24 Facts About Chevrolet Camaro

Chevrolet Camaro is a mid-size American automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, classified as a pony car.

The Chevrolet Camaro shared its platform and major components with the Firebird, produced by General Motors' Pontiac division that was introduced for 1967.

Estes then announced a new car line, project designation XP-836, with a name that Chevrolet Camaro chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair, Chevelle, Chevy II, and Corvette.

Chevrolet Camaro was first shown at a press preview in Detroit on September 12,1966, and later in Los Angeles, on September 19,1966.

The Chevrolet Camaro officially went on sale in dealerships on September 29,1966, for the 1967 model year.

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Concerned with the runaway success of the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro executives realized that the sporty version of their compact rear-wheel drive Corvair, the Monza, would not be able to generate the sales volume of the Mustang due to limitations with that layout and declining sales, partly due to the negative publicity from Ralph Nader's book, Unsafe at Any Speed.

Therefore, the Chevrolet Camaro was touted as having the same conventional rear-drive, front-engine configuration as the Mustang.

The first-generation Chevrolet Camaro lasted until the 1969 model year and eventually inspired the design of the new retro fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro.

Still based on the F-body platform, the new Chevrolet Camaro was similar to its predecessor, with a unibody structure, front subframe, an A-arm front suspension, and leaf springs to control the solid rear axle.

Chevrolet Camaro offered a 35th-anniversary edition for the 2002 model year.

Chevrolet Camaro received a complete redesign and new platform in 2009 for the 2010 model year and fifth generation.

The Oshawa Car Assembly plant in the city of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, began producing the new Chevrolet Camaro which went on sale in spring of 2009 as a 2010 model year vehicle.

The Chevrolet Camaro convertible added an aluminum brace over the engine assembly, and under the transmission.

In 2012, Chevrolet unveiled the production of the 2013 Camaro ZL1 Convertible.

On May 16,2015, Chevrolet introduced the sixth generation Camaro at Belle Isle park in Detroit.

Sixth generation Chevrolet Camaro sales began in late 2015 and offered in LT and SS models built on the GM Alpha platform at Lansing Grand River Assembly in Michigan.

The 2018 ZL1 1LE, a manual transmission model driven by Chevrolet Camaro ride and handling engineer Bill Wise, clocked a Nurburgring Nordschleife time of 7:16.

Chevrolet Camaro was one of the vehicles in the SCCA-sanctioned Trans-Am Series.

Chevrolet Camaro worked with Roger Penske to operate their unofficially factory-backed Trans Am team, winning the title in 1968 and 1969 with Mark Donohue.

Chevrolet Camaro was the official car of and used in the International Race of Champions starting in 1975 and lasting for 12 years until 1989.

Chevrolet Camaro was the Indianapolis 500 Pace Car in 1967,1969,1982,1993,2009,2010,2011,2014, and 2016.

The Chevrolet Camaro paced races at Daytona, Watkins Glen, Mosport in Canada, and Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro took to the tracks in 2010 in the GT class of the Grand Am Road Racing Championship.

The final moments of the 2018 reboot film Bumblebee reveal that the Chevrolet Camaro was his third-ever form that he took on upon arriving on Earth, after a Jeep and a Volkswagen Beetle.