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Jason Stein - Automotive News Europe - September 4, 2006 - 6:00 am

MUNICH -- Chevrolet Europe executives are studying whether to bring the Camaro sports coupe to Europe.

Last month, GM confirmed the automaker will build an all-new version of the American muscle car based on a concept unveiled at the 2006 Detroit auto show.

Although the Camaro concept vehicle has not been shown yet in Europe, Chevrolet Europe is considering importing and selling it here.

“I want the car for our lineup,” Wayne Brannon, executive director of Chevrolet Europe, told Automotive News Europe. “But we want it to be a good business case. We are considering it.”

Brannon said he would like to make a decision by the first quarter of next year. He said a number of factors will be considered in the decision, including: engineering issues for Europe, emission requirements and volume.

“We would not look at it as a huge volume opportunity,” Brannon said. “But the project has to make sense.”

Chevrolet Europe says there already has been a positive reaction to the car from dealers and customers.

The sales expectations probably won’t be large because American muscle cars are minor players in the European market.

Ford, for example, has sold 441 units of its Mustang through six months this year, according to UK-based market researcher JATO Dynamics. That’s down from 463 units during the same period last year, but up substantially from 2004, when Ford sold just 70 units.

Coupes are also a niche segment. In the last two years, carmakers have sold an average of 30,000 units as customers increasingly switch to the coupe-cabriolet segment. That market is now nearly 10 times the size of the coupe segment.

GM will begin production of the new Camaro at the end of 2008 in Oshawa, Canada, and the car will go on sale in the US in early 2009.

 

HELL NO

 

Care to explain why?

 

I was thinking the same question.

 

What a deep thinker...I can't think of why anyone would be so adamnt against it, especially if it would probably only sell in very small numbers.

 

hmm, i smell another z28E again.

 

http://www.thirdgen.org/1984-z28e-ad

 

No explanation needed.

 

I think it would be a great idea. I would like to think of it as the equvilent of us importing BMW. A Turbo or Super Charged V6 might be a good idea though. I dont know that much about Diesel.

 

Somebody looks ... ... angry???



Don't see why selling the car abroad is a bad idea?? Maybe this could be the car to change the Euros' minds on General Motors / American (Canadian) built cars?? Heck, it might even change some North Americans' minds about the quality of GM cars?!

I still don't understand the ???

 

x2, is the mustang marketed in europe?

 

I think I will buy a dozen or so Euro tailights and sit on them for a few years. lol
I think this is a good idea, it will only help sales even though they would be small.

 

im supprised you visit that site.

i have been a member there (@ZZKKER) for many years.

the early z28e's sold well for the time and not really being marketed.

look at the current viper and corvette. they do well. i think a new camaro would do as good as the older versions.

time will tell.

 

Maybe he's angry because he can't express himself.

 

Hopefully the business case will be strong enough.