Rendering: Chevrolet Camaro Springs Back to Life as Mild Hybrid and Supercharged V8 Estate

Indeed, GM actually slipped one percent compared to the first three quarters of 2023, and Toyota Motor North America reduced the difference to around 220k units after posting a 6.2 percent rise to around 1.73 million vehicles. Ford Motor Company isn’t doing too bad, either, given that it delivered 1.548 million examples from January through September, unlike Stellantis, which plummeted by 17% to less than one million units.

Chevrolet is faring worst among GM’s brands after a subtle drop of three percent – and things might get worse before they get better as the mainstream brand is also ending production of the affordable Malibu mid-size sedan even though it sold 93k units during the first nine months of the year. Compare those to less than 6k units for the sixth generation Chevy Camaro, and you’ll get a clear picture of Malibu’s popularity.

Alas, everyone would rather revive the iconic pony car if given the chance – including the parallel universes of vehicular CGI, as it turns out. We also have an idea of how to perform the resurrection because of the imaginative guild of digital car content creators. More precisely, PoloTo is a distinctively-named automotive news video channel on YouTube – and they also share visions of new models that may or may not exist in the future, such as a 2025 Chevrolet Camaro Shooting Brake!

Yep, they don’t want an all-new seventh generation to duke it out with the S650 Ford Mustang and other two-door coupe and convertible sports cars but would rather update its design here and there in a bid to give it a new lease of life… as a station wagon. This estate model would feature no less than five doors while keeping the not-so-popular overall styling of the sixth generation, making it feel refreshed and also a lot more practical.

Even better, the host of the channel is thinking about adding new entries to the powertrain list – this Camaro Shooting Brake would be a top-notch performance model with mild hybrid and supercharged V8 engines. So, what do you think? Could GM’s corner office head honchos ever give their stamp of approval to such an intriguing proposition?

Also, do you think GM even bothers thinking about the next Camaro anymore, especially now that its C8 Chevy Corvette sales are continuously on the rise (they made almost 43k units for the 2024 model year according to the official 2024 Corvette Model Year Production Statistics) and they’re making ‘America’s sports car’ feel more and more like a supercar and hypercar, not just a regular old sports car?