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https://news.pickuptrucks.com/2018/1...ytona-500.html

Dang it I meant The 500....pace car...sorry about that...may mean end for Camaro? Hope not...can some one fix the Thread title? I know not how...

I think your on to something there....

This is most likely just for the Daytona 500, wouldn't stress too much about it. There's way too much doom and gloom going on this forum lately!

Why would it mean the end of the Camaro? You realize that GM (and the others to) regularly use something other than what they race all the time, right? Like when the Camaro or Corvette or Silverado paced when Impalas & SS's were racing. Or when Toyota used a Prius. Its just an opportunity to put your product out in front of a massive audience, nothing more.


And what do you want me to change your title to?

Yeah, this has nothing to do with the future of the Camaro. Using the Silverado as a pace truck for the Daytona 500 is simply GM marketing and advertising the truck. If GM wanted to use a performance car for pace duty, the Corvette and Camaro are available. I believe trucks have been used as pace vehicles in other NASCAR Cup races (Tundras, Silverados, etc.).

Speaking of advertising, has anyone seen a truck AD from GM with anything but a 2018 truck in it?

Yes, I first saw this on Boxing Day while watching the World Jrs:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlO2i0udKUk

Yah and Dale Jr. Is the pace driver in the 2019 Silverado for the Daytona 500 on the anniversary of his fathers death. Feb.18,2001.

If it's a 1500 Silverado, full disclosure would be only fair to the NASCAR fans....
A little bit country, a little bit rock 'n roll, and a likely a lot of hecho in Mexico...

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Or Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Don't you know that you should never let facts get in the way of a good story?

The good story is just about over. The sad, real factual story is that when push comes to shove, US plants will get shut down by GM in favor of less expensive foreign plants. The Silverado already has one foot planted in Mexican grave. It's days in the US plants are probably already numbered.

You realize that GM builds some 2 million vehicles in the United States right? And full size pickup trucks are probably going to be the last thing that stops getting built in America, given their extremely high profit margins.

If they're pulling out of any country in North America, its Canada.