It’s been almost two years since Chevrolet ended production of the Camaro. There’s no successor on the horizon yet, but the Camaro isn’t completely dead — it’ll live on in NASCAR next year.
Chevrolet has updated its race car for the upcoming season, most recently adopting the Carbon Performance Package styling for owners of the sixth-generation Camaro ZL1 Coupe. The NASCAR Camaro features a larger hood power dome, a revised grille, and more pronounced rocker panels.
The new kit available to existing Camaro owners includes a ZL11 LEL grille, a new splitter with carbon fiber end caps, carbon fiber hood inserts, carbon fiber rocker extensions, and a larger carbon fiber wing. Chevy also offers the package with optional Tech Bronze wheels, and the kit is active.
According to Chevy, the new kit brings the ZL1 closer to achieving the same aerodynamic downforce as the 1LE, within 5 percent. The upgraded aero boosted downforce by 361 percent at 155 mph.
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The latest NASCAR Camaro ZL1 race car will make its racing debut in February at the Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium in North Carolina.
There’s still no word on the seventh-generation Camaro. Earlier this year, General Motors President Mark Reeves detailed the conditions required for the car to be recalled. He said the next Camaro would have to combine fun, beauty and functionality.
There’s certainly room for an affordable sports car in Chevy’s lineup. This Corvette starts at $70,000 — but that might not be asking enough. Sports car sales are down overall, with only a few models bucking the trend. They’re not used like they used to be, so a new Camaro is unlikely, but maybe we’ll get a performance sedan instead.
In February, a report alleged that the car project had been “scuttled” by higher-ups due to its weak business case. It looks like, for now, the Camaro will just be a race car for the company.
