5th gen camaro code name?

so was there a 5th gen camaro code name? if so what was it?

so was there a 5th gen camaro code name? if so what was it?

May I ask why?

GMX284 is what I've heard.

I am not trying to be a tool about it, but I know of one. The problem is, I am not sure if I am allowed to say what it was because I don't know if it is still being used.

so was there a 5th gen camaro code name? if so what was it?

Yes. Won't tell.

I am not trying to be a tool about it, but I know of one. The problem is, I am not sure if I am allowed to say what it was because I don't know if it is still being used.
lol its cool i do not want to get anyone in trouble. it just srtuck me that i had not seen a post about it or heard the name yet but when you are able to tell make sure i am the first to know:D lol




Yes. Won't tell.
man how do you guys find this stuff out:bow:

The only one that I know of is CZ6. I got that from the CAD drawings that were posted.

Oramac

GMX284 is what I've heard.

This is also what I heard.

Panther

j/k

Panther

j/k




Sabertooth would be more appropriate!:D

GMX284 is what I've heard.
I think that one is a year and a half old. May be older, but that is as far back as I can remember. :)
edit: that might of been the name in the Cleveland tooling pdf. I don't have that anymore though after I was asked to delete it. :)

I am not trying to be a tool about it, but I know of one. The problem is, I am not sure if I am allowed to say what it was because I don't know if it is still being used.

I'm a tool... :)

lol its cool i do not want to get anyone in trouble. it just srtuck me that i had not seen a post about it or heard the name yet but when you are able to tell make sure i am the first to know:D lol

I can see wanting to know the code to confirm that the car's in existance. But with even assorted top drawer GM people saying the car's headed for production, and most naming an ever shortening target date off the record, don't see much need to post project codes or code names.



man how do you guys find this stuff out:bow:

It has alot to do with "V-chip" implants, contracts signed in blood, and a cigarette smoking man. 'X-files' types of stuff. ;)

It has alot to do with "V-chip" implants, contracts signed in blood, and a cigarette smoking man. 'X-files' types of stuff. ;)

:lol: Yeah I guess when you deal with martians, that qualifies you under the "X-files" catagory...

It has alot to do with "V-chip" implants, contracts signed in blood, and a cigarette smoking man. 'X-files' types of stuff. ;)

I like the cool shate that you have to be cleared-for-wierd to know about! :cool:

Some classified military information programs have off-the-wall code words associated with them as well- we always wonder who sits around smoking some funny herb to come up with some of the names used!

Allen

Some classified military information programs have off-the-wall code words associated with them as well- we always wonder who sits around smoking some funny herb to come up with some of the names used!

Allen
Nobody does, as far as I know. A computer picks dictionary words at random. Hence "Have Blue" for the F117 :)

Example, instead of Operation: Iraqi Freedom, it should have been Operation: Who's your Baghdaddy

Those kind of names are carefully chosen by people that have to market it, unlike the secret projects :)

I think that one is a year and a half old. May be older, but that is as far back as I can remember. :)

It's a lot older than that. Names are given to programs way before they ever reach the approval stage.

well.......at one point when we started working on something, the name "Paragon" was initially used........only by a few people. (it was an 'advanced study')

Then I suggested "Panther"........and that name was assigned. (I was quite certain that many didn't get the name....) That program, however, was shelved for quite sometime......

Then.....GMX-284.............then "CZ6" or "Chevy RWD" was the code used right up until late 2005.....as we didn't want to use the 'Camaro' name until the last possible moment.

I should add that it is no longer the GMX-284.

But are they still calling the Special Edition 500+hp Z/28..."Doug's car"?? ;) :bow:

Then I suggested "Panther"........and that name was assigned. (I was quite certain that many didn't get the name....) That program, however, was shelved for quite sometime......

Hehehe. You're a clever one.

I don't think I get the Panther reference.

*google*

Anything to do with this? (http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/01/black_panther/index_01.htm)

Then I suggested "Panther"........and that name was assigned. (I was quite certain that many didn't get the name....) That program, however, was shelved for quite sometime......

That is the one that I was thinking of in my first post.

I don't think I get the Panther reference.

*google*

Anything to do with this? (http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/01/black_panther/index_01.htm)
No. Panther was to be the Camaro's name until managment decided all Chevy's should start with a C. Monte Calo some how got around that one didn't it?

Since it's basically production ready (and hardly any changes)

just call it the camaro concept

for the other cars, example the BANSHEE, etc. they looked radically different from the production firebird... therefore it needed a snazzy name

The camaro concept is the Camaro.... so.. yeah.

Oh man i really like the sound of "panther". It may just be the 19 year old college kid in me but i think it would do some good to have a "panther" trim that you could purchase from the factory. Ya know, perhaps a certain paint, some stripes, maybe some interior accents. The recent Dodge Rumblebee ram truck is a good example of how popular special editions are (if there affordable)

No. Panther was to be the Camaro's name until managment decided all Chevy's should start with a C. Monte Calo some how got around that one didn't it?
my understand was that it was the code word for the 67 Camaro. :)

No. Panther was to be the Camaro's name until managment decided all Chevy's should start with a C. Monte Calo some how got around that one didn't it?

Not from some post Ive read. Ive seen some mention Monte Carlo was the top end C named Chevelle at first then somehow became its own car. Im assuming thats true.

my understand was that it was the code word for the 67 Camaro. :)

Nah hes right. It was the cars origional name when it was the concept from what I understand. Would be interested in where I can see more about the Panther though. What was in it, was it just tail light differences?

Not from some post Ive read. Ive seen some mention Monte Carlo was the top end C named Chevelle at first then somehow became its own car. Im assuming thats true.
True -- Monte Carlo stuck around as its own model after they stopped building the Chevelle.

But how did Impala get past the C rule?

True -- Monte Carlo stuck around as its own model after they stopped building the Chevelle.

But how did Impala get past the C rule?

Just a pure guess but wasnt Impalla before the C Name marketing desision? Like Belair, that became Chevy II Nova.

wow, i was really kidding obviously when i threw out panther. I knew about the original first gen and thought i'd see if anyone ellse caught on to what i thgought was a joke...

Not from some post Ive read. Ive seen some mention Monte Carlo was the top end C named Chevelle at first then somehow became its own car. Im assuming thats true.
There was never a Chevelle trim level called "Monte Carlo". The Monte Carlo was its own unique car, although it did share some cosmetic similarities to the Chevelle.

However there was a Chevelle trim line called "Malibu". :D

Some clarification........

The Camaro's original code name back in 1965-1966 was the XP-836.

Panther was one name that was suggested for the car and in fact, we have a few pictures of a clay Camaro with the panther name on it.

On June 30, 1966, Pete Estes (then General Manager of Chevrolet) did something historic that seems very commonplace today. it was the first time a press conference was held that linked over a dozen cities together for a 'conference call.' We don't think anything of that today, but back then, it was amazing. The call was made from the Ballroom of the Statler-Hilton Hotel in Downtown Detroit. (which, by the way, the Statler Hilton closed in early 80s....and was just demolished in the past couple of months....)

Pete made everyone involved in the conference call a member of "SEPAW" (Society for Elimination of Panther from the Automotive World) and told everyone they were charter members.....for both the first and last meeting of SEPAW. The press had been buzzing about this new "Panther" that Chevrolet was going to introduce........however, the name Camaro had been chosen.....and we needed to get rid of the Panther name before launch......

Thus.......my reference to Panther.

As to all Chevrolets starting with "C"......it's true that the individual brands started with C....."Chevelle/Chevy II/Corvair/Corvette/ and "Chevrolet" better known as the "full size Chevrolet" or "Regular Chevrolet. (it wasn't about the series within the brand......i.e. Malibu or Nova....)

Monte Carlo was the first Chevrolet in modern times that did not start with a C.

(and Monte Carlo was never seen as a subseries of Chevelle.......)

continuing on............here are a few lines from Pete Este's presentation on June 30, 1966 at the Statler-Hilton Hotel:

“...The name Camaro….means pal, friend, or comrade**.......Thus, it suggests the real mission of our new automobile….to be a close companion to its owner, tailored to reflect his or her individual tastes and at the same time provide exciting personal transportation.....Chevrolet has chosen a name which is lithe, and graceful, in keeping with our other names beginning with C. It suggests the comradeship of good friends….as a personal car should be to its owner.”

** from Heath’s French to English Dictionary (dated 1935)

I've said many times.......I often wonder if Pete would have ever guessed that these great cars -- who are our 'pals or comrades' -- would be responsible for the millions of friendships worldwide......all due to our love of the Camaro......

To follow up on what Scott has said, here is a link with the full story...

http://www.camaroz28.com/articles/camaroname/