Mid-Engine Camaro Rendering Channels C8 Roots

Camaro isn’t likely to follow the Corvette to a mid-engine design, but this custom creation looks great.

The unique Chevrolet Camaro shown in the video below is the creation of Rostislav Prokop, a graphic artist who makes some absolutely stunning vehicles. In the past, he created a widebody 1970 Pontiac Trans Am that has been shared scores of times on social media. What makes Prokop’s work unique is that he doesn’t just create custom images, he creates full walk-around videos of these vehicles, giving us a look at the rendering from every angle. These walk-around videos have led many people to believe that his widebody Trans Am is a real car, but sadly, it is not.

This time around, Prokop turned his attention to the Chevrolet Camaro. Using cues from the C8 Corvette, he designed a next generation Camaro that is anything but a muscle car, featuring the face of the current model and applying it to a mid-ship supercar body. The result is a mid-engine Camaro that actually looks pretty sharp from front to rear.

Mid-Engine Chevrolet Camaro

The video below begins with a look at the orange mid-engine Camaro created by Rostislav Prokop from the front. The front fascia has clearly been “massaged” a bit to fit the unique lines, but it looks a great deal like the current face of the Chevy muscle car. Like most mid-engine vehicles, this car has a very short hood, with aggressive vents that could help with high speed downforce and stability.

As the video moves around the car, we get a better look at the side, which appears to be borrowed from the C8 Corvette. In comparing this Camaro to the newest Stingray, the styling lines along the sides appear to be a bit more angular and the area leading to the rear wheel openings is more pronounced. The rear quarter panels of this Camaro appear to be flared more than the Corvette as well.

When we get to the rear end of this video rendering, we see a shape that is very much like the current Camaro. The overall shape of the rear panel, including the taillights, has a similar feel to the current production muscle cars, while the mid-engine design required the unique opening along the bottom. Also, this Camaro appears to have more real estate behind the rear glass, so it could be slightly larger than the C8 Stingray.

Unlikely for Production

While this custom Camaro looks pretty cool, we don’t imagine that there is any real chance of Chevrolet switching a second vehicle to the mid-engine design. One of the reasons that the Corvette went to the mid-engine architecture was to help it stand out in the performance world. The switch for the Corvette also led to some important differentiation between the two performance models. Now that they have a front-engine performance car and a mid-engine performance car, Chevrolet can appeal to two different performance car buyers, and we don’t foresee that changing anytime soon.

Join the LS1Tech forums now!

Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

Rall can be contacted at QuickMirada@Yahoo.com