2012 Chevrolet Camaro Z28

August 24th, 2010 Posted in Travel and Leisure

The Chevrolet Camaro first hit the market in the North America during 1966. General Motors, Chevrolet’s parent company, had to produce a vehicle to provide essential competition to the market crushing Ford Mustang. The 1967 Camaro used a frame and lots of large components from the Pontiac Firebird (one more General Motors off-shoot), and so the speed and finances needed to produce the Camaro were massively lowered.

Regarded as a muscle car, or a ‘Pony’ vehicle, a name which back then referred to compact vehicles that were affordable and had a stylish feel about their styling (a look initiated by the Ford Mustang in 1964), the Camaro joined an ever increasing number of vehicles that were struggling for an ever ballooning market. US buyers loved the engine, the sports feel and the great value of such vehicles and the multiplying sales ensured that many vehicle producers made their own variations out as fast as possible.

The 1970′s and 80′s saw the car’s height, when the car was wanted by millions of buyers, not just in the States but throughout the world. The mix of looks, power and various TV shows romanticizing muscle cars contributed to a huge market, and the desire for buyers to own one never went away.

So far there have been five distinct generations of the Camaro have been developed. Generations one to four were developed between 1966 and 2002 (when producing of the Camaro ceased), and building of the fifth generation Camaro began again in 2009 and even with opposition to these environmentally unfriendly muscle vehicles from environmental campaigners, the Camaro has proven to once again be a big success with the North American public.

A number of Camaro’s have been seen on screen, most notably a Camaro was the base car for the Bumblebee character from the 2007 feature film Transformers, being both a 1976 model, and later a fifth generation variation. The car has a huge number of enthusiasts with some buyers owing every version of the Camaro at some point and others holding on to 1960′s models and maintaining them in perfect condition.

The car was always a favourite vehicle for modification through the cars lifetime, with many owners spending time and lots of cash adding high performance parts to improve their car’s style and performance. The car’s have been hugely strong in racing taking many Trans-Am series wins and numerous other races and championships through its years. Plenty of racers still use old generation Camaro’s even now and remain very successful, winning when against much more modern race cars.

The Camaro is still going strong today, and with its pedigree, performance and eye catching style from the fifth incarnation, the Camaro is sure to be with us for a long time to come.

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