This is a real cause for concern.
The Chevrolet Camaro is in trouble. There s no more honest way to put it. The sixth-generation muscle car has been on the market since 2016 and has changed relatively little ever since. By contrast, the sixth-gen Ford Mustang, launched a year before the current Camaro, received a significant facelift for 2018 and numerous other updates since. The Mustang has retained its muscle car sales crown while the Dodge Challenger has scored second place. The Camaro s third-place position is not the only thing that s troubling; it s the fact that its sales numbers are shockingly low.
GM Authority examined the sales decline a bit more in-depth and, well, numbers don t lie. Sadly, the Camaro had its worst first-quarter sales in a decade.
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It will also gain a new color previously only available for the new Corvette Stingray.
While the Chevrolet Camaro Nascar racer has been updated for a new generation, the current road car will stick around for a few more years without any radical upgrades. Despite consistently finishing third in the muscle car sales race after the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger, the life of the seventh-generation Chevrolet Camaro has reportedly been extended from 2024 to 2026.
While this is only a rumor for now, Chevrolet has already confirmed the Camaro will return for the 2022 model year. However, the 2022 Camaro will have fewer options than the 2021 model.
Production stops only one week after restarting.
The Chevrolet Camaro has been having a tough time lately. Sales continue to be down as it remains a distant third place behind the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger in the ongoing muscle car battle. More recently, it s become another victim of the semiconductor chip shortage crisis. Production was forced to stop in mid-March at the Lansing Grand River assembly plant in Michigan but got started again late last month. Unfortunately, it didn t last long.
CBS news affiliate WLNS 6 in Lansing, Michigan reports the plant has been idled again starting from May 10 through June 28. Along with being the Camaro s home, LGR also builds the Chevy Malibu, and the Cadillac CT4 and CT5.