From SEMA e-News:
CAMARO CRUISES TO DEALERSHIPS IN 2009
When General Motors ended Chevrolet Camaro production in 2002, the company sold 28,404 of the iconic musclecar that year. This was a 20% drop from the previous year’s 35,453 sold. However, the Chevrolet Camaro still has a strong presence in the automotive enthusiast community—for example, there are over 14,000 customized Camaros registered on the automotive enthusiast www.CarDomain.com, which encompasses a community of over 440,000 vehicles.
General Motors Corp. will build a production version of the Camaro concept that bowed at January’s North American International Auto Show, CEO Rick Wagoner confirmed.
The car will be designed in the United States, engineered in Australia and built in North America. Production will begin near the end of 2008, and the car will go on sale in first-quarter 2009.
Wagoner would not specify the production site for the car but says it will be built in North America, adding that the customer does not care where a car is made.
Asked to comment on a prediction by GM product chief Bob Lutz that production likely would be about 100,000 units, Wagoner says: “Bob is a pretty smart guy; that sounds good to me.”
The production car will be almost identical to the concept, which is a modern interpretation of the ’69 model, Wagoner emphasizes, adding it will be rear-drive, have an independent rear suspension and be available in a variety of models with a choice of manual and automatic transmissions and V6 and V8 engines.
Source: “Wagoner Confirms GM to Build Camaro,” Drew Winter, www.wardsauto.com
CAMARO CRUISES TO DEALERSHIPS IN 2009
When General Motors ended Chevrolet Camaro production in 2002, the company sold 28,404 of the iconic musclecar that year. This was a 20% drop from the previous year’s 35,453 sold. However, the Chevrolet Camaro still has a strong presence in the automotive enthusiast community—for example, there are over 14,000 customized Camaros registered on the automotive enthusiast www.CarDomain.com, which encompasses a community of over 440,000 vehicles.
General Motors Corp. will build a production version of the Camaro concept that bowed at January’s North American International Auto Show, CEO Rick Wagoner confirmed.
The car will be designed in the United States, engineered in Australia and built in North America. Production will begin near the end of 2008, and the car will go on sale in first-quarter 2009.
Wagoner would not specify the production site for the car but says it will be built in North America, adding that the customer does not care where a car is made.
Asked to comment on a prediction by GM product chief Bob Lutz that production likely would be about 100,000 units, Wagoner says: “Bob is a pretty smart guy; that sounds good to me.”
The production car will be almost identical to the concept, which is a modern interpretation of the ’69 model, Wagoner emphasizes, adding it will be rear-drive, have an independent rear suspension and be available in a variety of models with a choice of manual and automatic transmissions and V6 and V8 engines.
Source: “Wagoner Confirms GM to Build Camaro,” Drew Winter, www.wardsauto.com
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