MICHIGAN - To note Camaro ZL1 engine was equipped 6.2L LSA supercharged V8 capable of producing power up to 550 horsepower with 550 lb-ft of torque. This car can accelerate from rest to a speed of 100 kph in 3.9 seconds.
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 gets journalists' victimOnce lined up as America's Favorite Brand Performance, Chevrolet invited journalists to the Virginia International Speedway to directly sample the Camaro ZL1. The lucky journalists will experience exceptional performance at the American Muscle cars are nicknamed.
Reported by Topspeed on Thursday (3/1/2012) a journalist named Aaron Gold of About.com had a chance to try out the Camaro ZL1 when the rain falls. As a result Gold had an incident.
Gold admitted that he had been on the right track, but when he was still holding the position where the transmission in second gear third gear should have entered. Somehow it happened, the incident ended break rear tire that makes the car lost control and eventually the muscle cars off the track.
Not quite there, the car slammed straight into the front surface of the turf, making it especially the end of the bumper and the hood was damaged pretty badly.
Luckily for Gold is not a serious injury and damage to ensure GM ZL1 only on the exterior. Interestingly from this incident is terujinya OnStar system automatically sends an SOS call to make sure before officers arrived and made sure Gold is fine.
