This V6 Chevrolet Camaro Came Stupidly Close To Beating A Hellcat On Track

There may be a massive power differential between the two muscle cars, but the Camaro gets close to a legendary giant-killing in this Car & Driver test
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The Chevrolet Camaro may be powered by a seemingly minuscule 335bhp V6 with less than half the outright grunt of the manic 697bhp Dodge Charger Hellcat, but this track test shows the budget pony car is a force to be reckoned with. It managed a time just half a second off of the Charger’s effort, obliterating its similarly priced rivals.

Taking part in Car And Driver’s annual ‘Lightning Laps’ track battle, the Chevy Camaro set one hell of a time - a 3min 4sec lap that ended up in a class win for the muscle car. Trouncing the likes of the EcoBoost Mustang and the 350Z Track - a past record holder - the Camaro was quicker through certain sectors of the track than an F-Type SVR and the R8 V10. Not bad at all…

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BIG BORB

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09/20/2016 - 11:27 |
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EpicMurrr

The rivalry continues…

09/20/2016 - 11:27 |
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There’s no continues. The Camaro is now a league ahead of the Mustang.

09/20/2016 - 21:51 |
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Joshua Lue

There’s been a disturbance in the force 😳😳😳

09/20/2016 - 11:28 |
212 | 6

Certain sectors.

09/20/2016 - 17:00 |
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V-Tech and EcoBoost kicked in yo

In reply to by Joshua Lue

What’s more impressive is that the V8 Camaro 1LE has a faster lap time than the 2017 R8 V10.

09/20/2016 - 20:15 |
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Speedemon (Giulia Lover)
09/20/2016 - 11:29 |
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ModernChaos

And yet there will still be kids who don’t like V6 muscle cars

09/20/2016 - 11:31 |
24 | 6

Idk the gnx is pretty nasty.

09/20/2016 - 22:59 |
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Anonymous

To quote Car and Driver from it’s lightning lap piece:
“Let’s be honest; nobody looks at this thing and thinks “track car.” Okay, maybe parallel tracks with Christmas trees, but not track with curves.”
They’re American cars, so race ‘em at the dragstrip: The Charger would beat it by a whole second.
Some more of the article:
“That said, it’s fun. You run over everything in your way; curbs, trees, flag stations, and anything that threatens to make it turn any more than it really has to.”
It must be fun in the way that slow cars often are.

09/20/2016 - 11:32 |
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Black Phillip

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Twice the ponies and still would only beat it by a second

09/21/2016 - 01:53 |
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RoyP
09/20/2016 - 11:35 |
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Nissan 420sx

Dodge fanboys be like “but 707 hp, it would kill the camaro in straight line“

09/20/2016 - 11:46 |
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Not necessarily. Because I know Dodge cars aren’t good at tracks, (part from the Viper👀) but I abselutely adore the majority of Dodge/SRT vehicles. 😆

09/20/2016 - 16:49 |
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I am a Dodge fanboy (or was), and I fully admit that the more than a decade old S-Class chassis it rides on is terrible for a muscle car…

09/20/2016 - 18:57 |
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luke c

Choosing between a hellcat and a Camaro is like choosing between a disklok and a bar lock

09/20/2016 - 11:46 |
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Mark Charnogorsky

Camaro tho…

09/20/2016 - 13:03 |
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