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Originally Posted by Mustang Fanboy
The Fbody was cancelled due to sustained sales in the 3500/month range. 1 year is not going to kill the program though, as it will likely take several sustained low production years.
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What history are you quoting? The Camaro was canceled when sales volume dropped below 80,000/year over the preceding 36 months. That is 6,600/month. Chevy kept increasing the price and lowering production to combat sales declines, which actually made it worse. The cancellation notice went out to dealers and magazines in 1999 after the Mustang outsold the Camaro more than 2.5:1 in 1998. Production was stopped in May 2001 because sales were so slow they were able to begin the next model year earlier each year after it was known the 4th gen was being canned. That had the 2002 run finished in the middle of 2001 because of a glut of inventory due to pricing the car out of competition.
This is exactly what is happening now.
Year: Mustang#/Camaro#
94: 123,198/ 119,934
95: 185,986/ 122,844
96: 126,483/ 66,827
97: 100,254/ 95,812
98: 170,642/ 77,198
99: 126,067/ 42,098
00: 218,525/ 45,417
01: 155,162/ 29,009
We'll be lucky to see a 2021 Camaro. I don't think we'll get a 2022 55th Anniversary model.