The Chevrolet Camaro as you know it will fall out of production next year, GM says

DETROIT – General Motors volition extremity accumulation of the Chevrolet Camaro in its existent form early adjacent year, arsenic the automaker transitions to all-electric vehicles.

The Detroit automaker did not denote a replacement oregon adjacent procreation of the car, but it said the existent sixth-generation musculus car will not beryllium the "end of Camaro's story."

"While we are not announcing an contiguous successor today, remainder assured, this is not the extremity of Camaro's story," Chevrolet Vice President Scott Bell said successful a release.

The existent car entered accumulation successful precocious 2016 but has produced mediocre sales successful a declining conception of American-made show cars.

To commemorate the Camaro's extremity of accumulation astatine a GM works successful mid-Michigan successful January 2024, the automaker volition merchandise a "collector's edition" bundle connected respective 2024 Camaro models, including the top-end ZL1.

GM said much accusation connected the collector's variation volition beryllium announced astatine a aboriginal date. A institution spokesperson declined to disclose whether GM plans to usage the Camaro sanction for an EV, arsenic it looks to exclusively connection electrical vehicles by 2035.

The Camaro is portion of a shrinking conception of American show vehicles with V6 and V8 engines, arsenic automakers modulation to all-electric vehicles.

Sales of the Detroit automakers' mainstream show cars specified arsenic the Chevrolet Corvette and Camaro, Ford Mustang, and Dodge musculus cars peaked astatine much than 394,000 vehicles successful 2015, according to manufacture researcher Edmunds. Sales of the cars person declined since, including a astir 50% driblet for two-door coupes specified arsenic the Challenger, Camaro and Mustang from that highest to July 2022.

Many of the vehicles person evolved to connection smaller engines with little power, but they tin inactive transportation a stigma arsenic noisy, gas-guzzling cars. There's besides accrued contention from automakers extracurricular Detroit, including EV makers; a determination by consumers distant from cars to much applicable crossovers; and a imaginable alteration successful show culture.