2017 Chevrolet Camaro 50th Anniversary Test Drive, Acceleration, Exhaust Sound, Interior – Video

2017 model year marks the 50th year since Chevrolet first tossed the Camaro at the American public in 1967, shoving the two-door pony car into direct battle with the Ford Mustang. Of course, Ford had by then been selling the Mustang for more than two years, generating a sales buoyancy that would hold for some time, leaving the upstart Camaro behind in the sales charts but not out of the rivalry, which would later turn red-hot in Trans-Am showdowns and an escalating horsepower war.

All of this is to say that the Camaro might have been birthed into this world staring at the Mustang’s taillights, but it has long established its place among America’s greatest and longest-running nameplates (even though the Camaro took a sabbatical for the 2003 through 2009 model years). The 50th Anniversary Edition will celebrate that fact with a special black and orange stripe package atop Nightfall Gray metallic paint, special 20-inch wheels with 50th anniversary center caps, satin chrome grille inserts, a front splitter, and “Fifty” fender badges. Inside, the seats, steering wheel, and (backlit) doorsill plates are spruced up by 50th anniversary references, and black leather and suede (with orange stitching!) is everywhere.

The treatment will be available on V-6–powered 2LT and V-8–powered 2SS models (both represent the top trim levels paired with those engines) in both coupe and convertible forms. The only difference between the 2LT and the 2SS, besides their respective powerplants, is that the V-6 comes only with orange paint on its front brake calipers; the 2SS 50th Anniversary Edition wears orange paint on its rear calipers, too.