Sunday, June 23, 2013
2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
"The 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible will probably be 1 of probably the most potent and most capable, convertibles obtainable at any cost," mentioned Al Oppenheiser, Camaro chief engineer. "This is really a automobile which is assured to place a smile on your encounter every time you drop the leading - or hit the gasoline." Nevertheless, thinking about the lesser rigidity and extra excess weight of convertibles, the ZL1 convertible almost certainly won’t have the ability to flip within the claimed Nürburgring lap Chevy statements for that coupe. The Camaro SS ragtop weighs practically 270 lbs more compared to the SS coupe, and we anticipate a comparable discrepancy among the ZL1 duo courtesy of this version’s extra structural bracing. Even so, we predict the convertible to run from 0 to 60 mph in only above 4 seconds and turn in a quarter-mile time of much less than 13. Not, uh, too shabby.
Just like the coupe, the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible capabilities a supercharged six.2L "LSA" engine, SAE-rated at 580 horsepower (432 kW) and 556 lb.-ft. of torque (754 Nm). That's sufficient to exceed the output of 2+2 convertibles of a lot of performance icons.
