23. The Chevy Panther?
Chevrolet needed an answer to the Ford Mustang. News that they were building the next great muscle car was no secret and the name Chevy Panther wasn’t much of a secret either. It had been marketed mildly and, as far as the public knew, going to be the next line of Chevy muscle cars. That all changed on September 29, 1966. Chevy President E.M. Estes announced, via telephone conference call (a first in that day and age), that the company was going with ‘Camaro’ instead of ‘Panther’ as the moniker for its new line of cars in order to stay consistent with all vehicles starting with ‘C’ as their name.