Chevrolet assembled the ultimate Camaro in December 2023, when a ZL1 1LE with a guide gearbox rolled off the meeting line in Lansing, Michigan. However when the corporate with the bowtie emblem introduced the mannequin’s demise earlier that 12 months, International Vice President Scott Bell hinted on the automotive’s eventual return: “Whereas we aren’t asserting a right away successor at this time, relaxation assured, this isn’t the tip of Camaro’s story.”
Quick-forward to July 2025, and there’s nonetheless no signal of a brand new Camaro. Nonetheless, a high-ranking official from Basic Motors has touched on the prospects of a seventh era. Talking with The Detroit Information, GM President Mark Reuss stated the Camaro must meet particular standards if it have been to make a comeback:
“I believe that method of magnificence — and a little bit little bit of performance and enjoyable — all of that’s essential. If we have been getting again into Camaro, that piece of it’s actually essential. I believe that might be an excellent method, and we have now the power to do this.”
Nonetheless, Reuss cautioned that “the phase is declining,” pointing to the Ford Mustang and the way it was outsold by the Mustang Mach-E. Whereas that held true for 2024, when 51,745 electrical crossovers have been bought in comparison with 44,003 gas-powered coupes and convertibles, the sports activities automotive is forward of the EV within the first half of 2025. Via June, the true Mustang racked up 23,551 gross sales, whereas the Mach-E trailed with 21,785 items.
Earlier this 12 months, a report claimed a proposal to revive the Camaro was “blown aside” by GM administration as a result of a weak enterprise case. As a lot as lovers might disagree, there’s no denying the sports activities automotive market is shrinking. The Mustang is down 14.2% within the January–June interval after a 9.5% drop in 2024 in comparison with the earlier 12 months.
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An enormous purpose for the Mustang’s decline is steep pricing. The bottom mannequin retails for $33,610, nonetheless nicely beneath the $48,799 common value of a brand new automobile in Might 2025, based on the Kelley Blue Ebook. Nonetheless, the Mustang is usually a second automotive, very like a brand new Camaro can be, and budgeting for a enjoyable weekend trip is more difficult amid rising inflation. Earlier than going away, the 2024 Camaro base mannequin began at $32,495.
For a brand new Camaro to beat the percentages, it could want fuel engines. Chevy has discovered there’s no urge for food for an electrical model of its larger brother, the Corvette, not less than not but. Tony Roma, the automotive’s Govt Chief Engineer, plainly stated, “No person needs that.” Logic means that any buyer analysis right into a Camaro EV would yield the same consequence.
Trying on the rival from Stellantis, the early reductions on the electrical Charger aren’t encouraging. Nonetheless, Dodge hopes to reverse course with this 12 months’s launch of the Sixpack, powered by a twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-six. There are additionally reviews that the Hemi V-8 will return close to the tip of 2026. If these rumors maintain, it could reinforce the concept that America’s love affair with large-displacement engines (and engines basically) isn’t over, particularly within the efficiency automotive phase.
