In two months, General Motors will unveil the sixth-generation of one of its most iconic muscle cars.
DETROIT, MI - In two months, General Motors will unveil the sixth-generation of one of its most iconic muscle cars.
The all-new, 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is set to be revealed May 16 on Belle Isle in Detroit. And in the meantime, the company will be dropping little bits of info on the forthcoming sports car.
"We're going to be sending out teasers like once every 10 days," GM spokesman Monte Doran told MLive.
One such morsel is the modern take on the Camaro logo, seen in one of the photos above. It has the signature red, white and blue verticle bars.
Other teasers will be released at GM's dedicated page for the new Camaro, www.thecamarosix.com. That's also where anyone interested in attending the May 16 event can sign up for spot.
The May 16 reveal is free and open to the public, although Doran cautioned that space is limited, and priority will be given to Camaro owners who agree to bring their muscle cars to the island for the day.
The unveiling will cap a day-long celebration on Detroit's Belle Isle, where the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix will take place later that month on the weekend of May 29-31.
On May 16, there will be "Camaro Museum" display of the most significant vehicles in Chevrolet's 104-year history, as well as hot-lap rides in the 2015 Camaro Z/28 around the Belle Isle Grand Prix racetrack.
There will also be meet-and-greet opportunities with designers and engineers, and Camaro-only parking for owners of the muscle car.
Meanwhile, the current, fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro has been selling well. GM said Friday it expects the 500,000th fifth-generation Camaro to be delivered this month.
In making the announcement, Chevrolet also teased a camouflaged sixth-generation Camaro in this video:
The fifth generation of the Camaro first went on sale in August 2009. The Camaro then passed the Ford Mustang in 2010 to become the best-selling performance car in the U.S., according to GM.
Last year, sales of the Camaro rose 7.1 percent on an annual basis to 86,297 units. In the first two months of 2015, sales are up 3.6 percent over 2014.
The sixth-generation Camaro will be built at General Motors' Grand River Plant in Lansing, where the Detroit automaker also produces the Cadillac ATS and CTS models.
David Muller is the automotive and business reporter for MLive Media Group in Detroit. Email him at dmuller@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter