GM says it’s not ready to revive the Camaro

This is not the end of Camaro's story, Scott Bell, vice president of Chevrolet, said in a statement that we are not announcing an immediate successor today.

The current sixth-generation Camaro, introduced in 2016 has done well on the racetrack but sales have been falling off in recent years. In 2016 Chevrolet sold 72,705 of the current generation Camaro. That number fell almost 70% to 21,893 by the end of 2021. It rebounded a bit last year to 24,652.

In January, GM said the last of the 2024 models will be on the assembly line in Lansing, Michigan.

Trevor Thompkins, a spokesman, said he can't say anything more about a future Camaro. He said that we are not saying anything specific right now.

Stephanie Brinley, associate director of S&P Global Mobility, said if GM revives the Camaro, it almost certainly will be electric. She said it would be unlikely to see another internal combustion engine.

By the year 2035, GM plans to sell only electric passenger vehicles worldwide.

Brinley said that the push to sell more electric vehicles makes it likely that all new muscle cars will be powered by batteries. Some gas-powered muscle cars could survive if there is still a mixed combustion and battery fleet on sale in 2030 or 2040.

Thompkins said GM has an understanding with auto-racing sanctioning bodies that the sixth-generation car can continue racing. He said that GM will have parts available and the Camaro body will stay on the race track.

NASCAR said that because the Generation 6 Camaro was in production when GM originally got permission to race, it remains qualified to race in NASCAR Cup and NASCAR Xfinity Series races.

GM will offer a collector's edition of the 2024 Camaro RS and SS in North America, and a limited number of high-performance ZL- 1 Camaros. The collector's edition cars will have ties to the first-generation Camaro from the 1960 s and its GM code name Panther, the company said.

GM's move comes as traditional gas-powered muscle cars are starting to be phased out due to strict government fuel economy regulations, concerns about climate change and an accelerating shift toward electric vehicles.

By the end of this year, Stellantis is going to stop making gas versions of the Dodge Challenger and Charger and the Chrysler 300 big sedan. The company plans to roll out a battery-powered Charger performance car sometime in 2024.

Electric cars with instant torque and a low center of gravity are often faster and handle better than internal combustion vehicles.

Stellantis, formed in 2021 by combining Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA Peugeot, announced earlier this week the last of its special edition muscle cars, the 1,025 horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170. The company says the car can go from zero to 60 mph 97 kilometers per hour in 1.66 seconds, making it the fastest production car on the market.

In September Ford rolled out a new version of its Mustang sports car.

The Camaro was first introduced in 1966, two years after Ford's wildly popular Mustang.

In 2002 GM retired the Camaro nameplate, but revived it in 2010 as a new model with hopes of appeal to enthusiasts and younger buyers. The 2010 version was similar to its predecessors, with a long, flat front and side gills that evoke the original, while still sporting a modern overall design.