Camaro Forty Years

On the eve of the introduction of the first Camaro of the twenty-first century, this big book chronicles the rich history of an American muscle-car era icon. Here, accompanied by fabulous photographs of the models that made history, is the full story of Camaro’s forty years. Beginning with Chevrolet's race in the Sixties to capture the emerging youth market, the book follows Chevrolet’s efforts to come up with a car that could out-muscle the Mustang.

The Camaro was that car, and in the years after its introduction in 1967, it set some of the most important performance marks in American automotive history. The classics of the muscle-car era are here--the RS, SS, Z/28, and IROC-Z--along with the models that jumpstarted a new era of American performance in the 1980s. In flashing color and fine detail, Camaro Forty Years captures the innovations and fierce competition, the changes in style and technology that make the story of this legendary car a part of the American automotive story--now opening a new chapter.

This big book chronicles the rich history of an American muscle-car era icon. Here, accompanied by fabulous, detailed photographs, is the full story of Camaro’s forty years--from Chevrolet's 1960s race to capture the emerging baby-boom market, through the turbulent years of the muscle-car era, the resurgence of American muscle in the 1980s, the decline of the 1990s, right up to Camaro’s triumphant rebirth for a new millennium.