When news of the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 first hit the streets, the world rejoiced at its 640 horsepower rating, a huge improvement over the puny, sad and weak 580 HP in the old ZL1. But... what if there was more? What if the new ZL1 had just a bit more power to give? Friend, I’m here to tell you that it does.
The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1's new 6.2-liter supercharged V8 doesn’t just sound good on paper. The latest footage of the ZL1 testing on the Nürburgring sounds unbelievably good even through the cheesiest phone speakers. (Plus, they kept it off a wall this time.) Find a good sound system and crank this engine note up to…
Well, Chevrolet decided to grace this evening with the 2017 Camaro ZL1. Its 6.2 liter V8 now comes with more supercharger and its (optional!) automatic transmission comes with two more speeds. More speeds, more better.
When Hennessey does up the Camaro ZL1, they ditch the blower for a pair of turbos and other enhancements to give an already nasty car 876 horsepower. This means smoky and super fast quarter mile times.
How does the Hennessey HPE1000 Twin Turbo Camaro ZL1 sound when it's pulling 876 rear wheel horsepower on the dyno? Meaty.
Thanks to the power of YouTube Multiplier, you can watch what a Nürburgring battle between the new Camaro Z28, the Camaro ZL1, and the Corvette ZR1 would look like. Basically, it'd be amazing.
This morning you got to see the upcoming Chverolet Camaro Z/28 lap the Nürburgring faster than a Lamborghini. If you thought that shit was cool, wait until you see the MotorWeek crew take on the 2012 Camaro ZL1!
Our friends at RIDES magazine have a detailed look at the Gold 'KING ZL1' Camaro we dubbed (in a republish) the World's Worst Camaro ZL1 in their next issue. It turns out there's more to the story than we ever imagined and they were nice enough to share the information with the fans, haters, and bemused among us. — Ed.
The Shelby Mustang GT500's 662 hp may have outstripped the Camaro ZL1's 580, but Hennessey's built a redeemer. That's the ZL1-based 700 hp Camaro HPE700, which, aside from being as horse-rife as a Lamborghini Aventador, can hit 185 mph in the standing mile. Pretty snappy.
We share a common language, a deep pop-cultural connection and the stormy heritage of two petulant brothers, but Yanks and Brits don't always see eye-to-eye on cars. No doubt we've got a lot invested in mega horsepower machines that can devour ribbons of interstate. But can we build sports cars a European could love?
The first 1969 ZL1 Camaro ever built crossed the auction block at last weekend's massive Mecum Spring Classic auction event in Indiana. When the bidding ended the successful buyer had agreed to pay $400,000 for this important piece of muscle car history.
Although we suspected Chevrolet would join in the factory spec drag racing fun after they showed and track tested the COPO Camaro concept late last year, this past week they made it official. The company plans to build 69 COPO Camaros in 2012—the same amount of legendary COPO ZL1s that left the factory in 1969.
General Motors has halted production of the top-of-the-line Chevy Camaro ZL1 over what the automaker is calling a "quality assessment" issue. What the hell does that mean?
When we were invited to drive the Camaro ZL1 at the Virginia International Raceway this week we considered going just to see an autojournalist put one off the track. We wouldn't have had to wait long. UPDATE! It was a journo!
We've seen the Camaro ZL1 looking pretty and rounding the Nürburgring in 7:41.27 and we've even peeked under its skirt. Now, ahead of the LA Auto Show, GM's released the vital numbers on its top-end Camaro to prove they're no one's bitch, least of all Ford's. It doesn't seem to be working.
The boys over at Camaro5 have managed to snag a copy of the official 2012 Camaro ZL1 Dealer Reference Guide. The 18-page reference book for dealers to order the bowtie badge-bedecked brand's new insanely fast muscle car gives up all the details we haven't already liberated from the clutches of Chevrolet engineers…
We first heard tell of those impressive numbers by way of the Twitter machine. Now, we've got the video of the Camaro ZL1's Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time (because it apparently did happen).
General Motors North American President Mark Reuss just claimed that the Chevy Camaro ZL1 has lapped the Nürburgring's Nordschleife in 7:41:27. That time places the upcoming top-of-the-line Camaro ZL1 a few tenths quicker than the Lamborghini Murciélago LP670-4 SV. Not bad, GM.
Chevrolet took us to GM's Milford proving grounds for a look-don't-touch session with the company's new high-horsepower track animal — the Camaro ZL1. We didn't get to drive the prototypes on hand, but we did poke them with a stick and query engineers on their beastly spawn. Here's what we found out.
The 2012 Porsche 911 hasn't been fully revealed, but the new trailer for Need For Speed: The Run's limited edition pack gives us the best view yet of the sexy new Carerra's headlights.
