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The New Camaro ZL1 Shreds its Predecessor on the Nürburgring

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The New Camaro ZL1 Shreds its Predecessor on the Nürburgring

2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 (Credit: © Chevrolet)

The Nürburgring chews up cars and spits them out on the regular, and there are plenty videos of `Ring wipeouts to prove it. This super-technical track has become such a staple in the automotive realm that it is the go-to track for testing new performance cars. The latest to undergo this collection of tight twists and fast straightaways was the new-generation Camaro ZL1.

With all the improvements Chevy has made to the Camaro and the ZL1, we expected some decent gains around this famed track. But we never expected this…

The 2017 Camaro ZL1 swallowed all 154 twists and 12.93 miles of graffitied concrete in just 7 minutes and 29.6 seconds. That’s an insane 11.67 seconds quicker than the last-gen ZL1, which was a monster of its era.

So, how did the new Camaro ZL1 end up so much faster than the last-gen model on the Nürburgring? Well, it starts out with a new 6.2-liter supercharged LT4 V-8 with a gnarly 650 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque under its hood – 70 horsepower and 94 pound-feet more than the last-gen ZL1. Add in the new 10-speed transmission with Track Mode, the FE4 Magnetic Ride Suspension, 20-inch rollers slathered in Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 3 tires, Brembo Brakes with 15.4-inch two-piece rotors up front and all the aero goodies needed to keep the downforce high, and you can see why the 2017 model is so much faster.

Oh, and despite all the aforementioned upgrades, the new-gen ZL1 is also 200 pounds lighter than the previous model.

Check out the in-car video of the 2017 Camaro ZL1 chewing up the Nürburgring’s pavement below.

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