Report: GM To Reveal Camaro Plans This Week
~ DETROIT — General Motors is about to make it official. ~
As reported earlier this year, GM is planning to produce the
Chevy Camaro in mid-to-late 2008 as a 2009 model, according to supplier sources. But according to a report in the
Detroit Free Press, GM will make production plans official during a speech this week by Chairman Rick Wagoner at a conference in Traverse City.
Consumers and media alike have been buzzing since the Camaro concept was unveiled in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It will be aimed at the same audience — mostly aging Baby Boomers — as the
Ford Mustang and the soon-to-be-revived
Dodge Challenger.
The Free Press said the production Camaro is expected to be offered with a choice of three engines, including a V6 and two V8s. The car will be built on the same rear-wheel-drive platform as the next-generation
Pontiac GTO and one or two new sport sedans from Chevy and Pontiac.
What this means to you: GM couldn't sit on such a winner at a time when they need them. But how long a lifespan will all these neo-muscle cars have in an era of $3-plus per gallon of gas?
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Date posted: 08-07-2006