Chevrolet next year?

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Forgive me please if I’ve missed it but what is Chevrolet going to race next year with the Camaro not being in production? Corvette? Suburban? Seriously, I’ve probably missed it.
 
Apparently they were told they can run it however long they want, but they'd have to name it something else after 2025 I believe. Whether Chevrolet would want them to do that is another story as it wouldn't match up with their current lineup lol.
 
Speedbowl14 said:
I read the thread title in the context of tonight's race and was expecting a WAYYYY different thread about NASCAR cracking down of manufacturer collusion next year.
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I hadn’t watched the race entirely yet but see what you mean…
 
Ford 222 said:
Forgive me please if I’ve missed it but what is Chevrolet going to race next year with the Camaro not being in production? Corvette? Suburban? Seriously, I’ve probably missed it.
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They'll probably switch to Cadillac, or put a Corvette logo on a Camaro body.

This country is so weird. People drive pickups and SUVs and bitch about gas prices and are now mad that ICE models of sedans and coupes are being done away with.l
 
All Chevrolet has to do is pick a model they want to use and get a heat gun to remove the Camaro decals. After this is done just reapply the decals you’d like and you’re good to go. Perhaps use the Blazer nameplate or go back into the archives and call it a Biscayne. This is one issue that I’m not losing any sleep over.
 
I would think if they stay with the camaro they will not get to do say front end updates or am I wrong
 
They need to bring back the nova, especially with cup going to Mexico City next year!
 
Charlie Spencer said:
GM is already putting Cadillac branding on Prototype-class sports cars. Toyota has a Supra logo on its stock cars. Why are Caddy or Corvette such a reach?
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Because IMSA prototypes and NASCAR Cup Series are advertising to two different demographics. Notice how Toyota doesn't run the Lexus LC in Xfinity.
 
cheesepuffs said:
Because IMSA prototypes and NASCAR Cup Series are advertising to two different demographics. Notice how Toyota doesn't run the Lexus LC in Xfinity.
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Sounds like Corvette would be a perfect fit. As someone else suggested, it will probably be just Chevrolet with no model name.
 
Submission of a new body design has to be made in September … approx. 18 months prior to the date of its first intended use.

So … last month for a 2026 Daytona 500 debut. Deadline missed.
 
I think the corvette would miss the nascar demographics. How many fans can afford to buy one of those?

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wi_racefan said:
I think the corvette would miss the nascar demographics. How many fans can afford to buy one of those?

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GM is VERY protective of the Corvette nameplate and the aura around it. They have VERY tightly controlled where, when and who races them as much as humanly possible since the C5 debuted in the late 90's. There is about as much chance of a Camaro bodied stock car being badged a Corvette as there is a blizzard in hell.
 
wi_racefan said:
I think the corvette would miss the nascar demographics. How many fans can afford to buy one of those?

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The SS brand was extremely limited but was used for a couple of years.

But I'm playing Devil's Advocate. Comments since your original one have persuaded me. Whatever brand they call the car, it's not going to look like its showroom equivalent. I'd like them to stop using model names at all and just go with 'Chevrolet', 'Ford', 'Honda' ;)
 
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Photos above on Hendrick site for 2025. Just refers to it as Chevy.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Check the part highlighted in brown. It specifically says 'Camaro ZL1'.
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I'm fairly confident that all that Camaro and ZL1 branding will fade away in the next few weeks. I will also submit that that is one of the best looking schemes on the #24 since the mid 2000's. The scheme that ran yesterday in the finale was nothing short of embarrassing, every bit as awful as the one with the lime green in it.
 
Formerjackman said:
I'm fairly confident that all that Camaro and ZL1 branding will fade away in the next few weeks. I will also submit that that is one of the best looking schemes on the #24 since the mid 2000's. The scheme that ran yesterday in the finale was nothing short of embarrassing, every bit as awful as the one with the lime green in it.
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I thought the scheme yesterday in the rear of the car looked cool. Gordo flames on every scheme isn't going to happen every time.
 
StandOnIt said:
I thought the scheme yesterday in the rear of the car looked cool. Gordo flames on every scheme isn't going to happen every time.
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If you're selling selling car paint, white doesn't seem the way to grab attention. Nor does not understanding what colors do and don't go together. They taught us that in like the third grade.
 
Formerjackman said:
If you're selling selling car paint, white doesn't seem the way to grab attention. Nor does not understanding what colors do and don't go together. They taught us that in like the third grade.
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A white hood with a Huge "A" in the middle of it signifying the brand draws the eye when the car is in a crowd to the sponsor who is footing the bill for the car being on the track. They didn't teach you industrial graphic design when you were in third grade.
 
RayinTX said:
I thought the rule was you could run a car model 1 year after production ended?
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I thought they were actually told they can run it as long as they want? Just sounds like no body upgrades.

Naacar isn't going to tell a manufacturer to leave because they no longer have a production car to market.

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StandOnIt said:
A white hood with a Huge "A" in the middle of it signifying the brand draws the eye when the car is in a crowd to the sponsor who is footing the bill for the car being on the track. They didn't teach you industrial graphic design when you were in third grade.
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There is a reason why a couple of the DuPont/Axalta schemes are iconic, and this one won't EVER be. Also keep in mind there no real consumer component to this sponsorship. The "customer" is body shops and auto body suppliers, and they are going to be far more impressed by a flashy paint scheme then a white car with an a big A on the hood.
 
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