[Tr6]

Great interview! Thank you for the link!

Originally Posted by Mr. Wyndham

Nice interview!

I liked the grin when asked if he was artificially restrained to hp below 650 to protect the Corvette.

Same, haha! Tadge does have to come up with some new beast or renewal, fast and soon! As far as I can tell, AO grabbed the torch that Tadge and his team has lite up in 2014 with C7 and taken it way further haha.

[Noob]

what a car guy ! Our german manager are always well dressed, eloquent trash talking and boring....no enthusiasm or fire in those guys anymore....old Porsche would fire most of them. RIP Mr. Shelby.

[jsd]

Originally Posted by Noob

what a car guy ! Our german manager are always well dressed, eloquent trash talking and boring....no enthusiasm or fire in those guys anymore....old Porsche would fire most of them. RIP Mr. Shelby.

How true. Our german manager are so boring.
Al O is one great cur guy

[GoneBoy]

My reaction will be the same whether it's 640-650, which is perfectly fine, content, and way more than needed. But if they bring out a 665+hp terror, yeah that'll be what gets my panties in a bunch .

[hotlap]

Originally Posted by Bhobbs

Z/28 is one of, if not the most, iconic Camaro badges every put on the car. Z/28 and SS should have an all access pass to every generation. ZL1 and 1LE are getting there.

They all have their place in this new performance era and the competition from Ford and Dodge seems to have freed the Camaro team from the old Corvette restraints. Ford developed a specific engine for the GT350 and the Z/28's 67-69 DNA (302 in^3) along with Al O and Reuss' comments suggest something special is coming. This is a crazy good time and I'm loving the unpredictability form Chevy

BTW, the ZL1 and 1LE were never badge only cars so that makes them the purest models in the Camaro line.

[KLR ZL1]

Nice video. I guarantee you that they know the horsepower of that motor before it went into the car. It's not like GM doesn't own an engine dyno. They just want to keep everyone on their heels until it is official. I'm more concerned on pricing.

[Tr6]

Originally Posted by KLR ZL1

Nice video. I guarantee you that they know the horsepower of that motor before it went into the car. It's not like GM doesn't own an engine dyno. They just want to keep everyone on their heels until it is official. I'm more concerned on pricing.

Agreed! They know exactly what the numbers are but they don't have their SAE cert yet so they will have to wait to announce it officially. I am very curious if they slapped on the TRI-Y headers though. Which will add about 5-6 more HP over the C7 exhaust manifold + headers setup. As for pricing... I wouldn't really hope for anything below 65k lol.

[Jeffro19]

Yeah I'm thinking it will come in around 62k to 65k. It would be awesome if they announce it to have around 675hp. I'm thinking it will get a slight bump to around 660hp.

[Eric SS]

Originally Posted by Jeffro19

Yeah I'm thinking it will come in around 62k to 65k.

I'm right there with you. I'm REALLY hoping it starts at $62k and $65k will get you the 10 speed and PDR. That's about my cutoff point. If it comes in with those options at close to $70k it's a 1SS 1LE for me which will save me $20k at leat

[IneedAZ]

Now is the time for Chevy to make a statement with the ZL1 HP numbers! It is the 50th anniversary, what better time! People that love Vettes will still buy a Vette even if its less HP.

[96MrBass]

Just a guess but I wonder if they aren't releasing much more info just so they don't get trumped by a new GT5 or something. Smart move if so seeing how the last 500 was announced shortly after Ihe gen5 Z

[MrChrisLS3]

Originally Posted by KLR ZL1

Nice video. I guarantee you that they know the horsepower of that motor before it went into the car. It's not like GM doesn't own an engine dyno. They just want to keep everyone on their heels until it is official. I'm more concerned on pricing.

They can't really give an "official" number until it is certified. But this is going to be pretty close. I recall when the LT1 was first released, they estimated at 450 and it certified at 455 in Corvette trim. It's the GM policy of under promise and over deliver. It is the same LT4 in the Vette, however the unknown is how the accessory arrangement and packaging in the ZL1 will effect the final numbers.

As far as pricing goes, I think they will keep the same formula there as well. Generally speaking the philosophy is, "if you could afford the last generation...you can afford this one." Given what we've seen thus far, tack on another 5K from the base 2015, and that's where it will be. The great thing, however is the value equation. If 100K is out of range for a Z06, you can get pretty close with this car for about $30K less.

[DenverTaco07]

Originally Posted by 96MrBass

Just a guess but I wonder if they aren't releasing much more info just so they don't get trumped by a new GT5 or something. Smart move if so seeing how the last 500 was announced shortly after Ihe gen5 Z

i think ford has hit some snags with their gt500 developement, otherwise we would have at least seen one spyshot. i bet they are 2 years out from any customer having one in their possession, which means more sales for GM.

or maybe they won't have a gt500 and putting all effort into GT

[KaBoom1701]

I'm guessing 665hp!