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A supercharged 5th Gen ZL1 and a naturally aspirated 6th Gen SS both land around forty thousand dollars used — so which one is the smarter buy? This guide walks through the fuse-pull exhaust mod, the factory Performance Traction Management most reviewers miss, and the real reason the creator almost picked the “wrong” car anyway. Watch to see which Camaro actually fits your priorities.
Every January, a quiet corner of central Florida turns into the largest gathering of collector cars on Earth — thousands of vehicles, nearly two weeks of bidding, and a sales tally that regularly tops $400 million. Here’s how Mecum’s Kissimmee auction grew from a handful of tents into the event the entire muscle car hobby watches every year, and why it matters even if you never plan to bid.
Chevrolet built just 4,889 L78-equipped Camaro SS396s for 1969, a 375-horsepower solid-lifter big-block that made up less than 2 percent of that year’s production. Mike Angelo’s restored Tuxedo Black example argues that a proper restoration can hit just as hard as any barn find. Read on to find out what separates a genuine L78 from an ordinary SS396.
MotorTrend paired three muscle car legends with their modern descendants — a ’69 Camaro SS396 against a 2011 Camaro SS, a ’70 Challenger against a 2011 SRT8, and a ’69 Shelby against a modern GT500 convertible — to settle whether nostalgia holds up against real engineering progress. The results aren’t as simple as newer-is-better. Watch to see which era actually wins the argument.
A Dodge Demon, a Hellcat, and a new ZL1 line up against a ’69 Charger, a Nova, a Chevelle, a Shelby GT500, and a classic Mustang in this old-vs-new drag racing compilation, and the results split viewers right down the middle. One camp insists nothing beats old-school cool factor; the other concedes technology always wins in the end. A 1970 Chevelle SS 454 turns in a pass that neither side saw coming. Watch the full lineup face off.
Park a 1968 Camaro RS beside a 1969 SS and most people see two versions of the same car. They are not. One year separates a subtle, almost European-looking coupe from the aggressive, creased shape that became the definitive first-generation Camaro. Understanding what changed, and why RS and SS were never the same kind of option, explains why these two cars command such different money today.
Four years without a new Camaro on dealer lots should have been the end of the story. Instead, a 2006 concept car reveal quietly locked in a production decision that brought the nameplate back for 2010 with a track-only preview year first. Read on to see how the fifth-generation Camaro went from concept stage to a 580-horsepower ZL1 flagship.
In November 2016, a Ford F-450 reclaimed the Guinness World Record for Largest Flag Pulled by a Moving Vehicle, towing a 4,124-square-foot American flag around Homestead-Miami Speedway to beat a Chevrolet Silverado’s earlier record by nearly 1,000 square feet. The Super Duty’s 440-horsepower, 925-lb-ft Power Stroke diesel V-8 got credit for the pull, which stretched well past the minimum distance required to set the new mark. It’s proof that truck bragging rights aren’t only settled at the drag strip.
This compilation pits classic muscle – a ’68 Barracuda, a Chevy Nova, a Chevelle – against modern Hellcats, Camaro ZL1s, and a Shelby GT500 in a string of head-to-head drag passes. By the numbers, the two quickest cars on the card were both Hellcats, but a 1968 Barracuda wasn’t far behind at a 10.1-second quarter mile. The comment section splits along generational lines, and one line – “like father, like son” – says more about why than any horsepower figure could. Watch to see the full lineup run.
This multi-car drag showdown lines up a Camaro ZL1, Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, Mustang GT, Shelby Super Snake, and Challenger Shaker in a rotating series of head-to-head passes. One Camaro owner watching in the comments admits his own ZL1 got beaten by a Hellcat, then explains the transmission choice that might have closed the gap. Rough launches, spinning tires, and one uninvited car – the Dodge Demon – dominate the debate underneath. Watch to see which factory muscle car actually backs up its numbers.
A 2010 Camaro SS clears a railroad crossing once, then lines up for a second pass at roughly 90 miles per hour, and this time the landing goes badly wrong. The driver reportedly walked away with a ticket for “failure to stay in one lane,” a citation that barely captures what actually happened. Even the person filming needed a solid fifteen seconds to process it.
Chevrolet never offered the L88 in a Camaro — it was a Corvette-only option, and only 80 Corvettes received one for all of 1968. So when a restoration describes its Camaro engine as L88-inspired, that phrase is carrying real weight. This rotisserie-restored ’68 SS runs a Gen IV 427 making 480 horsepower behind a four-speed. Read on for what the original L88 actually was and why builders still chase the name sixty years later.
Two hundred miles per hour is not a horsepower problem, it is a physics problem, and drag gets exponentially harder to overcome the faster you go. Hennessey took a brand-new sixth-generation Camaro SS, added a supercharger and a long list of supporting hardware, and came back with a verified 202.1 mph. Here is what went into the HPE750 package, why the number was so hard to reach, and how a factory Camaro ended up in company that used to belong exclusively to exotics.