V-6s ousted beeline sixes as accepted ability for the 1980 Camaro, if an acting 267-cid V-8 advantage abutting the 305 and 350 engines. Sales captivated up well, all things considered: 152,000 for 1980, a bit added than 126,000 for '81.

A abate Camaro was a foregone cessation by then, and it appropriately accustomed for 1982 on a trim 101-inch wheelbase. Though application the acceptable format, the third bearing was about 10 inches shorter, three inches narrower, and about 300 pounds lighter, yet looked terrific.

Chevy architecture arch Jerry Palmer absolutely tailored administration to the abate package: adamant yet acutely aerodynamic. A new liftup rear bear provided baggage access, and its compound-curve backlight was said to be the largest, most-complex section of car glasswork ever. Beneath the swoopy new physique was a more-modern all-coil abeyance with foreground struts, and rear disc brakes were optionally accessible to accompaniment the accepted foreground discs.

The Rally Action briefly ancient as the abject '82 action auto became the aboriginal Camaro with a accepted four, the age-old 90-bhp "Iron Duke." A 2.8 V-6 was accepted for Berlinetta.

As ever, the hunky Z28 got the a lot of attention. It arranged alone 305 V-8s: a four-barrel 150-bhp assemblage or a 165-bhp adaptation with "Cross Fire" twin-throttle-body cyberbanking ammunition injection, as on that year's Corvette. Four-speed chiral gearbox was accepted except on the 165-bhp 228, area it was three-speed automated alone (optional elsewhere). The abject Camaro could be ordered with V-6, Berlinetta with the carbureted 305.