Camaro ZL1
2017–2024·United States
Specifications
- Engine
- 6.2L Supercharged V8
- Engine Name
- LT4
- 0–100 km/h
- 3.6s
- Top Speed
- 318 km/h
- Power
- 650 hp
- Drivetrain
- RWD Front-Engine
- Transmission
- 6-speed manual; 10-speed automatic
- Units Made
- 1
- Year
- 2017–2024
The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
(Alpha) is a sixth-generation Camaro powered by the LT4 6.2-litre supercharged V8 producing 650 hp and 650 lb-ft of torque.
The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 (Alpha) is the most powerful production Camaro of the sixth-generation era. Built on GM’s Alpha architecture, it turned the old pony-car idea into something far closer to a modern circuit weapon: supercharged V8 power, rear-wheel drive, Magnetic Ride Control, serious cooling, Brembo braking, and the option of either a six-speed manual or a 10-speed automatic. Chevrolet’s own Camaro legacy page describes the Gen 6 ZL1 as the most powerful Camaro ever, and its LT4 engine specification lists 650 hp at 6,400 rpm and 650 lb-ft at 3,600 rpm. The final sixth-generation Camaro produced was also a ZL1 coupe, giving the Alpha ZL1 a symbolic closing role in Camaro history.
The ZL1 name had history before the Alpha car arrived. It began in 1969 with an aluminium-block big-block Camaro built in tiny numbers and became a byword for the most serious Camaro powertrains. In the sixth generation, Chevrolet used the badge not merely for power, but for an unusually complete performance package. The Alpha ZL1 is not just a muscle car with more boost. The sixth-generation Camaro moved from the older Zeta architecture to GM’s lighter Alpha architecture, and Chevrolet said more than 70 percent of the Gen 6 Camaro’s components were unique to the car. That gave the ZL1 a more disciplined foundation than the old stereotype of American straight-line power. For Engine Sphere, the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 (Alpha) is the American answer to a very modern question: what happens when the muscle-car bloodline is forced to learn Nürburgring grammar?
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