Vehicle Description
The name "ZL1" carries a lot of weight around the GM history books,
so this 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 needed to stand up and earn its
badge the right way. Fortunately, GM delivered in a big way,
starting with a 580 horsepower LSA V8 borrowed from the late, great
ZR1 Corvette, plus the suspension and brakes to put it to good use.
Oh, and we should mention that this one is like new with only 2,027
original miles on the clock.
This was Chevy's take-no-prisoners Camaro and it's impressive on
every single level. Born to be hammered at the track, this one
seems to have bucked its roots and instead lived an easy life in
the American South under the tutelage of careful owners, who seemed
to prefer driving it to work on sunny days and taking it to car
shows. As a result, it looks virtually new, with hardly a mark on
the gleaming Rally Yellow bodywork. The ZL1 looks like no other
Camaro, with a functional air-extractor hood, a deep chin spoiler,
side skirts, and a few other aero tweaks designed to make its 180+
MPH top speed a little less harrowing. Exceptionally clean, we can
find no noticeable flaws to pick on what is obviously a very
well-kept performance car. Trust us, the pictures almost don't do
this Camaro justice, this ZL1 is absolutely dialed-in.
The interior was likewise redesigned and upgraded for more power
and speed, starting with deeply bolstered black bucket seats with
suede inserts that grab you like Velcro. ZL1 embroidery and
stitching makes this one stand out, just in case nobody noticed the
bodywork, the badges, or the exhaust note, and there's a seriously
beefy steering wheel with proper thumb notches at 10 and 2. Red
stitching lends it a racy look, too, and you'll note there are
throwback design cues everywhere, including auxiliary gauges down
on the center console. Of course, it's still plenty comfortable to
drive and everything was standard on Chevy's top-of-the-line
F-body, including A/C, cruise control, power windows, locks, seats,
and mirrors, and a pretty impressive stereo system with touch
screen and navigation. No, you won't feel like this is some
bare-bones race car. There's a reasonable back seat for friends and
even the trunk offers proper storage with plenty of room for
luggage.
At its heart is a 6.2 liter supercharged LSA V8, which is descended
from the infamous LS1. Virtually bulletproof and designed to lap
the track for hours on end, it's seriously (and delightfully)
over-built. These are easy to modify, but this one remains
completely stock sans the Roto-Fab intake and stainless exhaust,
and even at that, it's terrifyingly fast. Nail the loud pedal at
any speed and the ZL1 lunges forward like it's hungry, with a soft
supercharger whine coming from up front and a baritone bellow from
the oversized pipes out back. You get a slightly faster
quarter-mile time with the 6-speed automatic transmission and the
car will pull to 140 MPH with gears to spare (top speed is in the
184 MPH region), which should give you some idea of just how fast
this insane Camaro really is. The suspension was designed with the
track in mind, so you get a fully independent setup fore and aft
with a lowered ride height, stiffer springs and shocks, and a set
of gigantic roll bars fore and aft. Massive disc brakes are part of
the package, which provide fade-free performance lap after lap, and
the blacked-out forged alloy wheels wear giant 285/35/20 front and
305/30/20 rear Goodyear Eagle F1 rubber, which is pretty close to a
racing slick for the street.
Complete with the window sticker, manuals, and a host of other
original paperwork, this is a like-new ZL1 for a significant
discount compared to the $70-some thousand dollars they're asking
for a new one. Call today!
