"Chevrolet said it will build 69 COPO Camaros, strictly for NHRA drag racing, this year with prices starting at $89,000. Deliveries will start this summer.
Introduced last fall at the 2011 SEMA Show, the COPO Camaro recalls the special-order high-performance Camaros of the 1960s. COPO stands for Central Office Production Order, the special-order system used by Chevy dealers in the '60s.
The 2012 COPO Camaro is described as Chevrolet's "first purpose-built Camaro drag-racing specialty car designed to compete with the quickest in NHRA's Stock Eliminator and Super Stock classes." It said the new model is "expected to be the quickest Camaro ever offered by Chevrolet."
The car is outfitted with a full chrome-moly roll cage, solid rear axle, lightweight racing wheels, a pair of racing seats, competition floor shifter and Chevrolet Performance gauges.
Engine choices include an LS7-based naturally aspirated 427 (7.0-liter) V8 and two supercharged LSX-based 327 (5.3-liter) V8s. All three engines come with a Powerglide automatic transmission designed for drag racing." [Read more]
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