the tail, while the rear lighting wraps around into the rear fenders with slim, horizontally oriented housings. The wheels present the typical plus-sized concept layout with only a smear of rubber around the periphery.
To our eyes, it looks like a Chevy Camaro ute concept, which is something that some fans would undoubtedly find very appealing indeed.
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Interestingly, the last ute that GM planned to launch in the U.S. was a vehicle known as the Pontiac G8 ST, or Sport Truck, which was shown at the New York International Auto Show in March of 2008. Originally slated to become GM’s first coupe utility in the U.S. since the discontinuation of the Chevy El Camino in 1987, budget cuts resulted in the eventual cancellation of the Pontiac G8 ST.
Now, with the sixth-gen Chevy Camaro sunsetting after the 2024 model year, the question is what the nameplate may be used for next. We know what we would like to see.
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Just build the thing and shock us all because they did something besides stupid pics………………….
As Designer & Mech Engineer have to comment …
Just Showed To My Wife And Asked Her Opinion About, She Said Prompty :
1. The Person Can Not Have A Head !
said, Look The Wheels , She Said :
2. The Wheels Are Rubbery … It Is Just Another Drawing
Then Said > It Is Just An Exercise of some one has nothing to do inside office
Would love one but will never happen…..unfortunately.
Reminds me of the SSR
Today they would ruin it and make a four door with a tiny bed that could only hold a cooler.
Haven’t we got enough pickups? And in any case, as proven by the Ram design ethic, pickup buyers prefer their trucks to look more like big rigs, than cars. The El Camino and Ranchero are ideas from the past. They should stay there.
can anyone say El Camino.
We should be so lucky.
Had ’70 El Camino, with an LS6. All Black. OH…. how i miss it. Sold it to fight for custody of my kids. Best thing I ever did. But… I still miss it. Fell sad each time I see one sold at aution. GM will never build anything like this, ya know why? It just might be something the customer would buy. Never gonna happen!
I like the concept. The El Camino was a great vehicle. I did own one. Realizing this is just a concept I just want to say the wheels are very ugly. Cheers!
this belongs in Kifeland…are you serious..you got a good styled car now why play games with this cantraption
Let’s call it El Camino! Duh! I would buy it tomorrow!
Very cool and would be a seller as long as it’s an obnoxious V8 and not a squealing EV
Pontiac used to actually build their concepts, Fiero and Solstice, had both but Mary would never do it! Too sexy. PS. Still have the Solstice a blast to drive.
From an El Camino owner: this thing has a snowball’s chance in hell with GM’s current management.
Lower case gm wont build this though if they did I would be very happy, but I’d bet it would only have one engine, the 2.5L turbo.
Nice, build it!
I plan on keeping my regular cab silverado short bed for quite some time, but this would definitely tempt me.
Same here, Dave C.
ME too, wish I still had my ’76 Black short box Silverado Stepside. Oh, I miss that truck. 400 small block, all the whistles and bells. Wound up putting in a Big Block w/nitress, to sand drag it. Even made OFFROAD. Miss those old Chevy days. GM, just bring back the Square Body. What to increase sales? Just do that one simple thing….Reg Cab Short boxes. BINGO!!!! Instant money maker!!!!
This is too niche, but if using existing architecture might make it a go.
The current truck market is full of 4door things that will not carry anything like what you can slide into a hatchback. I’m also afraid of heights and the cars we have also allow us to see under these things. Often just before they turn turtle.
Build the 21st Century El Camino — El Camaro EV ?????
I would definitely buy an El Camaro, I don’t need a pickup, but a sport truck would be the ultimate vehicle. I can only wish, I was ready to get the ST G8, but it got canned and that was 2009. What takes??? Lansing could build it on the Alpha platform and they can accommodate a turbo 4 or V8 on the motor line! I would rather have that over a TRX or Raptor truck anyway. I sure don’t want a Maverick or Santa Cruz. It could be a GMC Syclone, if Chevy doesn’t want it. Go 4 it GM!