The best thing about muscle cars is that they're cheap. Take the Chevy Camaro, for example. In its home market, it starts at less than US$ 26k. But if you want to buy one in China, it'll cost you more than twice that.


GM has just announced pricing for the 2017 Camaro in the People's Republic, where it starts at RMB 399,900. That works out to more than US$ 58,000, or more than double what it costs Stateside.

The base Camaro offered with in RS spec with the 2.0-liter turbo four mated to an eight-speed automatic, costs nearly as much in China as the top-of-the-line ZL1 does in America.


The V6 or V8 it's not on offer in China, where the costs associated with importing a new car from outside the country are prohibitive, and the tax rates on larger engines are even more so.