Chevrolet Camaro COPO – 69 units made for drag racing

Chevrolet Camaro COPO – 69 units made for drag racing

Chevrolet will build 69 of these COPO Camaros for 2012, the brand’s first purpose-built Camaro drag-racing car designed to compete in the NHRA’s Stock Eliminator and Super Stock classes. To give you an idea, national records for quarter-mile times in these contests are in the nine-second range.

The COPO Camaro concept was first shown at the 2011 SEMA show in Las Vegas, where the overwhelming response by more than 2,000 racing enthusiasts shaped the decision to make the car.

Chevrolet Camaro COPO – 69 units made for drag racing

The 69-unit production for the COPO Camaro matches the number of “ZL-1” COPO Camaros made in 1969. COPO stands for Central Office Production Order and was Chevrolet’s special-order system in used by dealers to build high-performance models in the 60s.

The new COPOs will be built using factory “body-in-white” body structures produced at the Ontario plant that manufactures regular Camaros. They are the same body-in-white body shells available to all racers under Chevrolet Performance part number 19243374.

Chevrolet Camaro COPO – 69 units made for drag racing

Three racing-class engine are available, including a naturally aspirated 427 (7.0L V8) and two supercharged 327 (5.3L V8) engines. The powerplants will be built at GM’s Performance Build Center, where the buyer can opt to participate in the engine assembly similar to Chevrolet’s Corvette Engine Build Experience and the Chevrolet Performance Build Your Own Crate Engine programs.

The engines will be paired to a Powerglide automatic transmission designed for drag racing. A special collector’s package offers all three engines with the COPO Camaro – including one installed in the car at delivery – with each engine serial number matched to the car.

Chevrolet Camaro COPO – 69 units made for drag racing

NHRA racing spec means a solid axle and a full chrome moly roll cage. Inside, most of the standard sound deadening and power accessories have been deleted. Also included is a pair of racing bucket seats (no rear seats), a safety harness for the driver, a competition floor shifter and Chevrolet Performance gauges. Prices starts at $89,000.

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Danny Tan

Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • JeremyNg on Mar 13, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    7.0L V8 ??!!! Holy shit ……………… it should sound like proper muscle car =)

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  • Arrian on Mar 13, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    nice car and nice price in US. if locally available, it could be around RM1M. duh, can not afford..

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  • Boon King on Mar 13, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    FTW! I dont thing we ever going to see any of these here though..

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  • Jennifer Lee on Mar 13, 2012 at 4:37 pm

    I love this car really it look much cute and very attractive.The photo itself is so brilliant how will be the car I am thinking that..I love this color and all the features of the car are very good..Amazing car.Survival Kits……

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  • albag on Mar 14, 2012 at 10:15 am

    chevy – they either love the planet or HATE THIS DAMN EARTH… u come up with Volt for green car, now u come up with this draggy that blows more emission than a Hummer… what standpoint is this company at???

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  • the car looks so…..fat.

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  • JeremyNG. You must be young. 427-454 big blocks were everywhere when I was racing. Bored & stroked up close to 800 cu.in . LS-6 454 made over 600 hp right out of the box.

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