Chevrolet to end production of Camaro sports car in 2024

Production of the Chevrolet Camaro sports car will end after the 2024 model year.

The last sixth-generation Camaro, which debuted as a 2016 model, will leave General Motors' Lansing Grand River Assembly plant in January, Chevrolet said Wednesday. There was no immediate plan to replace the Camaro, though the brand hinted at a future possibility.

"As we prepare to say goodbye to the current generation Camaro, it is difficult to overstate our gratitude to every Camaro customer, Camaro assembly line employee and race fan," Scott Bell, vice president of global Chevrolet, said in a statement. "While we are not announcing an immediate successor today, rest assured, this is not the end of Camaro's story."

Chevrolet did not elaborate. Sibling publication Automotive News has reported that a similar-sized electric vehicle — though not necessarily an electric Camaro — is expected to be built at the Lansing plant in 2026. The plant also builds the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 sedans.

GM might create a family of EVs, including a crossover or SUV, bearing the Camaro name, Car and Driver reported in December. The automaker previously discontinued the Camaro in 2002 before reviving it in 2009.

To mark the end of the sixth-generation Camaro, Chevy will offer a Collector's Edition package on the 2024 Camaro RS and SS, as well as on a limited number of ZL1 versions in North America. The brand says the package will throw back to the launch of the Camaro in the 1960s and its early code-name, Panther. Orders will begin this summer, Chevy said.

The Camaro has long been a rival to the Ford Mustang in the midsize sports car segment, though Camaro sales have faded significantly. GM sold 24,652 Camaros in the U.S. last year for a 13 percent gain from 2021, but it ranked third in the pony car segment behind the Dodge Challenger and the Mustang.

Canadian sales in 2022 totalled 1,410, up 18 per cent. It finished third behind the Mustang and Challenger in the segment.