GM Tells Carscoop No LED Tail Lamps for North American Camaro

After we posted the poll on whether you prefer the updated European market 2012 Chevrolet Camaro with its LED taillights to the original model, we sent an email over to General Motors asking if the company had any plans to apply some or all of the upgrades to the North American version.

A Chevrolet spokesperson replied in an email that the automaker has no such plans and that a number of these changes were made to the European Camaro in order to meet local regulations.

"There are some minor changes between North American Camaro and cars for export markets," a Chevrolet spokesman told Carscoop. "Often, there are even variations between markets, to meet regional requirements. And, no, these changes will not be integrated into the U.S. Camaro."

Our Chevrolet contact went one step further listing all the changes made to the Euro Camaro:

- Europe only sells the V8 models and all include leather interior
- Euro beam front HID Headlamps with levelers and washers
- LED rear lamps to accommodate the specific Euro regulations for amber rear turns and rear fog lamps
- Larger folding outside rearview mirrors with integral side repeater lamps
- Front and rear tow hooks provisions in fascias
- Specific emissions and transmission calibrations
- Specific suspension tuning on the convertible models for Euro roads
- Specific radio with Traffic Assist feature and European frequencies
- Specific metric Speedometer
- Larger front license plate bracket

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Which Taillights Do You Like More?

EUROPEAN MARKET 2012 CAMARO