It’s been almost two years since Chevrolet ended production of the Camaro. There’s no successor on the horizon yet, but the Camaro isn’t quite dead: It will live on in NASCAR next year.
Chevrolet has updated its race car for the upcoming season, adopting styling from the recently launched Carbon Performance Package for sixth-generation Camaro ZL1 coupe owners. The NASCAR Camaro features a larger power dome on the hood, a revised grille and more pronounced rocker panels.
The new kit available to current Camaro owners includes the ZL1 1LE grille, a new splitter with carbon fiber end caps, a carbon fiber hood insert, carbon fiber rocker extensions and a large carbon fiber rear wing. Chevy also offers the package with optional Tech Bronze wheels, and the kit is functional.
According to Chevy, the new kit brings the ZL1 close to achieving the same aerodynamic downforce as the 1LE, within 5 percent. The improved aerodynamics increase downforce by 361 percent at 250 kilometers per hour.
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The redesigned NASCAR Camaro ZL1 race car will make its racing debut in February at the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium in North Carolina.
There’s still no word on a seventh-generation Camaro. Earlier this year, General Motors President Mark Reuss detailed the conditions needed for the car to return. He said the next Camaro should combine fun, beauty and functionality.
There’s certainly room for an affordable sports car in Chevy’s lineup (the Corvette starts at $70,000), but there may not be enough demand. Sales of sports cars have generally fallen, with only a few models bucking the trend. They don’t sell like they used to, so a new Camaro is unlikely, but maybe we’ll get a performance sedan instead.
In February, a report emerged claiming that the car plan had been ‘blown apart’ by higher-ups due to the weak business case. It seems like the Camaro will just be a race car for the company for now.
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