Is the 2019 Camaro ZL1 1LE a TRACK WEAPON you can drive every day?

Hey guys, what's up? Joe is ready from Radies Rhys. I'm back here at Mas Family Chevrolet and I have the most sinister, sickening Camaro ever created to date. What we have is a new

2019

Camaro zl1 1 l e, let's talk. a little bit about Camaro Camaro was Chevy's answer to the Ford Mustang over the years, they fought back and forth with this whole thing and I'm talking about

every

thing Chevrolet has learned not only on the performance drag strip in the street but also in performance on road circuits. This zl1 1le is

every

thing so when you get into more of a family chevrolet and want to get a supercharged

camaro

you can go for the standard zl1 configuration which would be a great car for a person who wants extreme performance on the street if you want anything.

If you're a

track

person, and when I say

track

I'm talking track, you want something that's a track-in-a-row

weapon

that allows you to outrun cars from Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, etc., this is the box you want to check. off, it's a box one option, it's all about handling, braking and aerodynamic performance because under that hood with that carbon fiber heat extractor you're still looking at 650 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque from that supercharged v8, like the standard ZL. and just like the Corvette zo6, but as you can see, around that body there are some special subtleties that will make Batman want this car, let's go ahead and dive into the front end of this Camaro zl1 1le, what are we going to see?

Watching the planes dive, you could see the addition of all the aerodynamic adjustments that have been made to help produce downforce on the front of this car. This is something found in racing cars. Unbelievable, imap Tom scoops over there and shows them that. these air intakes are functional in the background there are radiators this car has multiple radiators to cool that 650 horsepower engine doing that track day lap after lap after lap is going to create a lot of heat, but along this big front splitter up the end Through that huge opening now, what I love about the

2019

Camaro zl1 1le compared to any other 2019 Camaro is that they didn't mess with the front end, the front end looks like a 2018.

I love the zl1 badge and you have that float, I remember. the float I first appeared on the 2014 Camaro z28 that opens inside the bowtie, the Chevrolet bowtie allows even more air to flow through it, so sinister, the new headlights are amazing and everywhere you look just screams I want to go fast and This I'm telling you sounds like Batman would

drive

it or I wouldn't care. Put it on the hood. You can see that the flat black really works well. Now with that box, you'll get a flat black hood. an additional option for the racing carbon fiber package.

It's beautiful, although it's worth it if you want to go to the extreme with your ZL one one. He loves the badges on the hood. They really remind me of those days of muscle car mistakes. late sixties really hits the spot. As we go along, you can see how functional everything is here. Beautiful wheels. 19 inch wheels. These are forged, not cast aluminum, so they will be stronger and will be stronger. a lighter, less spinning mass will speed up the steering massive rotors aluminum hats so they are two piece rotors which will help with cooling. You've got six piston Brembo calipers fitted to this with a le badge under the front fenders and The rear end and everything else is a special suspension kit just for this car so obviously it has the Magna Ride suspension from Chevy, which is a great suspension, but it's been calibrated like no other to ensure you get maximum performance out the rear, excuse me. from the front and back of this car, but it's amazing, every time I look at this I'm drawn to that black paint as we continue down the side, this is all a standard Camaro, the Le specific thing will be this side skirt lower. you can see how it cuts off and then widens back to the back let me real quick.

I'm on I know Tom is going to

drive

me crazy, but let's go back real quick to this tire, so this is a 305. 305 tire on the front, I mean, there are some cars in this lot that don't even have 305 S on the front. rear when we get to the rear, although we still use Brembo calipers, so you go from six pistons, these are four pistons. 325 wide, so remember when you look at a tire and see how it says 325, that's the width, 30 is going to be the height of the sidewall and this is a 19 inch wheel and tire setup.

Zr is the incredible speed rating. I love the floor. The black works great with that hood. Also Tom, show them what type of rubber we will be working with. These are track specific tires. Yes, you can drive them on the road, but these Eagle F1 tires, as you see, don't have much tread. To warm up really quickly while doing your day on the track, speaking of the track Dave, what you're going to need is some downforce, hence this carbon fiber rear wing, to go well with the heat extractor on the hood, this carbon fiber rear spoiler does it. it doesn't fit so I go to Zonk because it doesn't fit but this rear wing produces 300 pounds of downforce it's like God put his hands on the back of this car to make sure these two rear tires that Tom put on them show the width of these tires please, how wide those 325's are, that will ensure that when you come out of that tight corner and hit the gas, she'll stay stuck.

I love the rear diffuser because of the way it is matte black. I wish it was a little more I don't know what a race car is like and it looks like to separate it from the Camaro SS you have the same quad tip exhaust which is that active exhaust that you can make louder or quieter depending on what you want. Here are the new taillights for 2019, hopefully. I didn't have the horizontal line, I think they would look much better. Zl1 badge. I'm ruling it out. That has to go here. Take off your bow tie or at least take it and put it right at the bottom of the trunk, but like us.

Work our way through such a sick machine, front to back, top to bottom, let's move on, open that hood and see the heart of the zl1 1le, okay guys, here we are, we've got the hood open so big it's been ripped out of a zo6 and shoehorned into that Camaro, that's that LT 4 supercharged engine, 650 horsepower, 650 pound-feet of torque, if you're wondering why this supercharger on some cars is higher and on this one it's just flat, It's because the supercharger is actually inverted. That's on purpose so they want to have a 13 inch hood on the front of this that will blind your vision while cornering.

Wonderful setup with that power. Now with this car you're going to have to pay the gas guzzler tax because in the city you're looking at about 13 miles per gallon, that gas guzzler tax you're paying the government $1700 for this, but you know at the end of the day you're seeing zero. at sixty three point four seconds and the quarter mile and about 11 so obviously this car is going to be fast in a straight line but this zl1 1le is all about being fast and taking the corners but let's go ahead and see If the bark of this zl1 1le is as much as its bite, let's go ahead and get off to a good start guys, it's time we are inside this 2019 zl1 1le.

This thing is great and what it costs today the MSRP of this model is around 72 thousand dollars. let's see what we get, look at the door panels Alcantara splashed everywhere, you have Alcantara up on top of the door panel, red contrast stitching, nice silver dress, it's crazy how some Alcantara and some stitching Red makes the door of a Camaro look so much. Better as we transition inside, we get more of that beautiful Alcantara, although the top of the dash is still hard plastic. I'm surprised that at least this section needs to be updated with something a little softer, there's our infotainment system, they've got it tilted.

It's supposed to help with glare. Some people don't like the angle, they say it's a little cumbersome to navigate, but obviously with its navigation and everything it works like any of the other General Motors products we've shown you here on radial tours. slim and elegant on the air conditioning controls. What I love about the Camaros is that you use the outside ring of the vent to adjust the temperature and it shows up on the screen, obviously you'll have dual climate control, you'll have your fan. shift here in the center, so it's something that's a little different and everything than other cars, here's that smooth shifting transmission, this thing, this gearbox is so incredible, the six gears are short, Alcantara on the Alcantara trunk on the zl1 gear knob on the top with the red all the numbers are very good.

I love this gearbox so much it's amazing. I want to have it as a Valentine's Day gift. That's how much I love this gearbox. Harder plastic center console. You have a 12 volt right here. It's a bit of a strange placement, you get Alcantara on the side knee pads, so when you're a passenger and you're flying around your favorite racetrack you're not going to hit hard plastic, so you get the Alcantara. there you have the mode selector button, obviously going through the different leather modes on the armrest is difficult, but who really cares about resting your arm in this car and finally wrapping it in these Recaro seats?

It has incredible heating and ventilation. I love it. the Recaro I love the zl1 badge I love all the piping the stitching the material the bolster these are some of the most amazing seats I've ever sat in obviously there will be power assist to adjust to your body before you spin them fast rounds and then you also have the red one of course if you have a car like this in 1 you have the red seat belts that means you are ready for business there is nothing different about the headliner so it would be nice to see the standard Camaro headliner with Alcantara, so I'll do that.

Zomp that, but it would have been a nice touch, but why don't you come to this end and I'll show you the business side. Come on guys, at the right time, we're behind the wheel of this sinister black. l.e That zl1 with that extra option now new for 2019, probably the most important thing about this car is that you can get it with the 10 speed automatic transmission, which we know is a great transmission that will make you very fast, but there is nothing like rowing on your own. gearbox like this car I love how the seat sits six feet high on me you have a little rubber and aluminum pedal down there I would like to see a bigger dead pedal I'm sinking into that dead pedal because I remember the point of a pedal dead It's not just a place to rest your foot, but I'm telling you right now, when you're cornering with 300 pounds of downforce on the back, you're going to want to lean on it, hug yourself Alcantara on the steering wheel, zl1 badge right here.

I wish they had made this in carbon fiber. It would have been a nice touch. I love the design of the indicators. press all that good stuff, then you could make a boot timer. I mean this car has so many different features you could check all your different audio navigation all of that there's some oil temperature you can keep scrolling down oil pressure battery voltage transmission fluid temperature that's important when you're doing those track days, the tire temperature, so not just the tire pressure but also the tire temperature, I mean, this is like your own engineer riding on the slip angle of the car's wheels. and then it went back to the oil pressure again, so it really is amazing this car, but if you're ready, oh, one last thing, paddles, you're probably wondering, Joe, why are there paddles on a car with a manual transmission?

The reason Chevrolet does this is that you can turn the rev matching features on and off, so this one has that red combination feature, well, you don't have to worry about flashing toes and shifting your gears. , he will make the changes with his foot down. You can focus on your marks and the car will do it for you. If you want to turn it off, you just press the paddle, which is a nice touch. Worry about that, some aggressive tracks, what happens if you accidentally hit it and you don't know it right away and then you go to downshift and release the clutch.

Hmm, I don't know if I want to be in the car with you, but you'll be in the car with us because guess what we're going to take this one for a spin. Come on, we're in the Camaro zl1 twenty-nine. The clutch is so light on these cars it's unbelievable. You think it would be a hassle, but it isn't. Here's some wine coming out of the supercharger. I love the feel of the steering wheel in my hand. The shifter throws are so short over these bumps, though you'd be surprised if the Magna Ride is doing its job. too much, too bad, hard, I wantI mean, it's going to bounce, no doubt, but I feel planted, you've got a wonderful display screen up there, but I think it's cool that we can take it down this bumpy road just to show you.

Hey, can this really be driven on the street? So smooth out the throttle member with that supercharger, it's different than a turbo, so the power will be pretty instantaneous because the supercharger is driven by the engine. The downside is that it takes some time. power to turn on the supercharger but hey 650 horsepower that's pretty amazing but this gearbox is really good and I'm telling you these recalls are probably the best I've ever sat on a car that drives really good. I mean, this is the ultimate Camaro for the max I mean, this is even more than a Corvette Oh, it handles amazing, amazing, let me go ahead and move on here.

Wow, listen to that left hand downshift, I'm being a little cautious because remember those tires are really made for the track, you want to warm them up a little if you can see them rolling, let the clutch come out nice and smooth, second gear, easy, third gear, you have plenty of torque to pull, trust me. I could promise you that Wow, this car is just amazing. Here we sharply press the accelerator and brake pedal. It feels excellent. Modulation is excellent. It is heard that the automatic rev downshift simply blinded a supercharger. This car just begs to be pushed.

Order an incredible machine from Chevrolet and To be honest, we reached a price of 72 thousand dollars. I mean, this means a lot of performance for the money you get out of this thing and this gearbox feels like it came out of a Trans Am race car, that's how good it feels, the steering response is incredible, sorry. like my frontal lobe is stuck to the asphalt, that's how I feel with those front tires and the actual steering of the car, so that's really surprising and then my amygdala, which remembers your emotional center right now, is going out of control. control, it's a little bit of everything. just put together Wow the brakes feel so amazing and even like I said in these tough times the car isn't that bad when it comes to hitting those bumps.

I don't want to drive this car back to my family's Chevrolet. I think we have to do it. Get a little more ready for the Auto Rev match. Well, you can hear the stones kicking up from the sticky tires, that's what you'll get. These tires won't last you long that's for sure, but they're going to grab the stick when they feel good, really wonderful, the course let me go ahead and put it down on the second turn of the throttle. I'm incredibly believable, that's all I have to say and when you hit the brakes, I'm telling you it's a powerful feeling in this car, you can feel those rotors biting, the calipers just slow you down incredibly and the line of the supercharger is a nice extra touch coming out of the exhaust.

Incredible, this car loves those automatic revs. match and like I said, you could turn it off, turn it on with the paddles. I wish right now there was a little section of twisty road to really take this car down because that's what it deserves, it doesn't deserve this driving right away here, that's for sure, but I'm still very docile, that's the best part . I'm driving this car and Friday traffic and the car is very easy to live with overall, you just have to be a little aware of the grip of those tires and you'll definitely want to warm up a little. on them, that's for sure before you start playing with it, but when it comes to clutch, the clutch is light as a feather, the automatic rev downshift makes things easier, just getting out is very easy with that clutch, first gear, second gear, nice and smooth, that's Another wonderful thing is that this car is so smooth when you step on the accelerator to this right hand.

It's been believable, you can really feel the traction control to try to stop the rear tires from spinning because I'm talking 650 horsepower on those track days. tires ready, it's crazy, it really is crazy, this thing is an amazing piece of machine, that's for sure, that all ended in the downshift. Wow, let's do a quick U-turn here, easy to see how easy this is to drive, although that's the fun part and the slow stuff is so easy to drive, that's the crazy thing, it's so easy to drive in first gear, I'm not even going to fly away, I'm not that crazy, I feel the traction control doing its thing, although I feel planted on this right hand. man, hit the brake, really very nice, the response from the front is amazing.

I don't know how many of you played with slot cars when you were kids, that's what it feels like once you start picking up that pace and you get an empty road in front of you, this thing is a slot car for the road, that's it. which you're going to feel like an amazing feeling, visibility is your typical Camaro thing, so I'm not even going to touch on that because you know what, because this is one. I'm going to let the visibility suck because in the front, where you should be looking, it's not that bad. Nice flat hood.

I could see what I'm doing, so that makes it easier because remember you're always looking where you want to go, whether it's on. the normal road or you're doing a track day look where you want to go here we go amazing sound changes so crisp this is not a drag car by any means this is a car for the track and that straight line acceleration alone shows it Hey, If you're at Sebring and you're going down the backstretch toward Sunset Bed, you're going to be carrying some weight with you, you're going to be carrying some speed, so those huge rotors with six-piston calipers will be able to grab you like I'm grabbing the steering wheel, but then, Like I said, you just want to cruise, we have the ventilated seats on the ACS on, hey, we're just in an official Camaro, no big deal, really guys, it's amazing the changes.

I love this car I love this car Really very nice I'm going to be calm okay guys these are the days when I am very grateful for the rides in Radius and very grateful for all of you and of course I am grateful for the Chevrolet Ricci family . and everyone here, very accommodating, in getting this zl1 1le straight from PDI and preparation, and here on the channel, these are the poorly managed amaz that you like to see on rabies walks and I know you think they come in that section of comments if you are new to the channel and want to see more of Bad Manage Amaz.

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