The third-generation Chevrolet Camaro is an American pony car which was introduced for the... These were also the first Camaros with factory fuel injection, four-speed automatic...
Cars ; Few things from the 1980s are as cool as the IROC-Z Camaro, a car that came along at a time of expanding technology and huge shoulder pads. Pastel colors were in, but the hippies were out, all while Huey Lewis was on the radio and TV had us all asking "Who's The Boss?" It was during this time that Chevrolet brought us a version of the Camaro that has come to be an iconic symbol of the decade. Car styling was changing, adopting more straight edges and the creeping influence of the Euro look. The ...
Cars · Electric Vehicles ; In the late-1980s, GM briefly considered discontinuing its iconic Camaro and Firebird — pony cars as we know them — in favor of moving the automaker's entire product line toward smaller, front-wheel drive platforms. But after witnessing Ford's debacle of trying to replace its Mustang with the Probe, GM decided to stay the course with a V8-powered rear-wheel drive muscle machine. And so died the ill-fated GM80 platform, intended for the fourth-generation pony cars. Instead, the new Camaro wou ...
Third generation (1982–1992) The third-generation Camaro was produced from 1981 (for the 1982 model year) until 1992. These were the first Camaros to offer modern fuel injection, Turbo...
Cars ; Since William Durant founded General Motors in 1908 to acquire Buick stock, the company has held (and given up) custody of some of the United States' oldest and most beloved auto brands. GM welcomed Chevrolet under its umbrella in 1918, and created Pontiac in 1926. Both divisions produced a healthy lineup of muscle cars during the era's heyday of the 1960s and early '70s. But while Chevy has soldiered on through economic downturns and still endures today, Pontiac was axed in 2009 after GM...
This has become one of the most desirable third-gen Camaros.
The third generation Pontiac Firebird was introduced in late 1981 by Pontiac alongside its corporate cousin, the Chevrolet Camaro for the 1982 model year. These were also the first...
General Motors was caught flat-footed by Ford's Falcon-based Mustang "pony car" when it debuted in April 1964 to thunderous applause. The rear-engine Chevy Corvair, though restyled and upgraded for 1965, could not compete. GM desperately needed a sexy sport coupe with V-8 power -- and fast. Chevrolet had a good platform under the compact Chevy II/Nova and a range of excellent engines, and when the Mustang challenger was approved in August 1964, it was given just two years before it would have to...
Cars ; The Pontiac Firebird is an enigma among American pony cars, something wholly unique while still being derivative. It was born to compete with the Ford Mustang indirectly and directly compete with the Mercury Cougar, but it ended up mostly butting heads with its stablemate, the Chevrolet Camaro. General Motors limited the potential of the Firebird from the off, ensuring the Camaro had all the perks and design advantages. But the Firebird, with some help from Hollywood, persevered and found its wa ...
Nineteen-eighty-two marked the transformation for Chevrolet's four-seat performance car. Jerry Palmer was the chief stylist for the third-generation Camaro and still calls the third generation a fa...