Chevrolet’s fifth-generation Camaro asked buyers to accept cramped rear seats, a stingy trunk, and windshield pillars thick enough to hide a delivery truck — then handed back handling that punches well above its price. Between 2011 and 2013 the lineup grew from a competent 312-horsepower V6 coupe into something far stranger: a supercharged ZL1 capable of 580 horsepower and a 180-mph top speed. Read on to see how a retro-styled pony car became one of the most surprising performance bargains of its era.
