Camaro Trivia

[HarleyEarl]

Pete Estes and the start of Camaro.

What is the definition of 'Camaro' according to GM and Chevrolet? What was Ford's definition of the same?

[Newbiewar]

According to Chevrolet, the word Camaro came from an "obscure 1935 French-to-English dictionary," and that it's meaning is "comrade, pal, or chum." donno about ford tho...

[Newbiewar]

According to Chevrolet, the word Camaro came from an "obscure 1935 French-to-English dictionary," and that it's meaning is "comrade, pal, or chum."
donno about ford tho...

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Though the car's name was contrived with no meaning, General Motors researchers found the word in a French dictionary as a slang term for "friend" or "companion." Ford Motor Company researchers discovered other definitions, including "a shrimp-like creature" and an arcane term for "loose bowels!"


Historical examples exist of Chevrolet product managers being asked by the automotive press "what is a Camaro?", with the tongue-in-cheek answer being "a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs," a sideways reference to the competing Ford Mustang.

[Sixty8panther]

"loose bowels!"

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Still better than a car called Excell that has never excelled in anything except for sucking. I for one think they shuld have stuck with "Panther" as the car was called fro 1965-early 1966 but whatever. The y even made the darned emblems before the name change occured. A Panther CAN eat a pony for lunch so it's perfect.

A rose by any other name....

[HarleyEarl]

Though the car's name was contrived with no meaning, General Motors researchers found the word in a French dictionary as a slang term for "friend" or "companion." Ford Motor Company researchers discovered other definitions, including "a shrimp-like creature" and an arcane term for "loose bowels!"
Historical examples exist of Chevrolet product managers being asked by the automotive press "what is a Camaro?", with the tongue-in-cheek answer being "a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs," a sideways reference to the competing Ford Mustang.

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Correct.

[Newbiewar]

Correct.

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Good google... :P