Tag: camaro
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Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R race car teased
Chevrolet has given us our first look at its new GT4-spec race car based on the sixth-generation Camaro. The turnkey racer is called the Camaro GT4.R and is most closely related to the Camaro ZL1 road car. It’s being developed by long-time Chevy motorsport partner Pratt & Miller and will replace the fifth-generation Camaro Z/28.R…
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How the 2017 Camaro compares to the 1967 original
People love to look back on the past with rose-colored glasses. We do this with everything from politics, to finance, to the world climate, and especially to automobiles. The thing is, cars today are better than ever and they’re only improving. That doesn’t mean the classics are bad. In fact, we love old school metal…
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Ferrari officially says arrivederci to the manual gearbox
The manual gearbox is a rare and dying breed. It’s officially on the endangered list, and some automakers have already written it off as if it were cozying up to Dodo birds in hell. Ferrari has joined the scrum of car makers who no longer offers a row-your-own gearbox. At the Paris auto show last…
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2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 debuts with 640 hp, 10-speed auto: Live photos and video
If you thought the 1LE was going to be the biggest, baddest Camaro on sale this year, then you’d be wrong. The folks at Chevrolet have just dropped a new Camaro ZL1 at this week’s 2016 New York Auto Show, and the car is packing a staggering 640 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque. Just…
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Aussie Version Of Chevy SS May Get C6 Corvette ZR1’s 638-Horsepower V-8
The Chevrolet SS muscle sedan’s Australian cousin, the Holden Commodore, already has a high-performance variant built by HSV that’s fitted with the 580-horsepower 6.2-liter LSA V-8 engine common to the fifth-gen Camaro ZL1 as well as previous Cadillac CTS-V models. The car is called the GTS, and it’s currently the most powerful…
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Ford Says Shelby GT350R Lap Times Match 911 GT3, Beat Camaro Z/28
According to Ford Motor Company, the forthcoming Shelby GT350R Mustang is as quick around a racetrack as the Porsche 911 GT3. Well, one track anyway. In independent testing conducted at Grattan Raceway in Belding, Michigan, the Ford Shelby GT350R Mustang posted a lap time equal to that of the Porsche 911 GT3 and one second…