Chevrolet axes sixth-gen Camaro after 2024 model year

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I can’t quite call the Chevrolet Camaro “dead,” and as you read on, you’ll understand why. What I can say is that the 2024 model year will be the end of the Camaro as we know it. After nine years in its current iteration, both coupe and soft-top convertible Camaros will cease production, with the final example rolling out of Michigan’s Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in January 2024, the automaker confirmed late March.

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For those of you who are surprised, don’t be — we knew this was coming, what with the electrification of the modern automotive landscape conflicting very much with the Camaro’s gasoline V8 and six- and four-cylinder engines.

Like the long-ago-axed-but-much-missed Pontiac Fiero, the good stuff came at the end of the line, for Camaro. Magnetic Ride Control showed up on the Camaro SS this generation; a track-focused 1LE package made its first appearance on this Camaro, too; and the monstrous 650-horsepower ZL1 1LE was also borne of this sixth gen.

But despite millions of units being sold since the model’s launch in 1967, all things eventually must come to an end. Between 2010 and 2017, at least 67,940 Camaros were sold in the U.S. The decline started in 2018, and here we are today, with me writing an article on its demise.

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Perhaps most famously known for its role as Bumblebee in the Transformer films (because it was oh-so-close to the original series’ Bumblebee, a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle) the Camaro valiantly faced off against several powerhouses, American muscle cars such as the Mustang, Challenger, and Charger.

Still with me? Good — here’s where things get interesting. “As we prepare to say goodbye to the current-generation Camaro, it is difficult to overstate our gratitude to every Camaro customer, Camaro assembly line employee, and race fan,” said Scott Bell, vice president, Global Chevrolet. “While we are not announcing an immediate successor today, rest assured, this is not the end of Camaro’s story.” (Emphasis ours, by the way.)

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Feign surprise when you see the Camaro come back as an EV some time in the next few years — I’ve got $20 on it.

If you want one of the last Camaros in your driveway, Chevrolet will offer a Collector’s Edition Package on the 2024 Camaro RS and SS, plus on a limited number of ZL1s in North America. Expect to see some retro throwbacks when these special editions debut, with Chevy saying the package will resurface “ties that date back to the development of the first-generation Camaro in the 1960s, most notably the program’s initial code name: ‘Panther.’” All the info and on-sale dates will be available this summer.

Are you going to miss the gasoline Camaro? Or are you excited for the inevitable electric version? Either way, if you want to look up the specs and pricing of the penultimate-model-year ’23, check out our online shopping tool.