The Chevrolet Camaro was first released in the North America during 1966. General Motors, Chevrolet's owners, felt the need to develop a vehicle to provide much needed competition to the sector controlling Ford Mustang. The 1967 Camaro used a chassis and lots of large components with the Pontiac Firebird (one more General Motors off-shoot), and so the speed and cost required to build the Camaro were greatly lowered.
Regarded as a muscle car, or a 'Pony' vehicle, a term which referred to compact cars that were within reach financially and had a stylish feel about their looks (a trend started by the Ford Mustang in 1964), the Camaro joined an ever growing selection of vehicles that were fighting for an ever increasing demand. American owners loved the performance, the styling and the low cost of such vehicles and the growing sales guaranteed that lots of manufacturers made their own variations out as rapidly as possible.
The 1970's and 80's saw the car's best days, when the car was dreamed of by millions of car enthusiasts, not only in the USA but across the globe. The mix of sports styling, performance and popular TV shows romanticizing muscle cars contributed to a strong market, and the desire for buyers to own a Camaro never disappeared.
So far there have been five distinct generations of the Camaro have been produced. Generations one to four were sold between 1966 and 2002 (when building of the Camaro and Firebird both ceased), and production of the fifth generation Camaro started once more in 2009 and against strong opposition to these polluting big engined cars from environmental campaigners, the Camaro has been shown to once again be a big success with the North American public.
The Camaro has a large fan base with some buyers owing every version of the Camaro at one time or another and others hanging on to original 1960's models and maintaining them in perfect condition.
The car was always a very popular vehicle for modification during the years, with many buyers spending time and lots of cash adding high performance additions to improve their car's looks and performance. Camaro's have also been very successful in motorsport taking many Trans-Am series wins and any number of other races and championships through its years. Many motor racing enthusiasts still use old generation Camaro's these days and are still successful, winning when against much more modern vehicles.
The Camaro is still going strong today, and with its pedigree, power and eye catching looks from the latest generation version, the Camaro is sure to be around for years to come.
This piece was written by the fellas at www.NextConceptCars.com. The best place for upto date news, reviews and details on the latest concept cars, muscle cars and the latest on the Chevrolet Camaro Z28.
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