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25/07/2008 11:55. The Chevrolet Camaro's resuscitation (and, indeed, that of the Dodge Challenger) should breathe new life into the Ford Mustang through the mere presence of competition. It's unclear how long it will take (months? years?) before the demand for tire-shredding Chevys, Dodges, Fords, and even Hyundais cools, but let's take a drive down Motor Trend memory lane when it appeared the Camaro and Firebird had taken their final forced-air inducted breaths .

"An American performance icon is about to die," we wrote in a September 2001 online article. At the time, General Motors had no definite plan for a fifth-generation Camaro much to the dismay of muscle car enthusiasts everywhere. With Chevrolet Camaros sitting on dealer lots an average of 203 days in February 2001 compared to the Ford Mustang's 84... // MotorTrend Magazine