Automobile Magazine 500 Miles in the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible and Coupe

And would have made more had they allowed us to hang onto a Camaro ZL1 for the whole race weekend. It would be nice for Chevrolet if we could report the brand won the Daytona 500, but of course it didnt. But Chevrolets idea to give us a 2017 Camaro ZL1 to drive to Daytona Beach, Florida, made sense once the company added up the numbers: 650 for 500 to the 500. So the Daytona 500 ended with a Ford in front, followed by a Ford, and a Chevrolet (A.J. And speaking of next time: Saturday afternoon, Chevrolet surprised all of us on the trip when it unveiled the 2018 Camaro ZL1 with the 1LE package.


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A New Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Is Still Coming, Heres What We Know

But tantalizingly, as we speak, GM engine dynos already are revving the latest and what should be the greatest small-block V-8 ever conceived. It remains a distinct possibility that the Z/28 could use a 750-ish-hp version of the supercharged pushrod small-block V-8 slated for the 2018 C7 Corvette ZR1. For months weve speculated that the car which bowed at Daytona would revive the Z/28 nameplate after a couple years hiatus. These engines eventually will power the Camaros and Corvettes of your dreams as well as the hottest Cadillacs in GMs arsenal. Breaking cleanly from Ed Coles 1950s brilliance, the coming LT6 and LT7 designs finally will dispense with pushrods and two-valve combustion chambers.

First Drive: 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

A fitting descendant of Camaro ZL1s of yoreThe important numbers to know about the 2017 Camaro ZL1 are 6.2, 650, 650, 3.5, 11.4 at 127, and 200. Years from now, the new 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will be remembered as a car exactly right for its time. Enter the dragon: Introducing the 2018 Camaro ZL1 1LEIn 2018, you can add a 1LE package to turn the standard ZL1 into the next-best Camaro ever. (Chevrolet)As if the standard Camaro ZL1 werent serious enough, Chevy throws the performance kitchen sink at yet another Camaro variant, the ZL1 1LE. A tire-smoking, neck-snapping, kidney-squishing festival of high-performance geekery, Chevys new Camaro ZL1 is also the diametrically opposite bookend to the electric Bolts and Volts furthering Chevys alt-fuel push.


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