Chevy picked the name and design cues from its 1954 Nomad dream car for a Nomad concept two-door wagon that was displayed at the 1999 Chicago Auto Show. The retro-styled Nomad was considered a "contemporary high-performance vehicle" that would have been a future Camaro-type model. With sports car like handling that came from an independent rear suspension, the Nomad prototype for ’99 had power to the rear wheels supplied by a 5.7 liter V-8 linked to a shift-by-wire four-speed automatic transmission.