You might need to seriously ask yourself whether you’re willing to buy a car from a dying GM. The Camaro pricing is that good. The LS model with a 300 horsepower V6 with a six speed manual transmission starts at $22,995. A six speed automatic is also available. The SS model with a 422 horsepower LS3 V8 and six speed manual transmission starts at $30,995. A six speed automatic is also available, with what GM calls the L99 engine, and 400 horsepower. Too bad GM didn’t have this car, oh, fifteen years ago when people would have bought it. Press release from GM follows after the jump…
Press Release from GM:
Chevrolet Announces Pricing for the 2010 Camaro
DETROIT – Chevrolet today announced pricing for the all-new, 2010 Camaro. It starts at $22,995 MSRP for the V-6-powered LS model, and $30,995 for the V-8-powered Camaro SS (all prices include $750 destination charge). Customer ordering opened on Oct. 13, with production scheduled to start in first quarter of 2009.
“The wait is almost over,” said Ed Peper, GM North America vice president, Chevrolet. “The return of the Camaro gives sports car enthusiasts a reason to rejoice. It’s a 21 st century sports car with a distinctly American legacy.
More than 600,000 enthusiasts have requested information on the Camaro since its production was announced. Chevrolet is reaching out to give them the opportunity to be the first to order one.
The Chevy.com/Camaro Web site carries information regarding early ordering, along with vehicle packaging information, a specification sheet and anticipated frequently asked questions about the ordering process.
Production is scheduled to begin in mid-February at GM’s Oshawa, Ontario production facility, with dealership deliveries shortly thereafter. Complementing the Camaro’s introduction is a range of performance, appearance and convenience accessories – including 21-inch wheels and tires; ground effects and stripe kits; and even a classic-styled Hurst shifter – that customers can order and have installed at their dealership. In some cases, the cost of the accessories and their installation can be rolled into the monthly payments.
World-class performance, American heritage
Built on GM’s new, global rear-wheel-drive architecture, the Camaro is offered in V-6-powered LS and LT models, as well as the V-8-powered SS. All models and powertrain combinations are matched with fuel-saving six-speed transmissions. Advanced technologies, including engines with direct injection and Active Fuel Management, enable a satisfying balance of exhilarating performance and good fuel economy.
Camaro product highlights also include:
- Sleek styling with heritage cues and 10 available exterior colors
- Four-wheel independent suspension system, including a 4.5-link rear suspension
- Four-wheel disc brake systems standard on all models, including four-piston Brembo calipers on SS models
- StabiliTrak stability control system and traction control standard on all models
- Family of 18-, 19- and 20-inch wheels
- Six standard air bags, including head curtain side-impact air bags and front seat-mounted thorax side air bags
- RS appearance package available on LT and SS, including HID headlamps with integrated halo rings, spoiler, specific taillamps and 20-inch wheels
- Bluetooth phone connectivity
- USB connectivity
- Remote vehicle starting system
- OnStar
- XM Satellite Radio
Under the hood, Camaro LS and LT use a 3.6L engine with variable valve timing to optimize performance and fuel economy. It is rated at an estimated 300 horsepower (224 kW) and 273 lb.-ft. of torque (370 Nm). A six-speed manual transmission is standard with the 3.6L engine; a Hydra-Matic 6L50 electronically controlled six-speed automatic, with TAPshift control, is available. LS and LT models are estimated at 27 mpg in highway driving, for great fuel economy to complement their fun driving experience.
The high-performance Camaro SS is equipped with a powerful 6.2L V-8, with a choice of a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission. Manual transmission-equipped models receive the LS3 engine, estimated at 422 horsepower (315 kW) and 408 lb.-ft. of torque (553 Nm). It is paired with a TR6060 six-speed transmission.
A new, L99 V-8 engine is used on automatic transmission-equipped SS models. It is based on the LS3, but also includes GM’s fuel-saving Active Fuel Management feature. It is estimated at 400 horsepower (299 kW) and 395 lb.-ft. of torque (535 Nm). It is matched with a Hydra-Matic 6L80 six-speed transmission that helps delivers an estimated 23 mpg on the highway.
The dealers will add a $10000 exclusivity tax and the momentum will be lost. In six months you’ll get one for $5000 under sticker. Don’t get me wrong, I like this car, but not GM dealers.
Not bad. Call it anything other than a Camaro, and I might buy one.
Recessions are good for one thing — if you still have a job, it’s a good time to buy a car.
23k for 300hp ? I’d love one. Does the gearing give decent acceleration? It is RWD right?
I can’t wait to see the performance tests.
IMHO this looks like a win for Chevy.
Wow, that’s cheap. You can’t even get a Chevy Malibu or Saturn Aura with the 3.6 for that price.
I was excited until I saw pictures of the interior. Price it at $15K and unfortunately I’m still not interested.
@boredlawstudent:
A Corvette engine, back seat, RWD, and a 6-speed stick for $31k and you’re irked by the interior eh?
I’m just giving you a hard time, but come on man!
I just can’t get over the craptastic interior. Otherwise, it’s a great deal.
If GM ever gets on stable financial ground, I’ll take a Camaro 2SS, manual, with the RS package.
My Volvo lease is up in 2010. I’m thinking buy a beater and put one of these in the garage. I hope some nice colors are available.
Wait – wait – didn’t GM tell us that they quit building the previous generation Camaro b/c it was getting too expensive to produce?
How can this be any cheaper to produce than the previous version?
I’m excited to ride or drive the new one. My parents have a ’94 convertible with the best engine and chassis/driveline wise it is an excellent car. Ergonomics-wise for me it is a disaster. I am a big guy and I fit better in my VW than I fit in their Camaro.
If / when GM kicks the bucket, this could be a great buy. They’ll have to put huge incentives on it, and the excitement premium won’t last more than a year at most. I’m betting that by 2011 a V6 one will be sub $20K.
That’s a pretty large gap between LS and SS models. Can’t wait to see what the price is like after the dealers have had their go at it.
Are option prices provided anywhere? I’ll input pricing for the Camaro into the TrueDelta database (used to provide pricing here at TTAC) as soon as I have a complete price list.
@SupaMan:
There is also a better equipped V6 model, the LT.
This car looked half way decent already. But at $22k for 300hp and 6.1 sec to 60. This looks really good.
OK, after the six months of “dealer market adjustment”, this will be a decent deal. I’d buy one, but only if the electronic nannies are switchable off. I like the interior as well.
Of course, back in high school, I had a 1969 Firebird 400 ragtop, back when they were crappy used cars, not collector’s items. (boy I wish I had my friends brothers 442 now !)
Watch for this to be a 10k markup. It was good enough for the Mugen Civic I saw in a dealer a few months back.
Michael, here is some option pricing.
http://www.camaroz28.com/img/2010camaropricing.jpg
The Camaro SS is priced in the modern muscle sweet spot and is the best Chevrolet product next to the Corvette.
Style, quality, heritage, thoroughly Chevrolet and American attitude, every Chevrolet small and large should exude what the Camaro does.
The HEMI Dodge Challenger R/T starts at $29,995. The Charger R/T is the same. The Pontiac G8 GT now starts higher than the Camaro SS.
The Mustang GT remains the cheaper V8 alternative but good luck finding a stripper Mustang GT at dealerships and it’s still saddled with a buggy axle and cruddy interior. The big question mark for it’s revision will be the price and what kind of new V8 it’s packing.
Make mine a 1SS, manual, blue with heritage stripes and the 1LE option when it’s released later this year.
$23K for the base V6 is a huge value. I doubt any dealers will be ordering the base V6 the first year, and even the V6 models will be getting “market adjustments”, but I wouldn’t buy a first year GM anyway.
After the first year, a base Camaro will be very tempting. A 300 HP direct injection V6, rear wheel drive with IRS, 6-speed manual, power locks, windows and mirrors, air conditioning, 6 airbags, abs. What else does a non-effete person need (Costco sells GPS)? This undercuts the Z by $7K, the G37 6MT by $14K, and the Hoondai V6 by probably $4-5K.
GM is probably hoping to upsell buyers to the “dubs”, but I’m sticking to the base 18″ heritage steel wheels (which will probably be the best looking; the 5 spokes look ridiculous on the retro Camaro).
The sunroof will be tempting, but I can go without.
I can’t wait until the Chevy newspaper ads have Camaro’s listed for $19,995* (*model number xxxxx only), with the hope that customers can be upsold. I’ll be the cheap German that comes in and takes that one base model.
The only risk is that the CAW workers won’t be bolting things together properly while their contract in being renegotiated under Ch. 11.
My guess is that there’s a lot of “foriegn” content in this car — my 1997 Camaro RS cost 21k new!
I’ll defintely be checking these out, as long as the shite doesn’t knock the fan over.
NICE! By 2012 that $31k SS will have fallen right into my price range.
I find all this really funny what a great buy the new Camaro will be.At 31000.00 starting price for the new V8 car, let’s now add in the tax dollar that will go to keep GM in business,do you think it is still a great buy?It is the narrow mine thinking of those who will buy this car just don’t get it.There will be a high percentage of those same buyers that are bitching about the 700b plus bailout plan at the same time support it by buying this GM crap!As I have said her before, I am done buying American cars period!Can someone out there please explain to me if I am missing something here?
A sunk cost is a sunk cost.
I.e. you’re paying for the bailout whether you buy the Camaro or not, so you might as well if you want it.
I would love one, but unless I get a monster raise there’s no way I could mentally justify blowing cash on a muscle car.
Quick update. 5thgen.org and CamaroZ28.com both revealed the full options list.
http://www.5thgen.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8453
So, a 2SS with the RS package should run $35-$36K before the inevitable dealer markups. That’s pretty much on par with a nicely optioned Challenger R/T.
I think I’ll wait a year to see if GM is in better fiscal health before buying. And by then, the two options I want- a Corvette-style HUD and backup assist- should be available. Still waiting on word of a proper nav system, though… screw OnStar…
Last one, I promise. Here’s a PDF file on what goes where.
http://www.chevrolet.com/camaro/pdf/2010+Camaro+Order.pdf?
You literally get everything with the 2SS…
At 31000.00 starting price for the new V8 car, let’s now add in the tax dollar that will go to keep GM in business,do you think it is still a great buy?
Hey, might as well get my tax dollar’s worth.
I almost wish you could decontent that V6 even further. Hell, I don’t need a radio or air conditioning…
Let’s hope this one isn’t as big a disappointment as every else GM has cobbled together in the last 30 years. I am not optimistic, however.
Let’s hope this one isn’t as big a disappointment as every else GM has cobbled together in the last 30 years.
To be fair, the new Malibu was a pleasant surprise, and as usual the Silverado is class-competitive.
I’m calling the Canadian MSRP now:
At least 45K for an SS, which will price it above a G35 but still less than a Challenger SRT8 and much less than a Corvette (here). This will make Canadian buyers green with envy and red with rage as Americans get offered the same car for 30 grand. Same as with every other car on the market. That doesn’t factor in the first-on-the-block dealer tax.
Wait a year and buy it used. That $31K car will be $23K. In another year it’ll be $17K and falling fast.