Pete Estes and the start of Camaro.

What is the definition of 'Camaro' according to GM and Chevrolet? What was Ford's definition of the same?

According to Chevrolet, the word Camaro came from an "obscure 1935 French-to-English dictionary," and that it's meaning is "comrade, pal, or chum." donno about ford tho...

According to Chevrolet, the word Camaro came from an "obscure 1935 French-to-English dictionary," and that it's meaning is "comrade, pal, or chum."
donno about ford tho...

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Though the car's name was contrived with no meaning, General Motors researchers found the word in a French dictionary as a slang term for "friend" or "companion." Ford Motor Company researchers discovered other definitions, including "a shrimp-like creature" and an arcane term for "loose bowels!"


Historical examples exist of Chevrolet product managers being asked by the automotive press "what is a Camaro?", with the tongue-in-cheek answer being "a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs," a sideways reference to the competing Ford Mustang.

"loose bowels!"

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Still better than a car called Excell that has never excelled in anything except for sucking. I for one think they shuld have stuck with "Panther" as the car was called fro 1965-early 1966 but whatever. The y even made the darned emblems before the name change occured. A Panther CAN eat a pony for lunch so it's perfect.

A rose by any other name....

Though the car's name was contrived with no meaning, General Motors researchers found the word in a French dictionary as a slang term for "friend" or "companion." Ford Motor Company researchers discovered other definitions, including "a shrimp-like creature" and an arcane term for "loose bowels!"
Historical examples exist of Chevrolet product managers being asked by the automotive press "what is a Camaro?", with the tongue-in-cheek answer being "a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs," a sideways reference to the competing Ford Mustang.

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Correct.

Correct.

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Good google... :P