2017 ZL1 Camaro Has 198 MPH Top Speed

Feed your inner Ricky Bobby’s desire to “go fast” with the 2017 ZL1 Camaro. Chevrolet recently completed testing on its fastest Camaro ever at Germany’s Automotive Testing Papenburg GmBH high-speed oval and the numbers are astounding. Reaching a top speed of 202.3 mph traveling with the wind and 193.3 mph against, the ZL1 officially averaged a top speed of 198 mph. The test was ran on the production Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 3 tires and was not modified in any manner beyond the safety equipment and the instruments to measure the Camaro’s run on the 7.6 mile loop.

Via Chevrolet: Additional performance capabilities of the ZL1 Coupe tested with the available 10-speed automatic transmission include:

-0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds
-Quarter mile in 11.4 seconds at 127 mph
-1.02g max cornering
-60-0 mph braking in 107 feet (35 meters).

The 650-horsepower, supercharged LT4 engine powering the ZL1 is matched with a standard six-speed manual transmission with Active Rev Match or an available, all-new 10-speed automatic transmission. Additional features include:

-Magnetic Ride Control
-Electronic limited-slip differential (coupe only)
-20-inch forged aluminum wheels
-Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 3 summer-only tires measuring 285/30ZR20 in front and 305/30ZR20 in the rear*
-Brembo brakes with six-piston Monobloc front calipers and two-piece rotors

The 2017 Camaro ZL1 starts at $63,435 for a coupe with the manual transmission (price includes $995 destination and $1,300 gas guzzler tax) and $65,830 for a coupe with the 10-speed automatic (price includes $995 destination and $2,100 gas guzzler tax).

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