Thoughts shared with us straight from John Fitzpatrick, and Al Oppenheiser from the Camaro Team:
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Today, GM announced that production of the next-generation Camaro will move from Oshawa Assembly to Lansing, Mich. This will inevitably raise some questions and speculation about what the announcement means for the future of Camaro.
For now, we can tell you that it does mean Chevrolet is committed to the Camaro, and we are already planning for the arrival of the sixth-generation car. It does not mean we are ready to announce the timing of the next-generation, or to confirm any details about a future Camaro.
Introduced as a 2010 model year, the fifth-generation Camaro still continues to be a success thanks to fans like you -- and we are not done yet. This year alone, we launched the Camaro ZL1 coupe and convertible, the Camaro 1LE, and introduced the Camaro Hot Wheels edition. We still have more news to come, and expect the fifth-generation Camaro, built by the team in Oshawa, will continue to bring new people to the Camaro community.
Thanks for your support, and we look forward to sharing more Camaro news with you in the future.
Al Oppenheiser
Camaro Chief Engineer
John Fitzpatrick
Camaro Marketing Manager
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Don't think of this as "good news" or "bad news"...rather...a change. According to the GM press release: A simple matter of a good business case for consolidating common cars for ease and cost of production!
Bottom line, IMO...1) we've still got years before this had any effect on us at all, and 2) GM & Chevy is "
committed to Camaro"...but hey - it does feel good to know that Camaro will be built once more, after a loooong time, in the United States.
