Chevrolet final week revealed a 2023 Chevrolet Camaro SS convertible constructed to have fun this yr’s 107th operating of the Indianapolis 500.
The automobile is the newest within the lengthy line of Indy 500 Pageant Occasion Automobiles, and 50 examples have been constructed. All 50 had been introduced collectively on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the place the race, which is at the moment the spotlight of the IndyCar season, takes place.
Based mostly on the Camaro SS, the automobile is powered by a 6.2-liter V-8 rated at 455 hp. It options the brand new Sharkskin Metallic shade that was added to the Camaro’s choices record for 2023, and distinctive to it are Indy 500 graphics designed by Chevy particularly for the automobile.
The reveal of the Pageant Occasion Automotive is a convention that dates again to the Nineteen Sixties and is used as a part of the celebration forward of the Indy 500. The vehicles are pushed on public roads by varied officers within the lead as much as the race and finally offered as soon as the race is over.
A Chevy spokesman confirmed to Automotive Information (subscription required) that the newest Pageant Occasion Automobiles will likely be offered after the race, which is scheduled for Might 28. The vehicles include a novel choice code.
Chevy has confirmed the Camaro will bow out after the 2024 mannequin yr and that manufacturing will finish subsequent January. It means that is probably the final Camaro Pageant Occasion automobile and presumably the final special-edition Camaro, at the least in its present format.
Chevy has hinted that the Camaro story is not over, although rumors courting again to 2021 level to Chevy turning the Camaro into an electrical efficiency sedan. Different hypothesis says it should arrive as an electrical SUV, and that the Corvette may additionally get an electrical SUV variant as a part of an expanded lineup.