MOTOR Magazine Australia

CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1

Rating 4.0

ENGINE 6162cc V8, OHV, 16v, supercharged

POWER 477kW @ 6400rpm

TORQUE 881Nm @ 3600rpm

0-100KM/H 4.2sec (estimated)

WEIGHT 1795kg  PRICE $159,990

LIKE: Don’t-mess-with-me styling; outstanding ride/handling balance; epic grip and grunt

DISLIKE: Bold pricing; interior feels a bit $80K; could sound ‘meaner’; trying to be too nice?

IT WAS SUCH a comedown. At the end of 2017, we were feeling high off a racy, home-brewed GM tonic comprising the VF II Holden Commodore SS-V Redline, Gen-F2 HSV GTSR and, of course, the still-can’t-quite-believe-they-did-it but so-glad-they-did HSV GTSR W1. We were so spoiled in such a short amount of time. And then... nothing.

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