Chevrolet unveiled the most powerful Camaro and the fastest Corvette it's ever built Thursday.The 580-horsepower Camaro ZL1 aims "right between the eyes" at Ford's 550-horsepower Mustang Shelby GT 500, chief engineer Al Oppenheiser said. The 2012 Corvette used "barely street-legal" new Michelin performance tires to cut a stunning 7.0 seconds off the car's lap time at Germany's legendary Nurburgring racetrack, Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter said. Neither car will sell in large numbers, but they should generate lots of profit from buyers who want the newest, fastest and best.
The hyper-fast sports cars polish Chevrolet's performance credentials at the same time the brand is boosting its reputation for fuel economy with cars like the upcoming subcompact Sonic, the Volt extended-range electric, and the 40-m.p.g. Cruze compact, which has been America's best-selling small car for the last several months.
The supercharged Camaro ZL1 goes on sale in the first quarter of 2012.
The ZL1's power and features like a six-speed tap-shift automatic transmission, head-up display, magnetic ride control, standard oil, transmission and differential coolers and track-tuned stability control led Chevrolet to draw comparisons to exotic cars like the $196,800 Audi R8 GT V10.
The Corvette's Michelin Pilot Sport Cup run-flat tires have a unique tread pattern, with the outer third of the tire surface very nearly slick, like the fastest racing tires. The tires cut a Corvette ZR1's Nurburgring lap time to 7 minutes and 19 seconds.
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