The Chevrolet Camaro first came into being in the North America during 1966. General Motors, Chevrolet’s parent company, felt the need to produce a vehicle to give much needed competition to the sector controlling Ford Mustang. The 1967 Camaro used a body and lots of major components from the Pontiac Firebird (one more General Motors project), and so the speed and finances required to produce the Camaro were massively reduced.

Called a a muscle car, or ‘Pony’ vehicle, a word that back then referred to small vehicles that were both affordable and had a sports car feel about their styling (a trend started by the Ford Mustang in 1964), the Camaro joined an ever increasing pool of vehicles that were pushing for an ever increasing demand. North American owners loved the performance, the sports feel and the great value of the vehicles and the multiplying sales guaranteed that lots of manufacturers built their own versions out as rapidly as they could.

The 1970′s and 80′s were the car’s height, when the car was wanted by millions of buyers, not only in the USA but throughout the world. The mix of looks, power and popular TV shows using muscle cars contributed to a huge demand, and the desire for people to own one never disappeared.

There were five individual generations of the Camaro have been developed. Generations one to four were developed between 1966 and 2002 (when producing of the Camaro and Firebird both ceased), and development of the fifth generation Camaro started once more in 2009 and even with opposition to such polluting big engined vehicles from campaigners, the Camaro has been shown to once again be a big success with the American public.

The car was at times available in both a hardtop coupe and a soft top convertible, the convertible being very popular with owners from sea bordering states who enjoyed the thought of cruising the beach roads with the top down, the music up and the baseball caps on. The car has a massive following with some owners having owned every generation of the Camaro at some point and even more hanging on to 1960′s models and maintaining them in pristine condition.

The car has been a very popular vehicle for modification through the years, with many buyers spending weeks and months and money adding high performance additions to improve their car’s looks and performance. Camaro’s have been hugely strong in autosport winning many Trans-Am series titles and numerous other races and championships through its years. Plenty of racers still use old generation Camaro’s even now and remain successful, often winning against much more modern race cars.

The Camaro is still going strong today, and with its pedigree, performance and eye catching looks from the latest generation version, it’s bound to be with us for a long time to come.

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