Everything We Know About the Pony Car’s Return

What It Is

The Camaro wants no introduction. Despite shortsighted executives killing it off twice (2003 by means of 2010, and 2025 to current), Chevrolet’s pony automotive is larger than the model itself—and circumstances have aligned for its return. While General Motors flirted with bringing again the Camaro as an electric SUV to rival Ford’s Mustang Mach-E, indicators now level to the automotive returning for 2028 in the acquainted type of a traditional two-door, four-seat, front-engine, rear-drive coupe.

Why It Matters

Historically, the pony/muscle automotive segments have been at their finest when all three of America’s Detroit-based automakers compete face to face to push one another ahead. But the phase is a little bit of a multitude at the second. Dodge discontinued the ever-popular (but long-in-the-tooth) Challenger and changed it with a brand new Charger, and that launch has gone anything but smoothly. Aside from build-quality and software program points (you’d suppose the firm would’ve had loads of time to type that out, contemplating the automotive it changed dated again to the Obama administration), it arrived to market with a mediocre electrical variant and a barely extra spectacular six-cylinder model with all-wheel drive—neither of which has prospects flocking to Dodge sellers. Ford, in the meantime, with out a lot competitors has been content material to maintain on preserving on, satiating pony automotive lovers with $100,000-plus variants like the upcoming Mustang Dark Horse SC and the track-special Mustang GTD, whereas successfully spinning its wheels with base Mustang EcoBoost and Mustang GT variants.

In different phrases, the phase is extensive open for a brand new Camaro to make waves.

Platform and Powertrain

Despite the half-decade hole between Camaros, the new model must have tons in widespread with the last-generation mannequin, which earned MotorTrend’s Car of the Year award in 2016 for not simply its fashion and worth however for the unimaginable efficiency it supplied.

The new Camaro, like the earlier one, will journey on GM’s Alpha rear-drive platform. Updated and dubbed Alpha 2-2 (to be shared with the 2028 Cadillac CT5 and an formally unnamed 2029 Buick sedan that we expect could be known as Regal), the new platform ought to retain the poise and composure its earlier variations had been recognized for.

Powertrain clever, don’t anticipate the 2028 Camaro to interrupt any new floor, both. The base engine will most definitely be a model of GM’s ubiquitous LSY 2.0-liter turbocharged I-4 with energy cranked as much as at the very least match the base Mustang’s 315 hp. From there, anticipate to see a slew of V-8 choices, seemingly courtesy of the 2027 Chevy Silverado. We’ll be stunned if the Silverado’s new 5.7-liter V-8 isn’t discovered underneath the hood of the next-gen Camaro SS, with output of about 500 hp. The bigger 6.6-liter V-8 also needs to slot in the comparatively trim Alpha 2-2 chassis, making it a fantastic foundation for a Camaro Z/28 revival. Expect each six-speed guide and 10-speed computerized transmission choices to be accessible from the leap.

Estimated Price: $35,000–$55,000

Expected On-Sale Date: Fall 2027