Camaro: Five Generations of Performance

Description

With the spotlight again shining on Camaro, this big book chronicles the rich history of an American muscle car era icon. This is the full story of Camaro's forty-plus years, accompanied by fabulous photographs of the models that made history. Beginning with Chevrolet's race to capture the emerging youth market in the 1960s, the book follows Chevrolet's efforts to devise a car that would out-muscle the Mustang. The Camaro was that car, and in the years after its 1967 introduction, it set some of the most important performance marks in American automotive history. From the classics of the muscle-car era like the RS, SS, Z/28, and IROC-Z to the models that jumpstarted a new era of American performance in the 1980s. In flashing color and fine detail, Camaro captures the innovations and fierce competition as well as the changes in style and technology that make the story of this legendary car a part of the American automotive story.

Editor Darwin Holmstrom has written or co written many books on cars and motorcycling, including the best selling BMW Motorcycles, GTO: Pontiac's Great One, Hemi Muscle Cars, Camaro: Forty Years, Muscle: America's Legendary Performance Cars, Billy Lane Chop Fiction: It's not a Motorcycle, Baby, It's a Chopper, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles. He lives in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Acclaimed photographer David Newhardt lives in Pasadena, California. His work includes writing and photography for books, such as Firebird Trans Am and other Motorbooks titles.