General Motors has officially ended the production of the current Chevrolet Camaro generation. The final coupe, a fully-loaded ZL1 1LE spec with a stick shift, has just rolled off the assembly line in Lancing, Michigan, Motor1 reports quoting a factory representative.
Various sources had been predicting the end of the Camaro since 2019. Most said it had lost competition to the Ford Mustang. Even so, it would be difficult to call the current year outright bad for the Camaro: in the third quarter alone, Chevrolet sold 24,688 units – 28.7% more than the year before.
Still, the farewell edition has already debuted, so the writing is on the wall for the Camaro. The final production batch will emerge in a variety of trim levels to choose from, but there will be only 350 ZL1 units made.
The current end of production is already the second in the half-century-long history of the Chevrolet Camaro. The fourth generation of the classic American sports car retired in 2002, while the fifth was not introduced until 2009. We suppose that General Motors will want to hold on to the iconic ‘Camaro’ nameplate moving forward, but the car that will inherit it someday in the future may end up completely different – and likely all-electric.