Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro
Background
Before any ocial announcement, reports began running during April 1965 within the automotive press that
Chevrolet was preparing a competitor to the Ford Mustang, code-named Panther.[6] On June 21, 1966, around
200 automotive journalists received a telegram from General Motors stating, "...please save noon of June 28 for
important SEPAW meeting. Hope you can be on hand to
help scratch a cat. Details will follow...(signed) John L.
Cutter Chevrolet public relations SEPAW secretary.
The following day, the same journalists received another
General Motors telegram stating, Society for the Eradication of Panthers from the Automotive World will hold
rst and last meeting on June 28...(signed) John L. Cutter Chevrolet public relations SEPAW secretary. These
telegrams puzzled the automotive journalists.
The Camaro was rst shown at a press preview in Detroit, Michigan, on September 12, 1966, and then later in
Los Angeles, California, on September 19, 1966. Public introduction of the new model was on September 26,
1966.[11] The Camaro ocially went on sale in dealerships on September 29, 1966, for the 1967 model year.[12]
On June 28, 1966, General Motors held a live press conference in Detroits Statler-Hilton Hotel. It was to be the
rst time in history that 14 cities were connected in real
time for a press conference via telephone lines. Chevrolet
general manager Pete Estes started the news conference
stating that all attendees of the conference were charter
members of the Society for the Elimination of Panthers
from the Automotive World and that this would be the
rst and last meeting of SEPAW. Estes then announced
a new car line, project designation XP-836, with a name
that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair, Chevelle,
Chevy II, and Corvette. He claimed the name, suggests
the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should
be to its owner and that to us, the name means just what
we think the car will do... go. The Camaro name was
then unveiled. Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers, what is a Camaro? and were told it was a
A rst-generation Camaro
(5.7 L), 396 cu in (6.5 L), 427 cu in (7.0 L) V8 power- 4 Third generation: 19821992
plants. Concerned with the runaway success of the Ford
Mustang, Chevrolet executives realized that their compact sporty car, the Corvair, would not be able to gener- Main article: Chevrolet Camaro (third generation)
ate the sales volume of the Mustang due to its rear-engine The third-generation Camaro was produced from 1981
design, as well as declining sales, partly due to the negative publicity from Ralph Nader's book, Unsafe at Any
Speed. Therefore, the Camaro was touted as having the
same conventional rear-drive, front-engine conguration
as the Mustang and Chevy II Nova. In addition, the Camaro was designed to t a variety of power plants in the
engine bay. The rst-generation Camaro lasted until the
1969 model year and eventually inspired the design of the
new retro fth-generation Camaro.
The rst-generation oered a standard, Super Sport, and
Rally Sport editions. In 1967, the Z/28 model was added
featuring stripes on the hood and trunk, styled rally road
wheels, and a 302 cu in (4.9 L) V8 engine.
A second-generation Camaro
A fourth-generation Camaro
updated F-body platform. It retained the same characteristics since its introduction in 1967: a coup body
style with 2+2 seating (with an optional T-top roof)
or convertible (introduced in 1994), rear-wheel drive,
pushrod 6-cylinder and V8 engines. The standard powerplant from 1993-1995 was a 3.4 liter V6. A 3.8 liter
V6 was introduced in 1995. A 350 MPFI (LT1) Small
Block V-8 engine, which was introduced in the Corvette
in 1992, was standard in the Z28. Optional equipment
included all-speed traction control and a new six-speed
T-56 manual transmission; the 4L60E 4-speed automatic
transmission was standard on the Z28, yet optional on the
V6 models which came with 5-speed manual as standard.
Anti-lock brakes were standard equipment on all Camaros. A limited quantity of the SS version (1996-1997)
came with the 330 HP LT4 small block engine from the
Corvette, although most were equipped with the 305 hp
LT1. The 1997 model year included a revised interior,
and the 1998 models included exterior styling changes,
and a switch to GMs aluminium block LS1 used in the
Corvette C5. In 1998, the 5.7-liter LS1 was the rst allaluminum engine oered in a Camaro since the 69 ZL-1
and carried a 325-horsepower rating.[14] The SS versions
(1998-2002) received slightly improved exhaust and intake systems, bigger wheels and tires, a slightly revised
suspension for improved handling and grip while retaining ride comfort, an arc-shaped rear wing for downforce,
and dierent gearing ratios for faster acceleration, over
the Z28 models. The Camaro remained in production
through the 2002 model year, marking 35 years of continuous production. Chevy also oered a 35th anniversary
edition for the 2002 model year. Production of the FBody platform was stopped due to slowing sales, a deteriorating market for sports coups, plant overcapacity, and
sti competition for sales from Fords Mustang.[15][16]
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In late January 2011, the production of 2011 Camaro
Convertibles started. The rst going to Rick Hendrick
via Barret-Jackson Car Auction. Convertibles had the
same options as the coup (engines, RS, SS, etc.). The
Camaro convertible added an aluminium brace over the
engine assembly, and under the transmission. Due to the
2011 Fukushima earthquake, certain pigment colors were
not available to make certain colors.
Racing
power. One part that had come out of his testing was the
Edelbrock Cross-Manifold. To this day the Smokey Yunick 1968 Camaro is owned by Vic Edelbrock Jr.
Bob Jane won both the 1971 and 1972 Australian Touring
Car Championships at the wheel of a Camaro.[36]
In 2013, the Camaro was the car used for almost all the
sanctioned Trans-Am Series. Chevrolet worked with Chevy teams in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Roger Penske to operate their unocially factory-backed
Trans Am team, winning the title in 1968 and 1969
with Mark Donohue. Jim Hall's Chaparral team replaced 9 In popular culture
Penske for the 1970 season. Warren Agor of Rochester,
NY, was the series leading Camaro privateer, his orange
#13s o, 1993, 1994, and 1998.
There was also another SCCA Trans-Am Series Camaro
that was not popular because of racing but because of its
body modications. This Camaro, number 13, had been
built and driven by Henry Smokey Yunick. Smokey
Yunick was a car builder who worked to reduce the weight
of his cars by acid-dipping body parts and installing thinner safety glass.
The Chevrolet Camaro also races in the NASCAR Xnity
Series. The Camaro is a common Xnity car.
The Penske/Donohue Camaros also had the front sheet
metal dropped, all four fenders widened, windshield laid
back, front sub-frame Zd to lower the car, the oor
pan moved up and even the drip-rails were moved closer Bumblebee depicted as a 1974 Z28 and a 5th-gen Camaro
to the body. This Camaro had always kept its stock look
and had a 302 engine that was able to produce 482 horse- General Motors has made product placement, or embed-
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