Technology Star Trek: Voyager · 2374

Tom Paris's Camaro

Holodeck recreation of a 1969 Chevrolet

A holodeck recreation of a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro that Tom Paris spends his off-duty hours tinkering with in Vis à Vis, a sign of his restlessness before an alien steals his body.

The Camaro is the centrepiece of a holodeck programme that Tom Paris writes in the fourth-season Voyager episode Vis à Vis, set in 2374. It places the twentieth-century Earth motor car in a garage, where he can work on its internal combustion engine with period tools.
Paris has been neglecting his duties in sickbay and avoiding B'Elanna Torres in favour of the programme, and bristles when she and Chakotay call him on it. His boredom makes him easy prey for Steth, the pilot of a ship with a coaxial warp drive, who is really a thief that swaps bodies with his victims.
Steth takes over Paris's life while Paris is left in Steth's body, far from Voyager. Once matters are put right, Paris invites Torres to the holodeck and shows her the car, a first step towards sharing his enthusiasms with her.