The Chevrolet Camaro has long been the go-to performance car for GM fans and with the 6th generation, the Camaro is quicker, faster and more powerful than ever.
The most significant functional change made to the 2019 Chevrolet Camaro SS is the arrival of the 10-speed automatic in place of the current 8-speed, but this is not the same transmission from the LT4-powered ZL1 – with the refreshed LT1 cars sharing a transmission with the Silverado pickup.
There have been a lot of articles detailing what fans detest about the 2019 Chevrolet Camaro, but there is a lot to like about the latest version of the performance car. Hear what the real enthusiasts have to say.
Since introducing the refreshed face of the 2019 Chevrolet Camaro, we have received an array of messages asking about the range-topping ZL1, which will retain the front end design of the 2018 models while sharing the new rear end with the rest of the lineup.
After lengthy speculation, the refreshed 2019 Chevrolet Camaro was introduced today with a new exterior design, a new transmission for the SS models and a new 1LE package that comes with the turbocharged 4-cylinder engine.
The modern Dodge Challenger was introduced for the 2008 model year, so with the arrival of the 2018 models, the modern Mopar muscle car is officially more than a decade old yet sales numbers continue to climb from year to year and today, we look at how FCA has kept this 11-year old car selling so well.
According to a dealership representative who attended the General Motors dealer’s conference earlier this week, the Chevrolet Camaro will receive a facelift for the 2019 model year and he knows this because the company showed off two examples of the new-look muscle car at their annual meeting.
The Dodge Challenger posted its best sales month of the modern era in March, but the Mopar muscle car finished second in the monthly sales race to the Ford Mustang – while the Chevrolet Camaro finished a distant third and fell far behind the other two competitors.
General Motors has trademarked the ZL1 name in Australia and if the LT4-powered Chevrolet Camaro is offered in that market, it will comfortably dominate the performance car scene while making short work of the Ford Mustangs sold Down Under.
It has long been expected that the refreshed 2019 Chevrolet Camaro would make its formal debut this week at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, but with no press conference scheduled for the Chevrolet brand – it seems unlikely that we will see the first redesign of the 6th generation muscle car this week.
It is expected that General Motors will introduce a refreshed 2019 Chevrolet Camaro later this year and when that new muscle car arrives, it needs to have more power to go with the new look if GM really wants to take a shot at the Ford Mustang in the sales race.
The 2018 Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida saw a final round battle between the Don Schumacher Racing Dodge Charger funny cars of Jack Beckman and Matt Hagan, with “Fast Jack” grabbing his first win of the season.
The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 has a slightly lower starting price, but the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat still leads the American premium performance market in bang-for-the-buck – costing less per horsepower than any of the other big-power models from Detroit.
The folks from Hennessey Performance have finally taken their 1000-horsepower Exorcist Camaro ZL1 to the drag strip with stunning results – laying down a quarter mile time of 9.57 at 147 miles per hour.
The TorqueNews/Camaros Unlimited Camaro of the Month for March 2018 is the original “Grumpy’s Toy IV”, currently owned by Vicki Bolla and Dale Carvender.
The sales numbers for February 2018 are in and the Dodge Challenger has comfortably outsold the Ford Mustang and the Chevrolet Camaro by a comfortable margin as muscle car sales begin to grow as spring nears.
To show off their 800-horsepower supercharged upgrade package for the Cadillac Escalade, the folks at Hennessey Performance lined the blown SUV up with a new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE, with the all-wheel-drive family hauler beating the road course-ruling muscle car.
This past weekend was an unusual one for the folks with John Force Racing, with the patriarch of the team being involved in a scary crash in his Chevrolet funny car while daughter Courtney drove her Camaro to her first event win of the season – beating the Dodge Charger of Tommy Johnson Jr.
The folks at Hennessey Performance have taken their new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with their “Exorcist” package to the Continental Tire Proving Grounds to see how fast the 1000-horsepower muscle car would go – with an impressive top speed of 217 miles per hour.
It now looks as though a 7-speed manual transmission will not be offered in the 2019 Chevrolet Camaro, but it does appear as though the 10-speed automatic transmission may be used in more models than just the ZL1.
The Chevrolet Camaro got a fantastic start to its time in NASCAR’s big leagues with Austin Dillon winning the Daytona 500 in his #3 Camaro, while the #43 ZL1 of Darrell Wallace Jr took the runner-up position and three other new Chevy race cars finished in the top ten.
The modern-day Yenko Camaro from Specialty Vehicle Engineering now has a Stage II package that lifts the output of the 455-horsepower LT1 up to 1,000 horsepower – but we don’t know the price and only 25 units will be made.
The #88 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 driven by Alex Bowman turned in the quickest qualifying time this past weekend during single-car qualifying for the 2018 Daytona 500, with the new Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race car the start that Chevy fans were expecting.
Matt Hagan and his Don Schumacher Racing Dodge Charger R/T funny car opened the 2018 NHRA season with a win this past weekend in Pomona while two of his three teammates made it into the final four – along with 2017 champion and Camaro driver Robert Hight.
The Chevrolet Camaro and Corvette share the LT1 and LT4 engines, but they don’t share all of their transmissions and with so many readers asking why, today we take a look at the most basic reason why the two top GM performance cars don’t share the same gearbox options.
The 2018 Chevrolet Camaro SS is being offered in Australia by the Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) division and based on posts on social media, the first units have arrived Down Under - heading off to the right-drive conversion before being handed over to the buyers.
The folks at Motor Trend have released the results of their head-to-head testing of the 2018 Camaro SS 1LE and the 2018 Mustang GT, and surprisingly, the Chevy beat the Ford in every aspect of the competition.
