An Introduction To The Chevrolet Camaro

The Chevrolet Camaro was first released in the North America during 1966

. General Motors, Chevrolet's owners, had to build a car to provide much needed competition to the sector dominating Ford Mustang. The 1967 Camaro shared a chassis and lots of large components from the Pontiac Firebird (another General Motors off-shoot), and so the production time and cost needed to produce the Camaro were massively lowered.

Called a a muscle car, or a 'Pony' vehicle, a term that at the time referred to compact vehicles that were affordable and had a sports car feel about their styling (a style started by the Ford Mustang in 1964), the Camaro lined up next to an ever increasing selection of vehicles that were fighting for an ever growing demand. US owners loved the performance, the look and the great value of the vehicles and the growing sales ensured that lots of car builders built their own variations out as rapidly as possible.

The 1970's and 80's saw the Camaro's heyday, when the Camaro was sought after by millions of car enthusiasts, not just in the USA but across the world. The mix of looks, performance and various TV shows romanticizing pony cars added to a strong demand, and the desire for buyers to own one never disappeared.

There were five distinct generations of the Camaro have been produced. Generations one to four were sold between 1966 and 2002 (when selling of the Camaro and Firebird both ceased), and building of the fifth generation Camaro started again in 2009 and despite opposition to such polluting muscle cars from environmental campaigners, the car has proved itself to once again be a big success with the American public.

The Camaro has a huge following with some buyers having owned every version of the Camaro at one time or another and others hanging on to 1960's models and maintaining them in showroom condition.

The car was always a very popular vehicle for modification through the cars lifetime, with buyers spending time and lots of money adding high performance parts to improve their Camaro's looks and power. The car's have also been very strong in autosport taking many Trans-Am series wins and numerous other races and championships through its lifetime. Many racers still use older Camaro's even now and are still very successful, often winning against much more modern vehicles.

The Camaro lives on today, and with its legendary status, performance and eye catching style from the latest incarnation, it's bound to be around for a long time to come.

by: Jake Dean

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