Chevy Camaro convertible to sell 20,000 units

January 28th, 2010 by NZV8
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General Motors and Magna were dark on eachother when the Canadian supplier failed to purchase Opel from The General, but the two companies are back together now. Recent reports suggest that Magna’s Car Top Systems group has won the convertible contract for the Chevrolet Camaro. GM is reportedly expecting the droptop Camaro to account for 20,000 sales annually, matching the Ford Mustang as the top convertible sold in the States.

Magna is the latest supplier to win the Camaro convertible bid, however, it isn’t the first. Edscha AG originally won the contract, but the shocking state of the convertible car market in the U.S. contributed to the German supplier eventually going broke. The market for convertibles was so bad stateside in 2009, that fewer than 50,000 convertibles were sold during the year, compared with over 200,000 sales only four years ago. Now, GM has transferred the contract to the much larger Magna to ensure that production of the upcoming Camaro variant isn’t delayed.

It’s hard to say if the new Camaro will continue its popularity next year to make 20,000 convertibles possible, but a convertible version of the famous pony car will keep the Camaro lineup fresh.

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