1998 Camaro Production Numbers
The following are build counts for the 1998 model year Camaro covering the total plant build at Ste. Therese assembly for retail and fleet orders.
A total of 48,490 Camaros were built for for the United States
Automatics – 35,331 – 72.9%
6-speeds -6,445 – 13.3%
5-speeds – 6,714 – 13.8%
Colors
- #1 81U Red – 10,424 – 21.5%
- 41U Black – 10,355 – 21.3%
- 10U White – 7,891 – 16.3%
- 13U Silver – 6,769 – 14.0%
- 28U Navy – 5,270 – 10.9%
- 79U Teal – 2,355 – 4.9%
- 96U Cheyenne – 1,789 – 3.7%
- 31U B. Green – 1,747 – 3.6%
- 63U Gold – 1,399 – 2.9%
- 88U B. Purple – 433 – 0.9%
- 11U Pewter – 63 – 0.0% *
* A total of 63 1998 Light Pewter Metallic cars were built for the GM fleet in order to allow the color to be available at start-of-production 1999. They were a mix of V6 coupes, convertibles, and Z28s. None were SS and none had Y3F Sport Appearance Package. All were driven by GM employees and most were disposed of through the GM auction program, which means GM dealers would have bought them for resale to the public.
Camaro SS Coupe:
2,397 units:
6-speed -1,485
Automatic – 912
10U White – 248
11U Pewter – 0
13U Silver – 316
28U Navy – 238
31U Green – 0
41U Black – 967
63U Gold – 29
79U Teal – 0
81U Red – 598
88U B. Purple – 0
96U Ceyenne – 0
Camaro SS Convertible
478 units:
6-speed -197
Automatic – 281
10U White – 114
11U Pewter – 0
13U Silver – 58
28U Navy – 45
31U Green – 0
41U Black – 109
63U Gold – 7
79U Teal – 1
81U Red – 144
88U B. Purple – 0
96U Ceyenne – 0
10T White conv. top – 123
41T Black conv. top – 272
56T Neutral conv. top – 83
Camaro Z28 Coupe
10U White – 1,995
11U Pewter – 30
13U Silver – 1,700
28U Navy – 1,365
31U Green – 323
41U Black – 3,347
63U Gold – 301
79U Teal – 474
81U Red – 2,720
88U B. Purple – 95
96U Ceyenne – 410
Camaro Z28 Convertible
10U White – 283
11U Pewter – 10
13U Silver – 271
28U Navy – 144
31U Green – 63
41U Black – 383
63U Gold – 72
79U Teal – 63
81U Red – 416
88U B. Purple – 14
96U Ceyenne – 71
10T White conv. top – 212
41T Black conv. top – 1,113
56T Neutral conv. top – 465
Camaro 1LE
There were no 1LE Camaros produced in the1998 model year.
Camaro B4C Special Service
There were no B4E Camaros produced in the1998 model year.
Units with LS1 Engine
Camaros with LS1 Engine (Z28 and SS) – 17,663 – 36.4%
Units with V-6 Engine
Camaros with V-6 engine – 30,827 – 63.6%
Emissions Equipment
Camaros were built with NG1 Northeast Emissions – 1,944
Camaros were built with FE9 Federal Emissions – 40,734
Camaros were built with YF5 California Emissions – 5,812
Dealership Orders
Camaros were ordered as “Stock” orders by dealers – 40,927
Camaros were ordered as “Sold” orders by dealers (special orders) – 6,819
Camaros were ordered as “Fleet” by dealers (for Police, federal government, and large business/rental/concerns) – 744
Additional Packages
V-6 Camaros ordered with Y87 Package – 4,982
Camaros ordered with the Y3F Sport Appearance Package – 7,312
Interiors
White Leather Interior – 1,084
14B Dark Gray Cloth – 26,611
142 Dark Gray Leather – 9,988
52B Neutral Cloth – 5,560
522 Neutral Leather – 3,748
73B Red Accent Cloth – 1,495
Convertibles
10T white top – 552
41T Black top – 2,365
56T Neutral top – 941
Stereo Systems
UM6 Stereo Cassette radio – 10,246
Monsoon Premium Sound system with Cassette – 12,375
Monsoon Premium Sound system with CD – 25,865
12 disc CD remote changer – 7,401
Additional Options
CC1 Removable roof panels – 24,218
These build counts cannot be broken down any further than this (i.e. cannot calculate how many Z28 Convertibles were built in Pewter with a White Leather interior).
Special thanks to Scott Settlemire and General Motors for supplying this information.