British fans of Detroit muscle will be happy to know that the Euro-spec Camaro Coupe and Convertible models have arrived in Chevrolet showrooms.
While the Camaro has been fully homologated for Europe, the bad news for UK buyers is that the Chevrolet will not offer right-hand drive models.
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Whichever way you crunch the numbers, the new 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 owns the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 when it comes to sheer power.
According to their respective manufacturers, at the flywheel, the $54,995 Camaro ZL1's 6.2-liter supercharged V8 produces 580hp at 6,000 rpm and 556 lb.-ft. (754 Nm) at 4,200 rpm, while the $54,200 Shelby GT500's 5.8-liter supercharged V8 delivers 662hp at 6,250 rpm and 631 lb.-ft. (856Nm) at 4,000 rpm.
In a recent dyno test from Inside Line, the Camaro ZL1 delivered 497hp and 497 lb-ft (673Nm) on the rear wheels, while the Shelby GT500, 595hp and 602 lb-ft (815Nm) respectively.
So, how do these numbers translate on the road? Well, after drawing their swords on the dyno, Inside Line took the two cars to the track, and the results are both expected and to some extent, surprising.
Naturally, the more powerful Ford was faster than the Chevy recording a 0-60mph (96km/h) time of 4.0 seconds and completing the quarter mile (400m) in 11.9 seconds with an exit speed of 123.5mph (198.7 km/h).
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America's two newest and at the same time, most powerful series-production muscle cars are the 2013 Ford Mustang-based Shelby GT500 and the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
On paper, the $54,995 Camaro ZL1's 6.2-liter supercharged V8 produces 580hp at 6,000 rpm and 556 lb.-ft. of torque (754 Nm) at 4,200 rpm, while the $54,200 Shelby GT500's 5.8-liter supercharged V8 delivers 662hp at 6,250 rpm and 631 lb.-ft. (856Nm) of torque at 4,000 rpm.
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Germany's O.CT-Tuning tells us that the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro SS with its naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8 that produces 426-horsepower and 420 lb-ft (569Nm) of peak torque is not fast enough and that owners should take a look at its new performance package called the "Yellow Steam Hammer". Read more »
Let us just start off by saying that if you live in the States, you should feel fortunate that you can acquire a fairly rewarding and fun to drive sports car for $25,000 (approx. €19,300) or even less if you don't care much about all the bells and whistles of modern automobiles. If you are wondering why, head over to this post.
Now, with the recent arrival of the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ twins as well as a pricing announcement for the 2013 Ford Focus ST, which goes on sale later this year, buyers searching to buy a sports car for around $25k will have plenty of options to choose from.
The automotive menu at this price point includes front-wheel drive sport hatchbacks such as the MazdaSpeed 3 and VW Golf GTI, rear-wheel drive coupes like the Hyundai Genesis 2.0 Turbo and Chevy Camaro V6 and the Mazda MX-5 Miata roadster.
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General Motors engineers recently took the new 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to the drag strip to see how fast it could run the quarter mile (~400m).
A showroom-stock Camaro ZL1 with the six-speed automatic and the factory-issued Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar G:2 tires completed the run in 11.93 seconds with an exit speed of 116 mph (187 km/h), while the six-speed manual model ran an 11.96-second ET at 117 mph (188 km/h).
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On April 20, Lizzy Musi made the news when the 21-year old drag racer and daughter of veteran racer Pat Musi lost control of her 1968 Chevrolet Camaro during the third qualifying session of Summit Racing Top Sportsman at the 2012 ADRL Spring Drags III at Bristol Dragway.
The Camaro turned sideways and went airborne before it violently crashed onto the left wall. To make a bad situation even worse, Musi's car headed towards the camera operator positioned behind the concrete wall before coming to a stop in the grass on the side of the track.
In this new video that contains footage from multiple angles, we see the crash in detail and how the camera operator literally jumped over the wall at the last moment (see 2:35" into the clip), a move that most certainly saved his life.
Amazingly, no one got hurt from the forceful accident. You can watch the video footage for yourself right past the break.
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What General Motors did to the current day Chevrolet Camaro with the presentation of the ZL1 model powered by a 6.2-liter supercharged LSA V8, is very similar to what Southern California resident Bob Hall did to his Camaro, the difference being that Hall's model is from 1968.
It all began in 2009 when Hall bought a 1968 Chevy Camaro SS Convertible with the intent of performing a full restoration, but as the project evolved, he ended up creating a supercharged monster fitted with a lightly tuned 6.2-liter LSA V8 from a 2009 Cadillac CTS-V.
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Without a doubt, if this car could talk, it would most certainly say, "Kill me, kill me now". What you are looking at in these pictures was found for sale on a Turkish online marketplace called Sahibinden by Carscoop reader 'Ilgin'.
The seller describes the vehicle as a "one-of-a-kind" hand built creation powered by a GM-sourced V8 engine delivering "between 426 and 450 horses", apparently not including the horses featured on the bonnet and the hood...
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True, there are some ways to make your car's engine sound more sonorous, but there's really so much you can do for example to a Chevy Aveo or a Toyota Prius.
Furthermore, with a starting price of 99 cents, 2XCL Games' new XLR8 (get it; accelerate) sounds like a sweet bargain compared to the cost(s) of an actual mechanical component.
The XLR8 is an app available for Apple's iPhone and iPad as well as Android phones and tablets that promises to make your vehicle sound like an exotic Italian supercar, a muscle car or even a racing model.
After you download the application and place the phone in your vehicle, you simply connect the device to the audio system and you're ready to go – just don’t forget to roll up your windows…
"Once secured inside your vehicle, XLR8 uses the accelerometers of your device to realistically respond to acceleration, braking and cornering forces," explains the software provider. "It supports both cabled and wireless Bluetooth audio connections to your car stereo."
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Three brand new 2012 Camaro ZL1 coupes parked together in the same place isn't a usual sight, even more so if they let their 580-horsepower supercharged V8 engines play a muscular tune.
The pony car…concerto took place at the Rodgers Chevrolet dealership in Woodhaven, Michigan. You can hear them in action in the video that follows right past the jump.
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It’s no secret that Opel and sister company Vauxhall are currently weathering a severe crisis with rumors of plant closures both in Germany and the UK as the economic turmoil across Europe is taking its toll on most automakers.
That said, any plans Opel might have had for a two-door coupe will most likely be put on ice for the time being if not canned altogether.
But it never hurts to imagine what a sporty coupe with an Opel (or Vauxhall) badge would look like. Enter the world of an old acquaintance of ours, designer David Cardoso, who sent Carscoop these renderings of the Opel Enigma concept study.
The GT coupe model was designed to use the rear-wheel drive platform of the Chevrolet Camaro, but we'll let Dave do the rest of the talking on the Enigma:
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If there's one thing GM knows to do well, that's to cover as many niches as possible with the same model.
If you take a look at the Camaro's current range, you'll see an evident price and performance gap between the hardcore, 580-horsepower Camaro ZL1 and the tamer 426-horsepower SS.
GM now wants to close that gap the new 2013 Camaro 1LE, which will also offer the company a more direct rival (price-wise) to the Ford Mustang Boss 302.
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Everyone and their mothers know everything is bigger in Texas, but some things were faster too at this weekend's edition of The Texas Mile.
A heavily modified fourth-gen Chevrolet Camaro owned by Kelly Bise and built by Late Model Racecraft with driver Josh Ledford behind the wheel, set a new world record for the fastest standing mile Camaro at the Texas event.
Ledford managed to take the Camaro up to a top speed of 253.1 mph or 407.2 km/h. You can watch his amazing run in the video that follows after the jump.
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After the retro-flavored styling kit for the Porsche 997, Swedish car designer Bo Zolland has now turned his attention towards a new build based on a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro coupe.
"We made extensive body mods, but kept the Camaro looks. The roof section is original," Zolland told Carscoop in an email.
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While it's true that the Ford Mustang is the vehicle that reheated the pony car segment, forcing both GM and Chrysler to resuscitate two of their historic nameplates, it's the Chevrolet Camaro that has taken the sales lead grabbing 42 percent of the rear-wheel drive performance coupe market in 2011 with 88,249 deliveries.
The Ford Mustang comes in second with 70,438 units and the Dodge Challenger third with 39,534 deliveries. This year, the Camaro has about 40 percent of the market with Ford trying to catch up with approximately 35 percent.
This makes planning its successor all the more difficult as Al Oppenheiser, Camaro's chief engineer, admitted to Automotive News Product Editor, Rick Kanz.
The fifth generation of the Camaro was launched into the market in 2010 and a replacement is due in the fall of 2015. According to Oppenheiser, the team involved in the development and the design of the sixth generation Camaro, has many issued to solve, one of which is weight reduction.
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Since you all seemed to like our previous video of the 834whp Switzer E900 GTR, here's a fresh clip from the StreetCarDrags Event at palm Beach International Raceway where a tuned 2012 Chevy Camaro challenged one of Switzer's GT-R creations on the quarter mile strip.
Do we really need to tell you how it went down? Video follows past the break.
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Comparing the 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 with the latest Nissan GT-R is all fine and dandy and makes for a catchy headline but in the real world, few will disagree that there's only one rival and that's none other than the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca.
Motor Trend magazine took Detroit's new breed of wild pony cars and put them to the test around the Inde Motorsports Ranch in Willcox, Arizona to find out who's the real boss.
So which one is the better retro-nostalgic sports car; the Camaro ZL1 with its 580-horsepower 6.2-liter supercharged V8 or the Mustang Boss 302 with the Laguna Seca package and its naturally aspirated 444HP 5.0-liter V8?
Head past the break to find out which one wins this comparo in the video that follows.
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