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Three 2019 Camaro models in red, white, and blue parked side by side.

2017 Camaro 1SS vs 2SS vs 1LE

Chevrolet’s sixth-generation Camaro SS hides its real performance decision inside a single options box, not a trim badge. The 1SS and 2SS share the same 455-horsepower LT1 V8 and differ mainly in interior equipment, while the 1LE package layers track-tuned suspension, Brembo brakes, and a shorter final drive on top of either trim. This comparison breaks down exactly what separates a base 1SS from a loaded 2SS, and why the 1LE badge matters more than either one. Watch to see which combination actually fits how you’d drive it.

Classic silver muscle car with hood open at an indoor show.

What year is this Camaro?

by Kiril

Chevy sold over 220,000 Camaros in its debut 1967 season, but only 602 of them wore the Z/28 option code — Vince Piggins’ quietly-introduced, race-ready package that turned an ordinary pony car into one of GM’s rarest muscle machines. Add in a 396-powered Indy 500 pace car pedigree from that same first year, and the ’67 Camaro didn’t just answer the Mustang, it arrived swinging. A six-cylinder base car and a numbers-matching Z/28 both wear the same badge — but only one of them is a genuine unicorn.

A white car performing a burnout on a drag strip with smoke around.

2018 Dodge Demon at Indianapolis: 7 First Impressions

by Kiril

The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon arrived with 840 horsepower, a factory-fitted set of drag radials, and a launch violent enough that the NHRA effectively told owners they could not run it as delivered. Dodge built only 3,300 of them across a single model year, then closed the door for good. Here is what made the Demon different from the Hellcat it was built on, and why one 2.92-foot wheelie changed how everyone talks about factory muscle.

Red sports car with a driver holding a phone, stopped near police vehicles.

Guy Blows Up His Friend’s LT1 Camaro In Front Of Police Station!

by Wes

A friend’s already-knocking LT1 Camaro gets one last job — doughnuts in a parking lot within view of a police station — before the engine gives out for good. The owner, already building a replacement motor in a machine shop, knew exactly what he was risking. Viewers have kept coming back to laugh at the timing and the location for years. Watch the LT1’s final, dramatic act.

White sports car on a race track with greenery in the background.

Camaro goes nuclear: Chevrolet escalates the muscle car war

by Kiril

Chevrolet’s Camaro ZL1 1LE gives up nearly sixty horsepower to the Dodge Challenger Hellcat on paper, yet it laps a road course faster than the supercharged Mopar has ever managed. The gap comes down to what each manufacturer actually optimized for – straight-line traction versus corner-carving grip – in a horsepower war that shows no sign of ending. Read on to see how Chevrolet closed the gap without matching the Hellcat’s number.

A 1967 Chevrolet Camaro in light green with a man standing beside it.

Secret Ist ever 1967 Camaro built May 1966 Num. N100001

by Wes

Serial number N100001 places this 1967 Camaro among the very first pilot cars Chevrolet ever assembled, built in May 1966 months before the model’s public debut. Somewhere along the way it became a race car, a transformation that still divides viewers between frustration and relief that the original parts were reportedly saved. Watch to see the car, and the debate, for yourself.

Red sports car performing a burnout on the street.

FIREBALL Camaro vs STREET OUTLAWS for $50,000

by Kiril

Ryan Martin’s Fireball Camaro, tuned to roughly 3,000 horsepower on its small turbos, lines up for a $50,000 no prep grudge match at the Armageddon event. The pass did not go the way the horsepower numbers suggested it should, and 1320video even had to correct an earlier version of the footage afterward. Watch to see how a half million dollar build stacked up against a reputation four seasons of Street Outlaws built.

Classic black vintage car with red interior in a showroom.

Studebaker Commander restomod 1948 images

by Ross Mills

This 1948 Studebaker Commander keeps its groundbreaking postwar styling but swaps everything underneath for modern GM hardware — a Chevrolet 305 V8, a 700R4 overdrive automatic, and a Camaro front subframe with Mustang II-style steering. It’s a build that raises a fair question about how much of the original Commander survives beneath the sheet metal. See the full restomod in the photos below.

Sleek white sports car parked with dramatic clouds overhead.

Small changes make a big difference on new Camaro ZL1 1LE

by Kiril

The Camaro ZL1 already had 650 supercharged horsepower and a chassis built to embarrass sports cars twice its price. The 1LE package left that engine untouched and rebuilt everything else instead, chasing a sub-7:17 Nurburgring lap through dampers, aero, and lighter wheels. Read on to see how a track-only variant of an already extreme car earned its own legend.

A 2018 Ford Mustang GT performing a burnout on a desert road.

2018 Ford Mustang GT Premium Reviewed

by Wes

Ryan takes the 2018 Ford Mustang GT Premium into the California desert to test its sound modes, 10-speed automatic, launch control, and line lock — then issues a mid-review correction on how it actually stacks up against the Camaro SS. Watch to see why this review is still drawing comparisons to the Challenger Scat Pack years later.

A classic car explodes in a dramatic scene with 'BOOM!' text overlay.

Twin Turbo Chevy EXPLODES Street Racing!

by Wes

This twin-turbo, 406-cubic-inch Chevy Nova had already beaten a Nissan GT-R and a supercharged Camaro on the street when its 800-plus horsepower engine finally gave out. Viewers who know the owner say he built it himself — and that he’s already got two more motors ready to go. Watch what happens in the moments before it lets go.

A classic muscle car racing on a drag strip.

Chevrolet Camaro SHOCKER vs The MISTRESS!

by Kiril

Street Outlaws built its reputation on real grudge matches between real cars, and few rivalries carried more weight than Kye Kelley’s nitrous-fed Camaro, the Shocker, squaring off against a twin-turbo rival known as the Mistress. Nitrous versus turbos is one of drag racing’s oldest arguments, and this matchup played it out in front of a national television audience. Read on to find out how a garage-built Camaro became one of the most recognized cars in the entire street racing scene.

CHEVY CAMARO conception-prototypes

by Ross Mills

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.

A yellow sports car races on a drag strip during an event.

Launch! 9 sec Dodge Demon vs 8 sec Big Block Camaro – Carrying the Wheels – Road Test TV

by Wes

A small-block Dodge Demon 340 squares off against a big-block Camaro in a quarter-mile grudge match that turns into a genuine wheelstand, the Demon’s front end clawing skyward as both cars fight for traction off the line. Commenters are still arguing over whether outspending an opponent’s engine build counts as a real win, and at least one former Demon 340 owner shows up in the replies to defend the underdog. The gap between the two cars’ elapsed times tells its own story. Watch to see how it plays out.

Classic orange muscle car driving on a desert highway.

How to Run Out of Gas in the Desert on I-15 in a Muscle Car

by Kiril

A stroked LS3 and a 10-mile traffic jam outside the California/Nevada line are what it took to strand Project Orange Krate, a 1971 Camaro with a project-car pedigree that traces back to the long-defunct Camaro Performers magazine. It’s second in magazine-build longevity only to the legendary Project X. Running out of gas mid-desert on I-15 turned a good weekend at Holley LS Fest West into a lesson every pro-touring builder eventually learns the hard way: horsepower changes your fuel math more than your gauge admits.

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