Chevy Camaro, Here's Looking at You: Six Generations of the Bow Tie's Brawler

After six generations of intermittent competition with the Ford Mustang

the historic Chevrolet Camaro will be discontinued. Even so, the Bow Tie's model developed

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from a lovely cruiser in 1967 to a track-day cruise missile at the top trims, similar to the Chevy Camaro ZL1 1LE,

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So how did the beloved sports vehicle from General Motors (GM) leave its imprint on the motor industry?

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Sales of the Chevrolet Camaro, which debuted in 1967 for its initial model year

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was intended to directly compete with Ford's Mustang, began in 1966. The Blue Oval pony car,

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