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- 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1: Review
- 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1: Review
- 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1: Review
- 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1: Review
- 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1: Review
- 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1: Review
- 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1: Review
2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Coupe [w/video]
A Racing Circuit Best Reveals The Beast Within Back in the 1980s, the Chevrolet Camaro was a real badass. The sleek two-door coupe was the epitome of reasonably priced sports cars, easily going head-to-head with competitors like the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am GTA, Nissan 300ZX, Toyota Supra and Mazda RX-7. At the top of the Camaro pecking order was the IROC-Z, an $18,000 American muscle car with a naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V8 pumping 215 horsepower to the rear wheels. If its five-speed manual gearbox was shifted perfectly, the 3,430-pound coupe could blast to 60 mph in 6.6 seconds ... Read More
Vital Stats
- Engine:
- 6.2L Supercharged V8
- Power:
- 580 HP / 556 LB-FT
- Transmission:
- 6-Speed Auto
- MSRP:
- $56,295 base
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0Official: Automobile Magazine names its 2013 All-Stars 1369236780
Employing complex scientific formulas and methodologies probably best described as "Whatever we felt like choosing," Automobile has named its All-Stars for the 2013 model year. The 11 vehicles earned their trophies for being "the best and most significant" offerings to the mag's staff and contributors, and while we were surprised to see a couple of them ...
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Chicago: "Turbo" Chevrolet Camaro is a 700-HP fantasy car come to life [w/video] 1360283400
For a concept car built to promote an animated movie about a snail that wants to go racing, this thing ain't half bad. The outsized monster you see before you started life as a Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, and then went through a big-time Hollywood makeover before being positioned on the Chevrolet stand here in Chicago. This 2013 "Turbo" Camaro Coupe is getting ...
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Official: Hagerty predicts this year's future classics 1359673140
Hagerty Insurance, which specializes in covering cars already deemed classics, is out with its annual Hot List predicting this year's ten cars that will be future collectibles. Even though it stays under $100,000, it spans almost $74,000 in MSRPs starting with the $23,700 Ford Focus ST on the affordable end and peaking with the $97,395 SRT Viper. Other ...
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SEMA: Chevy cooks up custom Camaro, Corvette for "Smoke," Fieri 1351809720
NASCAR driver Tony Stewart is known as "Smoke" to many, and the custom Camaro ZL1 he helped create for SEMA reflects his sometimes mysterious personality. Chevy design manager Dave Ross worked with Stewart to come up with not only the flat red and silver tribal theme, but the custom gray-metallic paint and the red-haloed headlights, as well. The interior ...
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Official: Chevy Camaro Hot Wheels Edition is the real deal, for SEMA debut 1351539000
Do you remember your favorite Hot Wheels diecast of your youth? Can you imagine how cool it would be if that scale model were a full-size car? Well, apparently the folks at Chevrolet have teamed up with Hot Wheels to create a new Camaro Hot Wheels Edition for 2013, and it's the stuff of childhood dreams. This scale-inspired Camaro is set about to head ...
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Report: HSV testing supercharged V8... could Chevy SS performance model get Camaro ZL1 power? 1350055860
Chevrolet isn't hiding the fact that a new rear-wheel-drive performance sedan – called the SS and seen in full checkered-flag regalia above – is on its way to US shores, courtesy of GM's Australian division. Past its eventual existence, though, we've been kept in the dark. How much will the SS cost? Who, exactly, will it be marketed to? And, ...
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Report: GM files trademark application for 'Z28' 1347557400
This should raise the eyebrows of a few Camaro enthusiasts. GM Authority is reporting that General Motors has filed with the "United States Patent and Trademark Office for a trademark of the "Z28" moniker. Oh, do we have your attention? Many GM performance fans were surprised when Chevrolet did not use the Z28 nameplate for its range-topping, ...
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Video: Motor Trend addresses reader feedback from Best Driver's Car roundup 1347406200
We've already watched the 2012 Best Driver's Car competition from Motor Trend numerous times, and like us, apparently many M/T viewers had questions about the week-long, nine-car comparison. Not wanting to disappoint its audience, the crew got together to enjoy a few pints while reflecting on the experience and respond to viewer questions during an ...
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Video: Motor Trend returns with The World's Greatest Drag Race 1345826640
Our old pal Jonny Lieberman gets to have all the fun. The former Autoblog editor now gets to play with multiple supercars at a time for his post at Motor Trend. As part of MT's Best Driver's Car award process, Lieberman and the rest of the magazine's team quarter-mile all of the year's contenders in what they call "The World's Greatest Drag Race." Based ...
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Video: Motor Trend picks its top driver's car of 2012 [w/video] 1345737600
Here's a test of nine cars (see above), only two of which make less than 500 horsepower. Three of these nine cars recorded 0-60 times of less than three seconds, and all the rest but one (the Subaru BRZ), did it in 4.2 or less. Those are impressive stats, to be sure, but huge horsepower figures and stupid-quick acceleration, while certainly amazing in its ...
