With rising fuel prices and a higher price tag, the turn-of-the-decade 1980 Camaro dropped in sales and production was nearly cut in half from previous year.
The Type LT fought the good fight, and had a great production run, but the folks at GM thought it was time to be replaced, so they ushered in the luxury oriented Berlinetta model for the 1979 model year.
The most desired option was the 327 V8 “fuelie” rated at 360 hp.The 1962 Corvette looked cleaner with the subtraction of some chrome and the deletion of the two-tone paint option.
The 1960 Corvette was unchanged in design from 1959. Special aluminum heads were added to the fuel-injected models, and new rear sway bars improved handling.
The Camaro received a facelift in 1978 with a new nose and body color urethane front and rears designed to meet the even newer federal safety crash standard.
Slight changes were made for the 1959 Corvette; like the loss of unneeded chrome and hood louvers, which cleaned up the look. Rear-tailing rods were added and contributed to a softer ride and better handling.
The Corvette received new styling changes in 1958 including new body design with quad headlamps, a washboard hood featuring simulated louvers, twin deck lid chrome strips, and simulated front fender air scoops.
Styling was unchanged for the 1957 Corvette, but did boast much better performance, and made sure everyone knew about it with a “Fuel-Injection” script on the front fender coves.
The Camaro was redesigned again in 1974 and featured a newly redesigned bumper with a body colored fascia above the front bumper. The grille was now shovel-shaped and the rear taillights wrapped into the fenders.
The 1975 Camaro stuck with the low profile, wide stance, and sloping rear deck, but it did receive a new wraparound rear window to reduce a blind spot that had troubled many drivers.
Newly featured like-wire wheels and brushed aluminum panel between the taillights differentiated the 1976 Camaro from the ’75.
A new standard V8 outputting 140 hp was available, power breaks became standard, and 1976 also saw the introduction of the Landau roof.