2014 Chevy Camaro Z/28 priced At $75,000
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| 2014 Chevy Camaro Z/28 priced At $75,000 |
The all-new 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
has
been priced at $75,000, including a $995 destination charge and gas
guzzler tax, making it one of the most expensive cars ever offered by
the bowtie brand. The asking price is certainly quite the leap over the
more powerful Camaro ZL1’s $55k sticker, but the Camaro Z/28 comes fully equipped and features some of the best performance items money can buy.
The
car has just one option: a $1,150 comfort package that adds air
conditioning and a six-speaker sound system (the stock Camaro Z/28 has a
single speaker). Those niceties were removed on the standard car to
help save weight. Also gone is the tire-inflator kit (except for Rhode
Island and New Hampshire because of legal reasons), sound deadening and
high-intensity discharge lamps.
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The
key stats of the Camaro Z/28 are a 505-horsepower 7.0-liter LS7 V-8, a
Tremec six-speed manual transmission, a limited-slip differential with a
helical gear set, carbon ceramic brakes, Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires
wrapped around forged 19-inch alloys, Recaro seats and a 300-pound
weight advantage over the 4,120-pound ZL1.
The
Camaro Z/28 is also one of the first production cars fitted with
race-proven, spool-valve dampers, which allow four-way damping control,
enabling engineers to precisely tune both bump and rebound settings for
high-speed and low-speed wheel motions. Additional chassis changes
include stiffer spring and bushing rates for improved cornering
response.
Extensive
testing was done at Germany’s Nürburgring, where the car posted a lap
time of 7:37.47 in the rain. Despite the wet surface, it still beat the
times of cars like the Type 991 Porsche 911 Carrera S and Audi R8 V10.
Sales
commence this month, with the first deliveries due in the spring. The
very first example, the car bearing VIN #0001, will be auctioned off to
the highest bidder at a Barrett Jackson auction taking place in
Scottsdale, Arizona on January 18.
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