The Chevy Camaro – a longtime Ford Mustang rival – exited production in late 2023, and it hasn’t been seen since. Regardless, GM has remained adamant that the Camaro nameplate could reappear at some point in the future, though recent reports have thrown a bit of cold water on that notion. Problem is, GM is concerned that it won’t be able to generate a profit from a seventh-generation Chevy Camaro, at least, perhaps as a sporty model, as it has always been. Thus, new rumors suggest that the automaker may go a very different route.
Rather than bring the Chevy Camaro back as a two-door sports/muscle car, a recent report from MotorTrend claims that GM is exploring the idea of using that nameplate on a new EV crossover that would compete directly with the Ford Mustang Mach-E. Much like the company’s other EV models, the new Camaro crossover will reportedly ride on GM’s proprietary platform, and be offered in a variety of configurations, to boot.
According to GM Authority, those could include a single-motor version producing somewhere between 241-365 horsepower along with an 85 kWh battery pack, as well as a dual-motor all-wheel drive version sharing a powertrain with the Blazer EV – meaning that it would produce around 300 horsepower and 355 pound-feet of torque. Of course, we’d also expect to see a high-performance SS variant much like the Blazer SS, churning out something like 615 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque.
Rumors even suggest that a Chevy Camaro ZL1 EV crossover could emerge pumping out a whopping 1,000 horsepower, perhaps utilizing the powertrain from the Hummer EV. Regardless, charging speeds would reportedly come in at around 150 kW for lower-end models, or up to 190 kW for more premium configurations. In any event, these rumors are precisely that, for now – rumors – and there’s no concrete evidence that GM is actually working on a Camaro EV crossover, at least, not yet.
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It would be a crime if GM does the same atrocity than Ford and puts the name Camaro to an abominable crossover. The same way the Mach-e is NOT a Mustang , no matter what Ford intends the people to believe, a crossover would never be a Camaro. If GM is even considering to put the name Camaro to a boring abominable crossover, then it´s much better option to simply NOT produce it.
Last year Ford moved 51,745 Mach-E's and are on track to sell even more this year. Now, I'm not even a fan of the Mach-E but I recognise that a company like gm wouldn't mind having a Camaro sell at those kind of numbers. The sixth gen, without question the best performing Camaro ever built, only made sales per year in excess of that same 51,745, twice. Is an electric CUV Camaro something we "the enthusiasts" want to see/buy, no, but it's not for us. We are an admittedly niche buyer pool and gm is out to appease "the masses" while trying to throw us a bone occasionally. That's just business. We, the enthusiasts, all want to see light weight, high powered, aesthetically pleasing, performance cars, but the sixth-gen Camaro itself is an exercise to show that that formula, while appealing to us, doesn't sell enough to be a good investment for a company that's in it for a profit/ROI.
And what about all the other years?
Mach E
2021 - 27,140
2022 - 39,458
2023 - 40,771
2024 - 51,745
2025 - 27,093 (Jan-Jul)
Camaro (6th gen)
2016 - 72,705
2017 - 67,940
2018 - 50,963
2019 - 48,265
2020 - 29,775
2021 - 21,893
2022 - 24,652
2023 - 31,028
2024 - 5,859
Camaro's 6th gen started off okay, even in its debut year it wasn't a massive seller. but if you look at the trending lines tracked by both cars' sales, that tells its own story.