Like most cars on the market, sales of the Chevrolet Camaro dipped significantly through the second quarter of the year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately for GM, the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger performed slightly better.
In Q2, a total of 6,675 Camaros were sold in the United States, a decrease of 46.31 per cent compared to the 12,433 units that were sold in Q2 2019. Sales in Canada dipped by 41 per cent down to 590 units, down from the 993 examples that were sold in Q2 last year.
As GM Authority notes, there are a number of other small markets where the Camaro is sold. In South Korea, for example, 15 units were sold (a 59 per cent decrease), in Mexico eight examples were sold (an 89 per cent decrease) and in Brazil, just a single Camaro was delivered, a 98 per cent decrease from the 40 sold in Q2 2019.
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Competitors such as the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger fared a little better in the second quarter. Leading the sales race was the Mustang with 15,717 examples sold in the United States, a 27.32 per cent decline from the 21,625 units sold in Q2 2019. As for the Dodge, 9,880 units were sold, a 35.16 per cent drop from the 15,237 that reached the hands of customers in Q2 2019.
Bizarrely, there were two sports cars in the U.S. that actually enjoyed higher sales in Q2 than they did in the same period last year. Sales of the Mazda MX-5 Miata jumped by 9.9 per cent to 2,620 units, while sales of the aging Nissan 370Z increased by 23.8 per cent to 749 examples.
