When the car you’re talking about has such a rabid following and no future plans have been
confirmed, rumors tend to run wild. And sometimes those rumors come from good sources and contain more truth than
fiction. We ran a story here
last month
about the future history of the next gen Camaro, and things may have changed since then. When Holden introduced the
Torana concept on a heavily modified Kappa platform (Solstice) they created an unofficial new architecture called
“Beta” and herein lies the question.
All bets were on for the next Camaro to arrive on the Zeta architecture which will be used to underpin GM?s new crop
of RWD sedans and coupes. Problem is, the Zeta platform is proving too large to host a proper Camaro replacement, and
therefore the RWD Chevy coupe may live on under another ?retro? name. All this leads us back to this Beta structure and
how feasible it would be to squeeze a V-8 under its hood and give us Americans the good ol? fashioned pony car wars
back.
Word is that some GM people high up are in favor of the Beta-based Camaro and some sites have talked about the
prospect.
CamaroZ28.com
has some good discussion on the platform as well
CheersandGears.com, which has a very good
technical story on the Torana platform. Again, this is all speculation, but from very good sources.