Chevrolet Camaro

The Camaro is a sports car marketed by Chevrolet since the sixties. It has competed mainly in grand tourer racing, competing against the Ford Mustang in Trans Am. It formed the basis for the Pontiac Trans Am and Firebird. The Camaro competed in IMSA GT and even helped Chevrolet win the TO class in the first IMSA GT season. When Transformers was revived, Autobot Bumblebee transformed into a Camaro (although it was criticized he should transform into a Volkswagen Beetle like the original series). A special IROC-Z edition was available for awhile, named after a sanctioning body for dirt racing. The Camaro was used in the Rolex Sports Car Series, the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (including a Trans Am Sunoco Camaro tribute car), the Pirelli World Challenge, and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The Camaro has come in the Super Sport and Z2/8 performance editions and the Rally Sport edition with special headlights. The Camaro has been used in stock car racing, but not in NASCAR's premier series. Like the Trans Am, the Camaro featured a T-top roof with removable panels above the doors. Originally a sedan, it was later turned into a sports car. When revived, it was given a retro-inspired design. A sixties-inspired concept Camaro had been seen prior to its reintroduction, but was never mass-produced nor did it influence the revival.