First 2016 Chevy Camaro (6th Gen) Prototype Spied!
 

In 2008, there was no bigger story in the automotive world than the upcoming, fifth-generation Camaro. It's now time to restart that hype machine as we've just caught the sixth-generation, 2016 Camaro for the first time!

Normally we'd expect to catch a regular Camaro, or maybe a Camaro SS, first since it's still early in the development cycle. Surprisingly, we may have caught a high performance Camaro variant!

In addition to the quad tip exhaust outlets, and the large, sporty double-spoke wheels, we can see what look to be vents showing though the camouflage on either side of the hood, and trunk lid spoiler pushing up the camo in back. Are we looking at the next gen ZL1 or 1LE potentially?

This may indicate a faster rollout of Camaro variants, much like GM has done with the new Corvette, and Corvette Z06.

Overall, we'd say the new Camaro looks a little more aggressive, and muscular. One of the first things we noticed is that the roof looks a bit lower than the current model. Glancing towards the rear, it appears as though the trunk lid is shorter, as is the section between the door and the rear wheels. The rear end may also have a more rounded shape.

The front wheels also look as though they may be pushed out further towards the front of the car.

Additionally, GM has gone to great length to camouflage the rear roofline on this car, though the real rear windshield, and its slope, isn't that hard to see through the clear plastic camouflage.

Codenamed "A1BC," the 2016 Chevy Camaro will be all-new underneath as it ditches the Zeta chassis in favor of the newer, lighter Alpha chassis. The Alpha chassis is, of course, the platform already in use on the Cadillac ATS and CTS. As a result, the 2016 Camaro is expected to be both lighter and smaller than the current 5th gen Camaro.

The usual lineup of six, and eight, cylinder engines should be expected, with some of those engines featuring forced induction. GM's turbocharged, 2.0L four-cylinder may also serve as the base engine this time around.

Look for the new Camaro to begin production in October of 2015 at the Lansing Grand River assembly plant.



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Sweet.

Not sure how I feel about the taillights.

Looks fairly evolutionary but you really can't tell anything.

... So when's Camaro6.com opening?

We want big headlights like the ones on 2010-2013, I am not sure about this rear end.....

:popcorn:

tran, might want to change that to 2016

Looks like it's got a big round ass now.

Wow, finally we see some pics. Thanks for posting. Hard to tell but the roof still looks very low. Otherwise, looks pretty good, what we can see in these photos.

Don't draw any conclusions from that rear end. You can pack a crapload of styrofoam and cardboard back there to throw people off.

Kind of excited. Does look like an evolution of the current body style too. The front end looks like a ZL1 style front fascia too.

These were taken with a drone I assume?

This looks like a pretty advanced prototype to me. I was expecting to see mules running around. Hopefully that means a January reveal and summer to fall 2015 release is going to happen.

Not sure how I feel about the finish. Will they have a car cover delete option? Seems like that would be noisy. I prefer paint.

My eyes see a potentially smaller 5th gen. Interesting to see more as the camo comes off.

How much will that body wrap option cost;)

That's what I'm laughing at. The people saying " I don't like the rear. " You can even see anything!

I've heard from someone deeply involved with GM news that it'll be revealed in Detriot next January.

I said I didn't like the rear as a joke.


Look forward to January. This is the first time I am actually following a car from the beginning so this should be fun.

Can't make out much except the twin vents on the hood. Guess we will have to keep waiting!

You could maybe run the pictures through a filter and create negatives and an embossed photo to bring out the lines more and lessen the covering details. We'd probably get a sharper picture off the lines of the car that way?

:popcorn:

January sounds about right...

Right, look and the front end too. Looks like its bulging out, it also looks like a modified bumper of the current gen stuck on. That would go along with the trend GM is using lately of using non production prototype bumpers, grilles and hoods on the test mules.

Looks like there might be some nice hood vents!!

They pack a lot of crap under the wraps to throw people off. Based on that I'm thinking this is going to be a smaller more "sporty" less "muscle" evolution from the current model. Meaning more modern less retro. Just my 2 pennies

Awesome! I mean, can't really tell anything but it's great because this means we will likely slowly see more and more "spied" pictures like this. Very excited to see what my (likely) next car will look like!

Have you now? :P

NOT CTS-sized...YEAH!

well, I guess the site is not an affiliate of camaro5, so I won't post the site with spaces, but it's the same as camaro6.com, except it has a g in it. lol

Impala is about 201 inches long. Current 5th gen is 190 inches.

:popcorn:

The car looks like its getting bigger. Its too early to predict a hit, but I'm cautiously optimistic.

I will say that GM comes out with some cool rim designs lol. Those look sweet. I know its hard to tell for sure, but it looks like the wheelbase stayed the same in regards to the impala its next to.

Announcing at the Detroit Auto Show makes sense. Geez, it's only July!??? It's gonna be a long 6 months...

yea that's what I was thinking... ZL1 front looking. Also looks to me like there are scoops/louvers on both sides of the hood instead of the current SS center heat extractor.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/attach...1&d=1405619952

Awesome news! Thanks Tran:headbang: Looks damn small to me.

Well I didn't wanna say your name so you wouldn't get in trouble but yeah.. You told me that.

Oh. It's the sister site of mustangg6 or something like that.

This is GM.. So chances are we'll see the car before January.

Keep in mind that they use old front clips when doing early testing.

Ford is using the old Raptor front for the 2016 Raptor during testing, looks nothing like their next platform.

Most likely this was an internal component test. Suspension, Engine, something, so they threw a front clip on and sent it out the door.

Nice exhausts!

some with love it, some will hate it, some won't care. But it's always exciting to see something new and shiny. I am not agreeing with their choice of clearbra, need more "clear". :D

Looks like it may have variants of Steve Hines's hex vents, moved out and forward. Love my vents. Steve should get some kind of royalty or something. :thumb:

I'm Excited...!