Australian gearheads may be morning the death of the homegrown Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore but things will get much better as both the Chevrolet Camaro and Corvette are bound for the Land Down Under.
Motoring has received word that the owner of Holden Special Vehicles, the Walkinshaw Group, is accelerating its efforts to import the upcoming, facelifted 2019 Camaro and sell it through local Holden dealerships after converting the muscle car to right-hand drive.
It is said that Mark Reuss, GM global development boss, is a fan of the project but it isn’t yet known if GM will provide official backing for the project and allow Walkinshaw to purchase Camaros at a discounted rate.
Either way, the Camaro looks set to be joined by the eighth-generation, mid-engine Corvette towards the end of the decade which will be offered in right-hand drive configuration from the factory. It will probably cost around $200,000 in Australia and while that may sound like a lot to U.S. readers, its ‘affordability’ will easily undercut all European rivals.
When Walkinshaw’s goal of bringing the Camaro to Australia is given the go-ahead, conversions will be done at its new facility in Clayton, Melbourne. Prices for the Camaro SS are expected to sit at around $90,000 in local coin, over $30,000 more than the Ford Mustang GT.
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