Quote:
Originally Posted by jessrayo
If you think the ZL1 Camaro is only good for going straight ahead you have no idea what this car is capable of. Let me just give you a couple of facts. At the Virginia International Raceway the track record for the ZL1 Camaro is exactly one second behind the best run the new stingray could pull off. And incidentally that is still one second better than Gen 6 ZO6 carbon edition with Z07 package could pull off. The ZL1 has posted a better lap time on the Nurbergring than any base Corvette to date including the new stingray. No official time has ever been posted for that car but I can tell you that that track has some very long uphill straights that favor the high horsepower in the ZL1. Oh, and in case no one has noticed GM is making a new Camaro called the Z/28. I don't think even you would say the Z/28 is not a racecar, and it happened to beat the stock ZL1 around the ring by less than 4 seconds. - I almost forgot it is only available with a manual transmission. Hmmm.
|
Don't get me wrong. I think the ZL1 is a good, possibly great car. It certainly is for the $$$$.
But the original mission of the Pony cars was cheap sporty luxury. And the ZL1 does that in spades. But let's not make it something it's not; namely a race car, although it's more capable that most. That's not to say that they don't get raced! But people race skateboards too.
