Renewed hope for Chevrolet Camaro successor

The first evidence of the Chevrolet Camaro’s return has emerged, almost two years after the pony car was axed from General Motors’ US lineup.

A new report from GM Authority claims General Motors filed a trademark for the Camaro name with Cambodian authorities in the past week.

The US car giant hasn’t been shy about its intentions with the Camaro, confirming it wouldn’t be the “final chapter for the nameplate” when it was discontinued in 2024, while sources from the company have leaked information more recently about what we can expect from the future Camaro.

Reports from Motor Trend in recent months cite company insiders who claim the Camaro could evolve into an electric vehicle – possibly a coupe-style SUV, to compete with the Ford Mustang Mach-E – in 2027.

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For years, there have been whispers of Chevrolet spinning off the Corvette badge as its own sub-brand, with the company potentially developing an electric Corvette SUV – however, that rumour appears to have died down, with the electric Camaro SUV now potentially taking its place.

In July 2025, GM boss Mark Reuss told newspaper Detroit News the Camaro could make a return as an “affordable and attainable” performance model.

“I think that formula of beauty, and a little bit of functionality and fun, all of that is important,” he said at the time.

“If we were getting back into Camaro, that piece of it is really important. I think that would be a great formula, and we have the ability to do that.”

Closer to home, the decision to morph the Camaro into an electric coupe SUV could cause more headaches for the company’s Australian arm, with the now-defunct V8-powered Camaro still flying the flag for GM in the Supercars championship.

A total of 1550 examples of the sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaros, including 1200 2SS variants and 350 ZL1 flagships, were converted to right-hand drive and sold by Holden Special Vehicles in Australia between September 2018 and April 2020, when GM axed the Holden brand before establishing GM Specialty vehicles (GMSV) to sell Chevrolet models including the Silverado pickup here.  

If the unconfirmed reports prove to be true, we could see an electric Chevrolet Camaro SUV as soon as the third quarter of 2026.

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