Some more cars may soon be coming to GM’s lineup, including a revived Camaro and Buick sedan.
We’ve said it so much over the past decade or so, you can probably recite it from memory: “Sedans are dying”. You’d especially think that looking around the Big Three, as both Ford and General Motors have practically eliminated their conventional car lineups, with GM going a step further and even shelving the Camaro. The winds may be shifting a bit, though, as an Automotive News report sheds light on a new Buick sedan as well as a revived Camaro within the next couple years.
Now, we already know Cadillac is working on a next-generation sedan. It’s putting the smaller CT4 out to pasture after the 2026 model year, but a new CT5 is on the way. Then reports swirled that a new Buick sedan (something we haven’t seen since the the LaCrosse and Regal were axed in the U.S. around 2019-2020), built on the same Alpha II platform as the upcoming CT5. AutoNews‘ latest cites a major GM supplier, however, telling enthusiasts what they’ve been anxious to hear for the past couple years: A new Camaro is coming.
As you likely put together by now, all three vehicles are related. According to this unnamed source, the company will build all three cars on that new second-gen Alpha platform, and build all three cars at its Lansing Grand River plant. That facility is where GM builds the current pair of Cadillac sedans, as was the Camaro until the automaker dropped the sixth-generation model in 2024.
But when will they actually land? Well, this same source also says GM will kick off production for the CT5 and Camaro in fall 2027. The supposed Buick sedan’s details are a little more hazy, but the company has feelers out in the way of parts quotes to flesh out a potential comeback for a four-door Buick. It’s worth noting the LaCrosse never truly went away, as GM is still building the car for the Chinese market. So, there’s some potential that nameplate for the brand’s midsize sedan could make a return over here, just on the Alpha II platform instead of the VSS-F platform that underpin’s China’s LaCrosse (as well as GM’s small crossovers like the Encore GX).
What about the past Camaro rumors about it being a crossover…or electric!?
Even before the last-gen Camaro bowed out, the rumor mill’s been abuzz with the pony car’s future prospects. Keep in mind, we were also hearing about Corvette becoming its own brand and spawning a crossover at the time (and as of right now, that does not seem to be happening).
While some reports suggested the Camaro could follow a similar path or even go electric, this latest supplier revelation suggests a more conventional path, at least in the next generation. The Alpha II platform leans toward a rear-wheel drive platform, while GM’s recent investment in V8s — like the 6.7-liter LS6 in the new 2027 Corvette Grand Sport and Stingray — means a fair to even good change it could make an appearance in a new Camaro SS. This is speculation at this point, of course, but a V8 seems more likely than it has in previous years. Electrification is always possible too, though it seems a little less likely now we’d get a fully electric Camaro (at least as a direct successor to the old one).
For the moment, neither Chevrolet nor Buick is going to comment on future product, so it’s worth repeating that none of this information is official just yet.
Dodge recently opened the door for an all-wheel drive muscle car option with the new Charger Sixpack. Could we see GM take a similar tack while still offering up all the power we loved with the old one? We’ll have to wait and see, but the punchline with this report is that GM could soon revive the Camaro, and that’s good news for the next era of the three-way muscle car rivalry between Chevy, Ford and Dodge.
