Chevrolet final week revealed a 2023 Chevrolet Camaro SS convertible constructed to rejoice this 12 months’s 107th operating of the Indianapolis 500.

The automotive is the most recent within the lengthy line of Indy 500 Competition Occasion Automobiles, and 50 examples have been constructed. All 50 had been introduced collectively on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the place the race, which is presently the spotlight of the IndyCar season, takes place.

Based mostly on the Camaro SS, the automotive is powered by a 6.2-liter V-8 rated at 455 hp. It options the brand new Sharkskin Metallic colour that was added to the Camaro’s choices record for 2023, and distinctive to it are Indy 500 graphics designed by Chevy particularly for the automotive.

The reveal of the Competition Occasion Automobile is a practice that dates again to the Sixties and is used as a part of the celebration forward of the Indy 500. The vehicles are pushed on public roads by varied officers within the lead as much as the race and ultimately offered as soon as the race is over.

A Chevy spokesman confirmed to Automotive Information (subscription required) that the most recent Competition Occasion Automobiles might be offered after the race, which is scheduled for Might 28. The vehicles include a singular choice code.

Chevy has confirmed the Camaro will bow out after the 2024 mannequin 12 months and that manufacturing will finish subsequent January. It means that is doubtless the final Camaro Competition Occasion automotive and presumably the final special-edition Camaro, not less than in its present format.

Chevy has hinted that the Camaro story isn’t over, although rumors relationship again to 2021 level to Chevy turning the Camaro into an electrical efficiency sedan. Different hypothesis says it’ll arrive as an electrical SUV, and that the Corvette may additionally get an electrical SUV variant as a part of an expanded lineup.

This text was initially printed by Motor Authority, an editorial accomplice of ClassicCars.com