I was surprised to not see this mentioend already; it's a nice write-up think (unless it has been mentioned elsewhere and I missed it in which case I apologize for the re-post).

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...d_test?cid=327

Their comments about the "bigness" of it as well as what they see as falts with the interior's materials are a bit of a disappointment.

It's putting up some good numbers with the manual doing 0-60 in 4.8 seconds, the quarter in 13.0 @ 111 and a .92 on the skidpad. I realize this is only one magazine's results but I was hoping for a bit better numbers. However, you have to take your hat off for those numbers at the SS's price point.

 

Try going here. There is a post or two about 5th gen reviews.

https://www.camaroz28.com/forums/2010-2015-camaro-news-sightings-pictures-multimedia-61/

 

That's the third 13.0 @111. What ever happened to magazine test drivers that want to one up the other mags' testers by posting the quickest times with the same kind of car? A 12 sec ET is an eye blink away and none of these so called testers is willing to go get it.

 

Well other mags had only 5.0 ec 0-60, this is the first 4.8 sec I've seen. 12s are only a matter of time.......

 

LOL, let MM&FF get ahold of it.

 

They will (under the guise of GMHTP, of course). If the weather is decent, Evan will get it into the 12.7 range.

 

Evan drove an LS1 Camaro SS to 12.8@108 in mid summer heat.

I think he'll hit 12.5 with this.

 

I've heard claims like this before, and I call bull**** on all of them... There's no way in hell a BONE STOCK LS1 Camaro goes 12.8 in any conditions, much less on a HOT SUMMER DAY

there was either an error with the timing system, the car wasn't stock or someone was lying

The only way that's happening is with the best driver in the world using DR's on a COOL night with a factory freak

 

I'm so looking forward to seeing them on the road.

 

I believe he did it at Englishtown, which has an extremely low elevation. I hadn't heard before that it was in the summer. Maybe late summer, as temps are falling. As I recall, the DA that day was like -1000.

 

I'd say it would only be do-able using his high driving skill level, with a perfectly prepped track, on a 50ish degree night, with a DA of -1000, a once in a lifetime launch and the use of DR's

 

but it just seems too high... that's 03/04 Cobra and C5Z06 territory... and some people (not all) have had trouble getting those cars to hit those numbers

 

The car was bone stock but they did little tricks that any other magazine wouldn't have done, like removing the air filter, laying down VHT to prep the track, putting ice bags on the intake, lowering air pressure in the tires, etc.... So it wasn't a real world street test.

 

Unwilling or unable?

Was it the driver or tricks done to the car?

Thank you.

 

It was actually a 12.96 @ 107 at Englishtown in the heat while also testing a Mustang. I don't know if he will get it to go 12.5....but a 12.7 or 12.8 certainly seems possible.

FYI...He drove a 98 Z to a 12.89 @ 108 in very cold weather (I talked with him a couple of weeks after he did that).

EDIT: Went back and read a few later posts after I made mine....they didn't do a damn thing to EITHER car. The track was definately prepped (Evan used to work at E-Town, and would make sure it 'bit' whenever MM&FF was doing tests).