Did Camaro sales go up after Transformers?

Did Camaro sales go up after Transformers?

The global series gets our cutting-edge designs in front of more potential customers than we could through traditional methods.” But Transformers did more than increase sales of the Camaro in the short term.

Did the Transformers movie help the Camaro?

Its starring role in Transformers helped cement the fifth-generation Camaro as one of the coolest cars to come on the market in the following years. With Revenge of the Fallen coming out only a few months after the latest Camaro went on sale, the movie depicted a modified production version of the Camaro.

How much did Camaro make for Transformers?

Over the course of four Transformers movies since 2007, each film has gotten a different version of Bumblebee and all four of those cars crossed the Barrett-Jackson auction block as a set. They were purchased by NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick for a cool $500,000.

How much did GM pay to be in Transformers?

(Ahem, that's what strategic advertising looks like!) Even the name of the film -- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen -- sounds like a bold prophecy for the bankrupt auto maker. With a $200 million price tag, could this film be the most expensive, most effective, most auspicious car advertisement in American history?

What Camaro was bumblebee?

Bumblebee depicted as a 1976 Camaro and three different iterations of a fifth-generation Camaro and below as a modified 2011 Camaro SS.

Is Bumblebee a Camaro or Mustang?

In the original toy line and animated series, Bumblebee is a small yellow Volkswagen Beetle. In the live action movies, he has appeared as vehicles inspired by several generations of the Chevrolet American muscle cars – with the live-action film versions being a yellow Camaro with black racing stripes.

What year Camaro was in the first Transformers?

2007 The four Camaros benefit the charity Operation Homefront The first Camaro played Bumblebee in the original Transformers movie in 2007. This was two years before the fifth-generation model would go on sale, so the automaker built this Camaro as a one-off running concept just for the film.

Why was Bumblebee a Camaro?

When the first Transformers live-action movie hit theaters in 2007, Bumblebee changed into a Chevrolet Camaro instead. Apparently, the change was made because the Beetle reminded Michael Bay too much of the old movie, Herbie the Love Bug.

What kind of Camaro was used in Transformers 2?

• The second “Transformers” movie bowed only a few months after the new Camaro went on sale with the hero car on screen represented by a slightly modified version of the production car in dealerships. The one in the film featured Bumblebee’s signature black rally stripes on the hood and trunk, a mailslot hood and custom front bumper.

How many Camaros did GM sell in 2010?

• GM saw a 10% gain in sales for yellow Camaros. The color typically accounts for less than 5% of any model’s sales. It also sold 60,000 Camaros in 2009, and would sell 80,0, many of which were attributed to the “Transformers” films.

Why was the second Bumblebee Camaro so popular?

• People went crazy for it and the car was a big sales success partially thanks to the Michael Bay movie in which it starred. The second Bumblebee Camaro is largely similar to the first one.

What kind of cars are in Transformers 4?

• The other cars shown off for Transformers 4 were some of the most garish, tasteless custom cars I've seen in years, particularly the new C7 Corvette which looks like it escaped from the set of 2 Fast 2 Furious. I couldn't believe that the same people who came up with those cars imagined such a clean, gorgeous Camaro.