The future of the muscle car is uncertain because GM will stop making it
The Future of the Electric Muscle Car: GM Revisited for the 2011 NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series with the 2010 Mustang
GM has an understanding with the auto-racing sanctioning bodies that the sixth-generation car can continue racing. He said that the parts would be available and that the body would stay on the track.
The production of the larger Dodge Challenger will stop at the end of the year. Dodge executives revealed an electric muscle car concept car that was to provide a preview of a future model.
Scott Bell, Vice President, Global Chevrolet, said that this is not the end of Camaro’s story.
GM is in the process of shifting to an all-electric lineup of vehicles by 2035, as it invests billions in designing and building future EV models, with 75% of capital spending now dedicated to EVs and autonomous vehicles. That has resulted in a severe scaling back of investment in new versions of traditional internal combustion engined vehicles.
The current model of the Camaro has been around since it was first released. It will stop being built by the end of the year in Michigan.
The new mustang was shown at the Detroit auto show. The new mustang will be powered by gasoline and will not be electric or hybrid. This will be the 58th continuous year of production for the mustang, the seventh generation.
Brinley said the push to sell more electric vehicles makes it likely that all new muscle cars will be powered by batteries. But if there’s still a mixed combustion and battery fleet on sale in 2030 or 2040, some gas-powered muscle cars could survive.
GM’s Generation 6 Chevrolet has the right to race in the NASCAR Cup and NASCAR Xfinity Series because it was in production when given permission to do so.
The Camaro was revived as a new 2010 model with the hope that it will appeal to enthusiasts and younger buyers. The 2010 version was similar to its predecessors, with long, flat front and side “gills” that evoke the original design, while still sporting a modern overall design.
The last of Stellantis’ muscle cars: the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170, which can go from zero to 60 mph in 1.66 seconds
Stellantis, formed in 2021 by combining Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA Peugeot, earlier this week announced the last of its special edition muscle cars, the 1,025 horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170. The company says the car can go from zero to 60 mph (97 kilometers per hour) in 1.66 seconds, making it the fastest production car on the market.
