Interesting. At least there is a retrofit. Looks like a PITA though.

love the 19-24 taillights. Actually my favorite part of the car

“My model year is the best” says everyone who bought that year. I have never seen anyone say I bought a 23 but think the 18 is the best, or vice versa. And if you are like a Corvette owner you can claim your car is special as it is one of X because it has Orange paint and red knee bolsters. Just a sign we all love our cars.��

Not untrue :D Just look at all those build count threads, the only reason people want to know is to see that low, low number in their own x of y stat :D :D :D

I will add that there is an inverse correlation there, too, this isn't a simple rationalization: I love my 2018 not because that's what I have, but vice versa, one of the reasons I have a 2018 and love that model year in the first place is those differences we all mentioned above.

Anyway, now that I think of it, my 2018 is definitely a 1 of 1, there's no way anyone has the exact same mods plus the new panels the body shop put on after I wrecked her a bit, so I'm speeecial, too :sm0:

I prefer 16-18 models than the 19 & up. When I went to buy mine there were 2 camaros next each others one is 18 & the other is 19. Same mileage & same color "Grey".

The 19 one looked ugly next to it & Just could not look at it despite the logical choice would be to pick the newer one.

Sorry but the front bumper/facia of the 16-18 is so much better than the 19 and up. GM had to do a slight redesign of the of the front for the 20 as the 19 was so bad.

I do prefer the newer style of tail lights but the older design was fine.

My 2017 has the 8-speed trans and it is the best auto trans in any automatic car I have ever owned.

As for the extra pops and bangs in the newer cars, not a big fan. Let the ricers and Honda Civics with fart cans keep that for themselves.

there's just no comparison in style.

Might sound crazy but I prefer the 5th gen (specifically the 14-15 1LE and Z/28) front fascia.

As for the 6th gen I think the 16-18 does do a better job at keeping that classic, sharper look of the 5th gen. I love my smoked quad style taillights though, but am still disappointed that only the 1LE SS got to keep the nice rear diffuser that all 16-18 SS models had.

Stereo integration is also possible with the NAVTV GM 650 only thru 2019.

https://navtv.com/products/NTV-KIT838/m650-gm.html

https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=561714

This right here is why I love the 2020+ style. The 16-18 looked too much like a 5th Gen 14/15. It didn’t evolve much in looks. Still a good looking car but I can see the average car buyer ignoring it because it looked too much like the old body style. The 2020+ imho is the necessary evolution I feel the Camaro needed to go forward.

Human beings HATE change. I believe that’s the biggest reason a lot of 16-18 guys don’t like the 2020+. I too was one of them but eventually the 2020+ grew on me and became my favorite front end on a modern camaro (the SS’s at least).

When the then “New” mustang came out in 2015 I HATED that it deviated away from the retro looks. 5 years later I was shopping for one (ended up with a 2016 Camaro 1SS instead). We are creatures of habit and do not like change. Saw one car magazine rag on the new s650 Mustang for not changing much aesthetically.

I like my 23 way better than my 20

not even remotely. i've loved all Camaro's until 2019. A really bad designer made the impossible possible.


also you can't say the 16' looks more like a 5th gen. the base model 19-23 literally looks like it went back to 5thgen styling. The SS has a big flat front bumper like it's from a bygone decade, instead of the sleek look of the 16-18.

I absolutely can say the 16 looks like a 5th Gen because looks are subjective and it does look like a 5th Gen. I’m also not the only one who sees this. I could probably find the article if I looked but I believe it was possibly car and driver that made the same observation and made the same point about Chevy missing a chance to evolve the looks away from the retro revival look manufactures were doing from 05+. Again I think the 16-18 camaro’s look great (literally bought one) but I personally am glad Chevy deviated from the “traditional” retro look that was going on in the early 2010’s. It was about time imo.

riiiiight