2012 Camaro ZL1

[Stefano]

We rev the stock Camaro 376ci to 7000 rpms and our street friendly 427s to 7,500 [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/[/img]

LS engines, just rock!

[70 copo]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 69 Post Sedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
If the LSA motor is 376 cubic inches why should that be a Z28? They only had 302 in the first gen cars. What GM should do is build a high revving all aluminum 5.3. IMO

Kurt </div></div>

General Motors Corporation started all of the Z28 talk back in 2007 along with the specification for the blown LSA based upon the Caddy V. By mid 2008 when gas went to 4.50 per gallon and the company began its long trip to chapter GMCORP then announced no Z28 for the upcoming roll out.

Then fast forward to fall of 2009 where Ed Welburn the VP of the new post chapter General Motors Company - kicked off the latest round of Z28 talk by himself talking to the press about it.

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2009/...reen-light.html

The Z28 thing has legs nearly as long as the next Led Zeppelin reunion rumor, however the now defunct GMCORP and the current GM Company own this situation as they started it killed it, then restarted it and changed the name when the cost skyrocketed out of site.

My opinion is that CAFE may also play a part here. GM was banking on a roll out 80% V6 to 20% V8 sales ratio. What they got was nearly the reverse and that impacts the CAFE average. A reasonable priced Z-28 would have had lots of guys with SS cars trading them in. The Mini diesel planned for the trucks would have helped greatly but that project also was killed as the company went into chapter.

[barker]

I was fortunate to ride in the #1 Fred Gibb ZL1 down the Las Vegas Strip with the electronic diverters WIDE OPEN!!!! THAT did turn some heads!! We also did get into the 850 HP Supercharged 427 on Sahara Drive and had it sideways. That was WITH the traction control still on. IT WAS A HELLUVA RIDE!!

[69 Post Sedan]

The Z28 isn't dead yet....so they say.

Kurt

http://jalopnik.com/#!5757938/the-camaro-z28-is-still-coming

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Although the just-unveiled Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will be the top-end performance package of the Camaro, Chevy's reborn muscle car, it won't be the last high-powered special edition. The Z28 is still coming, and GM wants to know what you think it should be.
The Camaro's Z/28 option code, introduced in December 1966 for the 1967 model year, was designed to allow any Chevy dealer the ability to offer a virtually race-ready Camaro. The original 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 was a muscle car that emphasized handling as much as power. Which is why, GM folks tell us, this week's introduction of the high-horsepower LSA-powered Chevrolet Camaro was called the ZL1.
still wants to bring to market a lighter, better-handling, higher-than-SS version of the Camaro to market called the Z28. One source, with the product team, tells us that for the moment, although Chevy's focused on selling the ZL1, they're still working on developing the Z28 and unveiling it in the next 18 months.
One very high-level GM official reminded me, over Facebook instant messages no less:
i know u no likey ZL1 for a name, but remember what Z28 stood for....homologated 302 high rev SCCA trans am series track car. so step back and think what could happen here…
The Sports Car Club of America's Trans American sedan series was the racing showcase for pony cars in the late '60s. And to enter the Camaro as a competitor, at least 1,000 streetable examples had to be produced. So Chevy's choice was to make a forged steel version of the 283-cid V8's crankshaft into its 327 V8 to get 302 cid, and then make the 302 a Camaro Regular Production Option Code.
So low-key was the effort that the car wasn't advertised, or even mentioned in sales literature. Knowledgeable buyers had to order a base 6-cylinder Camaro, and then find the check box for what turned out to be the most famous RPO in history: Z28.
Given that history, and given the current lineup Chevy's got — and the current lineup the Mustang's got — they're still just not entirely sure what the Z28 could be — and from what we hear, they're interested in knowing what you think. So, in the comments below, tell us what you think the Z28 should be?</div></div>

[69 L88]

What a great Supercar, Did they put a price on it yet ?

[1970Bluel78]

Just saw the video over at Motor Trend about the ZL1. Why does the car sound like a John Deere tractor ? Bad mic placement? Audio issues? Hope the car sounds a LOT better then that

[1969l78]

2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Exhaust Video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuANc0p3AjU

Second video stats price of around $47,000 and 0-60 in under 4 seconds!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U62_E...14D401298C2A09

[scoolbus70]

I have heard that they still plan on making the Z/28 to complele with the new Boss 302 it will be released after the ZL1.