A "Pony Car" made by Chevrolet ( A division of GM motors) in North america. Introduced on September 1966 frop 1967 to compete with the other "Best" muscle car the Ford Mustang.  This card shared a lot from the Pontiac Firebird, from its platform to it majors components. Its name,who had no meaning like the Shelby, was derived from  a French dictionary which means "Friend", "Copanion" or "Chum". So if a french called you a Camaro with their slang voice, you shouldn't be offended. Press release back then gave the name "Panther" but the project name of it was Chevrolet XP-836 and some photos labeled it as "Chaparral". When the press asked some Chevy people what a Camaro is, they were answered "it is a small animal that eats MUSTANGS". "Camar" instantly fits Chevy with its list of "C" named cars (e.g. Chevelle, Corvette, Corvair, Chevy).

Bothered by the succes of the Mustang, executives realized that the Corvair (their compact sporty car) would not be able to match the Mustangs sales volume due to its radical engine design and poor sales.  the Camaro then was introduced as the same conventional rear drive front engine like its competitors. plus it was designed to fit a variety of power plants in the engine bay.

The 1967-1969 Camaro was the First generation Camaro, the Second was the one used in the movie Transformers as the first Bumblebee and the better Autobot is ow the Fifth generation Camaro.

Autopartswarehouse Specs:

1967-1969 SS Chevy Camaro

brand new rear-wheel drive GM F-body platform

  available as a 2-door, 2+2 seating, coupe or convertible

with a choice of inline-6 and 302 cu in (4.9 L),307 cu in

(5.0 L), 327 cu in (5.4 L),350 cu in (5.7 L), or 396 cu in (6.5 L) V8