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We'll send you one email per day with the latest GM updates. While this is the first we’ve heard of a supposed production extension for the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro, it appears to make sense. John’s 2018 Summit White ZL1 ran a 10.04-second 1/4-mile at 137 mph and a 1.47 sixty-foot time. We knew that the new Camaro would be lighter than the old one, in part because it would ride on a version of the Alpha platform that serves Cadillac so well in the ATS and the CTS. LSX Magazine: Do you have any future plans for the car? Dodge has shown us that the Charger/Challenger can still remain competitive despite them riding on old platforms. The GM/6-Speed record has been an increasingly popular with the rise in stick-shift classes. @ Rob The last we heard, General Motors was planning to pull the plug on the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro in 2023 following the end of production of the 2024 model year vehicle. It’s platform is easily better than S550, and light years better than the Charger/Challenger platforms. What works for Mustang and Challenger is not the case for Camaro. It could be HSV just make a few hundred units extra per “year” and sell as 2025 MY and 2026 MY too. Unfortunately, this is how we pay the bills and our authors. We took the 427 out of the 66 chevelle put it into the 69 chevelle put 538 tail gears in the rear up the cam to a 648 320 duration solid lifter and a Tunnel Ram with two 780 Holley carbs….side step the clutch at 7 thousand r.p.m Talley recently ran the black beauty down the 1320 in 8.992 seconds, making it the first sixth-gen ZL1 to break into the eight-second range in the quarter mile. GMSV will apparently get a better deal on the vehicles from GM in Detroit than HSV did, which may enable it to offer the Camaro for a lower price. The only complaint I have is the poor visibility and even still the Camaro is one of my favorite cars. World give the Buick/GMC arm a car to sell. I sold my 17 accord sport to get my camaro. I guess the Camaro is new with the LT1? They’re drooling over import sport cars with zero visibility meanwhile poopooing Camaro. And actually advertised. About a year ago, we did an article on his record-setting ZL1 Camaro. CHEVROLET CAMARO FOREVER !!!!!!! I think they should move the window control switches to the center or move them farther towards the front of car on the door arm rest.. Make backseat usable which probably won’t happen until the car is redone or a Electric on comes out. JC Beattie Jr: You can’t break anything in stock form! Our quarter-mile time in the LT was also slightly slower than Chevy's official time of 13.5 seconds at 103 mph. If you want a two seater, get a corvette. Take John Antonaides ZL1, for example. And unlike its first-gen counterpart, the sixth-gen is fantastic in the corners where it can pull 1.02g’s. LSX Magazine: If you’re using the ZL1 as a testbed, why modify it? The previous owner had put a 427 L88 on backed with a Tubo 400 trans and 456 tail gears…so much fun to blow people off the road street racing from about a 15 mph roll. The Chevelle days was numbered as a muscle car before the Energy Crisis when Camaro and M/C arrived, the only saving grace was you couldn’t get a 454 in a factory Camaro then and the M/Cs no convertible also sticker price. When Chevrolet designed and built the sixth-gen Camaro ZL1, they got it right. The Camaro team gave the sixth-generation Camaro all flavors of performance enhancers for a reason. GM media relations sure doesn’t seem to like to talk about that one. Do I think a LT2 would be nice in a SS? The only complaint people have is the top of dash is hard plastic. I have a camaro and a challenger.. The 2016 Camaro SS is powered by a 455-hp 6.2-Liter V-8. Anyway his B&R Performance is the first to take the brand new 6th generation Chevy Camaro SS down the 1/4 mile. Would never even think about looking back. A 600+ hp EV Camaro with a real back seat and trunk and a convertible option would be strong competitor to any other EVs and ICE Mustangs and Challengers. Within a Month a Launch 2016 Camaro's are already running 9 second in the quarter! In 2012, Chevrolet brought the prestigious ZL-1 badging back but with a slight change. committed to the Australian Supercars series’ new Gen3 ruleset, the General Motors Special Vehicles lineup, briefly offered in Australia via Holden Special Vehicles. It a killer platform. Make $60k-$80k per year doing what you love. A gearhead for life, Brian is obsessed with all things fast. See, C8 Corvette With Lingenfelter Extreme-S Exhaust Hits The Dyno: Video, 2021 Chevrolet Spark Still The Lowest Priced Car In The United States, Nitrous-Huffing Sixth-Gen Chevy Camaro ZL1 Throws Down At The Track: Video, Cadillac XT5 Sales Place Sixth In Segment During Q3 2020, Chevrolet Bolt EV Discount Totals $8,500 Cash Until November 2, 2020. It’s too bad the Camaro has fallen from grace yet again in its life. Dodge and Ford, SEs more horsepower, new dash and inventory I’ve said before no good inventory here, car I would by in AL. Which i don’t care because i’m not touching it. With order #9560, Fred was able to coax Chevrolet into shoehorning an all-aluminum 427 in the Pony car. When you combine this engine with the technology of the sixth-gen ZL1 body, we get an impressive machine. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. They might as well ditch the back seat and make it a hatchback. However, since we have only driven a stock one for a short amount of time, we asked JC Beattie Jr., President of ATI Performance Products and Head of Damper Development, what he thinks about his ZL1 Camaro. We like to put in a lot of time and R&D before releasing something new, but it’s on its way. X Magnuson Employee Because 66 was a great year for American cars. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. The 2017 Camaro ZL1 continues that world-class evolution, now with a whole heap of nastiness thrown in. who cares about a platform when I get 707 HP, badass 22″ wheels and crazy LEDs all around. Ford and Dodge have succeeded quite well in the retro look, judging by sales, whereas Chevy has missed the mark. Subscribe to GM Authority for more GMSV news, Chevy Camaro news, Chevrolet news and around-the-clock GM news coverage. All this low visibility beaching is just a non-sense make up excuse from non-Camaro guys. This is an especially hot topic given how much more expensive a new Camaro is over an older used one. I don’t care about the visibility issues, you can get used to that. If high roof that much momentous for you, you’re a plain SUV customer not a Camaro. Yeh,..and like the last GTO ..the SS’s were just butt ugly like a foreign car…thats why they were failures. Impala was #2 but no v8. Specs datasheet with technical data and performance data plus an analysis of the direct market competition of Chevrolet Camaro LT automatic in 2015, the model with 2-door fastback coupe body and V-6 3564 cm3 / 217.4 cui engine size, 241 kW / 328 PS / 323 hp (SAE cert) of power, 377 Nm / 278 lb-ft of torque, 6-speed automatic with TAPshift manual shift mode powertrain for … The Accord is Similar in size and style to the Camaro, If Honda can give a car that size four usable seats, I don’t see why GM can’t. Not to mention the latest base 5.7 with 395 HP with 20″ wheels. Chevrolet Camaro 6th-gen. phase-II LT Coupe (2019-2021) Cars belonging to Chevrolet Camaro 6th-gen. phase-II LT Coupe submodel, manufactured or offered in the years 2019-2021 with fastback coupe body type, equipped with engines of 1998 - 3640 cc (122.4 - 222.1 cui) displacement, delivering 205 - 249.7 kW (279 - 340 PS, 275 - 335 hp) of horsepower: The supercharged 6.2-liter direct-injection engine cranks out an impressive 650 horsepower at 6,400 rpm and 650 lb-ft of torque at 3,600 rpm. They have COPO-e but Chevy needs to up the HP too beat the Shelby-e each running in the 9 sec 1/4 mile… After the exhaust, we worked on the suspension using BMR components and springs to lower it a little and give it more stability at the drag strip. He was able to leverage the COPO system, which was typically used for special paint packages for fleet trucks. I am not a non-Camaro guy, but here’s the deal…..The 1967 & 68 Camaro is one of the best looking Pony cars ever produced and Ford and Dodge and yes, even GM, have never surpassed it. LSX Magazine: How is the car with the new mods? And it’s loud when you have it at wide-open throttle. If evolution is a must…1000-1200 HP Camaro would peak interest of many. Everyone I know who has a Regal loves it. I can’t remember the last ad campaign for a Camaro. Also GM needs to let people defeat the computers in them easier. An updated interior would also be a nice bonus. Chevrolet Performance offers a lineup of parts designed and developed to help improve the launch and traction attributes of your Camaro SS on the drag strip. This combination is good for 836.6 horsepower and 852.9 lb-ft of torque at the wheels. just imagine, good looks, High Performance, and some basic utility. Banging gears, turning wrenches, and praying while spraying are just a few of his favorite things. Why? Just love this 2021 Camaro I bought back in October never driven one before can’t wait to buy the 2022 model will have 2 Camaro just love the sound coming from that engine beautiful car so many compliments Brandon Hill just set the naturally-aspirated (N/A) stock bottom end (SBE) sixth-gen Camaro record with a blistering 1/4-mile time of 9.44 at 142 MPH. This is a car that people won’t know what they’ll miss until it’s gone. Visibility out the windows was good, the back seat was useful and the trunk was decent. Maybe dealers can work together better, seems they always sell. Could this be the Alpha 2 platform’s run time-line as CT4/5 is on this platform. They said the closest competitor was its shadow, or something like that. While you would never expect a ZL1 to be a sleeper, one would think that the car could be pretty quick, and it is. The sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro is an American pony car. Kentshotrodgarage (M/T, Racestars) 9.40@147 Best MPH 149 1/4 5.99@119 Best MPH 120 Best 60' 1.35. What motor in the Challenger? In cool weather with stock tires, you better be ready! With no stall converter coming off the line at a dead idle,the car ran 12.89 1/4 mile. Keep making improvements HP SEs etc.. color. © 2020 Power Automedia. If this car had come from Europe, i assure you it will be like a gold for the same people. Yes, I can drive it, but why must the belt line be so high? It’s HP is not lacking in SS form compared to GT or Scat Pack as it a noticeably lighter car than its competition. Your email address will not be published. The interior design is fine. The ZL-1 was changed to ZL1 as this production horsepower monster hit the showrooms. That’s why the Charger has been #1 in its class for over a year. As for the Challenger that’s actually in the Camaro space, up the powerplant to a 6.4 to match 492 HP in a lighter car with crazy LEDs a Supercharged 6.4 too…. Done right they certainly could compete. The SS and G8 was nice but it didn’t sell as expected due less HP ratings. One of the first was Taner Bosnali in a LT1-powerd F-body, dipping into the 9-second E/Ts in 2001. The Camaro now utilizes the GM Alpha platform shared with the Cadillac ATS and CTS and features MacPherson struts in front, rather than the former multi-link … ... and rocketed down the quarter mile in 11.6 seconds at 125.7 mph. GM has already committed to the Australian Supercars series’ new Gen3 ruleset and will race a sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the championship from the 2022 season onward. Back to my point for a Chevelle SS to return (and it will have to be sedan only) the fwd Malibu IMO will need to phase out and replaced with a mass market rwd sedan on VSS-R. Ray Bulach took the record with an 8.63 ¼-mile pass in his blue fourth-gen Camaro with a turbocharged LS, in 2014. We did it in 13.8 seconds at 102.9 mph. We would love for you to enjoy our content, we've worked hard on providing it. If true, this likely means lower and lower sales numbers. I agree the ZL1 and Base Camaro front grill is butt ugly. And to just stick the SS on a no name car was about the dumbest thing GM could have done. Within a couple days people had already thrown nitrous at the 2016 Camaro SS and were running 10 second passes in the 1/4 mile with little modification. They have COPO-e but Chevy needs to up the HP too beat the Shelby-e each running in the 9 sec 1/4 mile. This car is unbelievable the ride is awesome and the sound coming from the engine feel like a racing car on the track when I bought this 2021 Camaro V6 in November and thinking about buying another one great car . IMHO the 6th gen is a beast. Then earlier t… The front midcycle refresh screwed up the front fascia-fix that and invest some money into advertisement and they’ll have much improved sales. The interior provides a nice mix of trim and finishes as well. I am used to driving an SUV that’s on the sports side of things. They need it to be able to do other things too. They Stupid! When I first saw the GTO it looked like a Sunfire on steroids. However a new report from Whichcar.com.au indicates GM will extend the production end date to the 2026 model year. Advertise the Camaro more and POSITIVELY Go Out And Grab Those Sales, this Beautiful Car Deserves. The tune and build are perfect. JC Beattie Jr: We purchased the Camaro for the 10-speed automatic first and foremost. All rights reserved. Well if the blazer is popular, it just goes to prove that improving the interior, and making the backseat usable will improve sales. never going back to luxury cars again. Imagine it RWD/AWD and offered in a stick at the right price point…. We know, advertisements are annoying and slow down the internet. We needed more power and some sticky tires to get it to hook and see what the 10-speed will hold. ... 1.4: QUARTER MILE … The SS grill looks good though. Overall Chevy will do a performance sedan only when it’s cheap enough. The car in stock form should require signing a waiver before they let you take it home, or at least give you an access code to be allowed to turn off the traction control. The 2017 Camaro models came with four different engines which can be used with either manual or automatic car transmissions. The 6th gen. Chevrolet Camaro was an amazing transformation at the outset. My all time favorite car is the 1969 Chevelle with Hi Po 396 rectangular heads Muncie 4 speed. With that said, this car rides a bit rougher in comparison. maybe gm is trying to get some of that old car dodge challenger magic rub off on the camaro. Your quarter mile times may vary. How about an LT5 in a ZL1? We wanted to be able to flog the car and get some miles on it. 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