Next-Gen Camaro Headed To Save Chevy In NASCAR.

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koopa00@reddit

Sources

Yeah...until I see something official from GM (or a more reputable source), I won't believe this 4 door nonsense.

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kinkycarbon@reddit

None of the teams are truly running a stock shell car these days. All the internals are replaced for circle track.

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JJJBLKRose@reddit

None of it is even a real car. The bodies are all fabricated specifically for NASCAR to confirm to their regulations and requirements.

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kinkycarbon@reddit

Which is why cannot believe anything from that article. It’s too far removed from being a consumer car turned racer.

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JJJBLKRose@reddit

Going old school, just a cage and brakes for safety.

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RIP_Soulja_Slim@reddit

My wild speculation is that most of these "sources" are just misunderstanding what they're seeing.

In a general sense the Cadillac CT4 is a four door Camaro. It's the same Chassis and platform, it's why the rear seats and interior room of the Caddy is kinda cramped despite it's size.

Will there be a new Camaro? Almost definitely.

Will the platform be used for a different chevy four door performance car? I'd bet my money on yes. Either a next gen smaller Caddillac sedan or (hopefully!) something to bring Buick back to life as a brand, or maybe even a resurgence of the Malibu.

But for some reason in the hunt to get the scoop these goons are conflating the info that there's a next gen alpha platform being developed and the news that it's tied to a four door variant as somehow meaning the Camaro will be a four door lol.

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AndreLeGeant88@reddit

The rumor is a Camaro, a Buick and a Caddy. I think they might use the Buick to fill the space that the CT5 Sport fills now so that the Cadillac brand is just the V and V Blackwing tier.

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koopa00@reddit

100% agree, that's almost certainly what's going on.

GM Authority has a tendency to use very clickbait-y titles and they are infamous on most GM forums for being wrong more often than not.

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UmaThurmish@reddit

why make it 4 door? the cts 4 and cts 5 are already sedans on that platform?

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4r4r4real@reddit

That's the idea - with the CT4 getting axed they can just make a new Camaro in that factory without having to change much.

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NightFuryToni@reddit

...although previous rumours more hinted at the CT4 becoming a Buick rather than a Camaro. I wager that being more accurate.

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IAmWellBehaved@reddit

The CT4 moving to Buick was online fanfic. The talk was just Buick getting a sedan. Extrapolation from that led to a Camaro/CT5 counterpart, not the ATS/CT4 lineage specifically.

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RIP_Soulja_Slim@reddit

That's not what they're talking about though, they're talking about the development of the next gen alpha platform - and indications that it will be a four door. The current one already can be, with the Cadillac.

That doesn't translate to GM just making the CT4 the new Camaro, that makes no sense.

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4r4r4real@reddit

Every rumor about this thing has been that it will be produced at the Lansing Grand River factory after they axe the CT4 currently produced there, I'm not sure what you're talking about.

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RIP_Soulja_Slim@reddit

Yes, when they update to Alpha 2 it would make sense that it's produced at the same factory as Alpha 1.

IDK how people get from there to thinking the CT4 is going to somehow be the Camaro. The CT4 is already built on the prior gen alpha architecture, same as the prior Camaro. This is an entirely updated platform.

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V8-Turbo-Hybrid@reddit

We don’t really refuse Chevy sedan, and we understand 4-door practical. However, 4-door shouldn’t be as new Camaro.

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ZedithsDeadBaby@reddit

On the flip side, everyone on r/cars is upset about the lack of 4 door sedans with a V8 and a manual available.

As someone that drives an SS Sedan, sign me up.

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NightFuryToni@reddit

CT4 is dead this month.

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T-Baaller@reddit

Sure, having 2 doors is what made the camaro so tough to live with that it failed in sales compared to the mustang/challenger.

Absolutely nothing else about the design was a limiting factor, trust us, they asked existing camaro owners while making the last gen!

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V8-Turbo-Hybrid@reddit

What about V8SC ? Would they drop this series instead ?

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HiTork@reddit

This article reminds me of the '70s when Chrysler refused to run the un-aerodynamic fourth-generation Dodge Charger body in NASCAR and continued using the third-gen body for three years after the production models were discontinued.

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UnusualLeadership408@reddit

Camaro is a coupe. A four‑door version needs a different name.

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66LSGoat@reddit

Hear me out… Chevelle

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frofish99@reddit

At least that had 4 door versions

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66LSGoat@reddit

Exactly. It’s a win-win. GM gets to milk whatever nostalgia is left with that nameplate, Camaro owners don’t have to get shamed over some Mustang Mach-E level of BS.

Nobody really loses.

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RIP_Soulja_Slim@reddit

Chevelle or Malibu, although the latter's name has been tarnished by the FWD plastic pile of trash holding the nameplate as of late.

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a49991@reddit

Charger was a coupe until it wasn’t.

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Knightrider319@reddit

Funny how the Charger went back to two doors for the Impala SS, I mean Camaro SS to be a four door

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buffa_noles@reddit

I'd rather Chevelle than Impala revived. Impala and Malibu already got watered down by fwd boxes. I could see a Chevelle sport sedan being embraced the way Charger was

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buffa_noles@reddit

no idea why they don't revive the Chevelle nameplate instead of Camaro for a 4 door

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maxxor6868@reddit

Kinda worried about the seventh Gen Camaro. It sounds like they really want to do what Dodge did with the charger. It be a really long sedan with probably 2 and 4 door options. I can imagine the 4 door will be a hybrid v6 or I4 layout maybe even an EV and than the 2 door coupe will be I4 only but with the most expensive trim offering a v8 manual but that be 80k+ and no one will buy it while Chevy points to the 4 door hybrid being the most sold and saying look no one wants a couple or a v8.

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