[dpevans]

Originally Posted by JKSully

There's no reason it has to be a Chevrolet at all - if GM even wants to continue in NASCAR after the Camaro's demise, they could easily go with CT4 or CT5 decals and slap a Caddy badge on the engine. It doesn't even have to be a 2-door production car, the Camry certainly isn't.

The point I was trying to make was it takes several years to develop the platform for a model change in NASCAR and until you see that it's a safe bet the Camaro will be around for at least 4 more years. They could change to the Impala or Malibu but I doubt they would ever change brands to Caddy or Buick.

[crysalis_01]

Originally Posted by dpevans

The point I was trying to make was it takes several years to develop the platform for a model change in NASCAR and until you see that it's a safe bet the Camaro will be around for at least 4 more years. They could change to the Impala or Malibu but I doubt they would ever change brands to Caddy or Buick.

Impala is already out of production and Malibu is scheduled for discontinuation after the 2023MY/2022CY sales. Which is why I mentioned Blazer. Equinox is also a possibility I suppose.

[90503]

Originally Posted by CT20

When is the last production year for the Camaro?

Unofficially official may be 2023-2024. Even now for 2022 some options and various items are discontinued. This pattern of fewer and fewer choices will likely continue up to the end.

If I recall, when the Impala end was announced, the options tapered off rapidly over a couple of years and the last year or so, nothing could be ordered, just see what's on the lot, even though "production" continued a year or so after the discontinuation was announced.

I would suggest deciding what you want now in a Camaro and get it ordered. You may be out of luck in the near future.

[FarmerFran]

When is the contract up in the plant?

[90503]

Originally Posted by FarmerFran

When is the contract up in the plant?

Beats me. The plant also builds a couple of Cadillac sedans on the same line, and they are likely to be discontinued soon in favor of EV replacement models at another plant. So, there's that. Camaro end would likely be the same as the Caddy's.

[ItsChristianInHD]

We really don’t know at the end of the day. It’s anywhere from 2024-2026. The NASCAR point another user brought up, makes sense.

Currently, it’s VERY difficult to get parts for the car. So some packages are low volume. They haven’t removed packages like they did with the Malibu, Impala, and Cruze. The issues right now is the availability of parts, not discontinuing parts. Except the dark taillights for the 16-18 models, that was very brain dead of them.

When the 6th Gen Camaro came out, I was told personally, by someone that works at GM that the 6th Gen was designed to be a “niche” car from the start. Hence the more expensive price tag at launch. I was also told that GM isn’t entirely worried by the sales, this was in 2017ish. They wanted more profit less volume out of the brand.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by ItsChristianInHD

When the 6th Gen Camaro came out, I was told personally, by someone that works at GM that the 6th Gen was designed to be a “niche” car from the start. Hence the more expensive price tag at launch. I was also told that GM isn’t entirely worried by the sales, this was in 2017ish. They wanted more profit less volume out of the brand.

Well, they got that right, lol. Its very niche, especially with everything thats going on.

[ItsChristianInHD]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Well, they got that right, lol. Its very niche, especially with everything thats going on.

Sadly, but true. I plan to grab a 1SS within the next couple years so it needs to survive for that long! I’ll probably go used anyways.

[dpevans]

Originally Posted by jamala00

The NASCAR has nothing in common with the street car aside from the name. Why couldn't GM continue the NASCAR without continuing the street car?

Because currently NASCAR requires a current production model to run in the series.