Camaro ZL1 being announced today...

[willisit]

Here's the Camaro5 thread:

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128...

6.2 LSA (550hp+)

I sincerely hope it comes here (Will it? Who knows!)

[EuroCamaro]

some video fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7eD0_dlXYM&fea...

Edited by EuroCamaro on Wednesday 9th February 16:14

[BLUETHUNDER]

Loving that:

[LuS1fer]

Good attempt to trump the Mustang GT500 by 10hp. I'm sure most buyers won't notice how much lighter the GT500 is and the Camaro is a better-looking car than the revised 2010 Mustang.

God bless America.
Shame about the black plastic bits on the outside.

[willisit]

Those black bits are supposed to be carbon when it hits the street....

[LuS1fer]

willisit said:

Those black bits are supposed to be carbon when it hits the street....

But with the GT500 being $44000 and the Z06 $57000 it will have to tread a fine line and with a lighter 430hp C6 running mid $40k's, it's going to be a tricky pricing point. I suppose they can pitch it high or low but the Cadillac CTS-V is under $60k so they need to make sure they don't get all confused as they have the CTS-V Coupe as well.

Given that does 0-60 in a claimed 3.9 seconds and weighs at least 400lbs more, this should be quite something.

That's quite a choice of powerful cars.

[willisit]

LuS1fer said:

But with the GT500 being $44000 and the Z06 $57000 it will have to tread a fine line and with a lighter 430hp C6 running mid $40k's, it's going to be a tricky pricing point. I suppose they can pitch it high or low but the Cadillac CTS-V is under $60k so they need to make sure they don't get all confused as they have the CTS-V Coupe as well.

Given that does 0-60 in a claimed 3.9 seconds and weighs at least 400lbs more, this should be quite something.

That's quite a choice of powerful cars.

Indeed. The general belief is somewhere around the $55k mark. But we'll not know for a few months yet.

[PascalBuyens]

willisit said:

Indeed. The general belief is somewhere around the $55k mark. But we'll not know for a few months yet.

SLP's ZL585 is in the same price bracket...

Can't help it, but I waited for this to be announced for quite some time. Now that it's been done I'm more tempted to go for the SLP (ultimately want to build a Transformers 2 Bumblebee replica)

[tortop45]

HI.I think the general is just playing a game with this camaro slp,z28,or what ever name its gona be called.I think what will be the pist ter resitance will be the LS7 as a special order,just hope the steering gets better.

[willisit]

tortop45 said:

HI.I think the general is just playing a game with this camaro slp,z28,or what ever name its gona be called.I think what will be the pist ter resitance will be the LS7 as a special order,just hope the steering gets better.

It's the ZL1 - it's kinda in the pictures, brief, press release.. if you are talking about the Z28 - that's still coming but GM want to know what us public want first - and many have stated, stripped-out and lightweight. You won't see the LS7 as I'm told it's being phased out. The 'hope' is a 5.5l V8; the hoped next generation lump from GM.

What's wrong with the steering? I've driven a couple and they handle just fine.

[Matt Harper]

willisit said:

Those black bits are supposed to be carbon when it hits the street....

No chance.

[tortop45]

ref;steering on new camaro.I have a 2010 manual 2ss whitch was new with 16 miles on clock when picked up.when driving car you can,t relax coz the car seems to wan,t to do its own thing like its over tyered ,your all ways constantly ajusting streering wheel.tyre pressure is spot on.have you done a long drive in one of these cars to get the feel not just round the block?

[AdeTuono]

tortop45 said:

the pist ter resitance

Sorry, but

[LuS1fer]

Matt Harper said:

No chance.

The run-out C5 Z06 had a carbon bonnet.

[willisit]

LuS1fer said:

The run-out C5 Z06 had a carbon bonnet.

Carbon is hardly the material used only by supercars now - it's everywhere. Those vents are spec'd as being Carbon. Whether they make production, well, who really cares? :P

[tortop45]

swerni said:

I did 750 miles in mine last weekend and was fine.
It does tram line a little, but nothing unusual.

Have you driven a car with 20" wheels and P zero's before?

I drive all types of cars its part of my job,so wheel size and type of tyres should not be a problem on a new car.If i was to put my finger on problem its the rack,its to quick eg ;gearing.So your one tram lines a little. not conected, even, keeps you on your toes .Im going to test drive another manual one for sale not far from me to see if its the same.

[LuS1fer]

The fact they didn't bother after the C5 probably says it all. It's also a fact that many aftermarket carbon-fibre bonnets weigh as much as fibreglass ones anyway.

[Matt Harper]

willisit said:

Carbon is hardly the material used only by supercars now - it's everywhere. Those vents are spec'd as being Carbon. Whether they make production, well, who really cares? :P

Perhaps we've got our wires crossed - vents? I thought you were referring to the lower grille and 'splitter', the auxillary lamp mouldings and the rear vallance, which are/will be vacuum-formed thermoplastic components.
Do you work for/with GM?

[eliot]

Pitty about the tiny brakes on these cars. Did they not look at the size of the brakes Holden put on essentially the same car?

[tortop45]

swerni said:

It does, as did the Mustang.

I always put it down to wheel tyre combo

I think i might of just found a way to improve steering by chance,when moving steering wheel up and down move wheel to the up position then before locking it off force coloum up a little bit more its like its spring loaded then lock it of.makes a big differance.