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This is the Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R. It is a racing version of the Camaro, and the latest in a brilliantly long line of GT4-spec racers based on top-end sports cars and supercars. A line that involves the Audi R8, McLaren 570S and Ford Mustang.And it looks a bit mad. Its aggression is probably quite a decent thing when it comes to the cut-and-thrust of a GT4 race: who wouldn"t be intimated at the sight of that scowling front end filling their mirrors? Good for psyching out your opponents, we reckon.Being a racecar, there are dive planes and wings aplenty. And you can expect a good chunk of the road-going Camaro"s 1.7 tonnes to have been scalloped out and binned, too.Its 6.2-litre V8 should still be in there, though. It powers the Camaro"s rear wheels via a six-speed sequential transmission and a limited-slip differential. Specs haven"t been announced and are likely subject to the rules of the championship you"re taking your GT4.R into but buy an LT1 crate V8 from Chevy and you"ll get 460bhp and 465lb ft for your $11,385.Which is significantly less than the cost of an LT1 with a racecar wrapped around it. Chevy has priced the GT4.R at $259,000. Prod that through a conversion calculator today and it churns out at 190,000, or a whole Civic Type R more than a McLaren 570S GT4. Worth it for the additional aggression?Share this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 25 Sep 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9309
This is the Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R. It is a racing version of the Camaro, and the latest in a brilliantly long line of GT4-spec racers based on top-end sports cars and supercars. A line that involves the Audi R8, McLaren 570S and Ford Mustang.And it looks a bit mad. Its aggression is probably quite a decent thing when it comes to the cut-and-thrust of a GT4 race: who wouldn"t be intimated at the sight of that scowling front end filling their mirrors? Good for psyching out your opponents, we reckon.Being a racecar, there are dive planes and wings aplenty. And you can expect a good chunk of the road-going Camaro"s 1.7 tonnes to have been scalloped out and binned, too.Its 6.2-litre V8 should still be in there, though. It powers the Camaro"s rear wheels via a six-speed sequential transmission and a limited-slip differential. Specs haven"t been announced and are likely subject to the rules of the championship you"re taking your GT4.R into but buy an LT1 crate V8 from Chevy and you"ll get 460bhp and 465lb ft for your $11,385.Which is significantly less than the cost of an LT1 with a racecar wrapped around it. Chevy has priced the GT4.R at $259,000. Prod that through a conversion calculator today and it churns out at 190,000, or a whole Civic Type R more than a McLaren 570S GT4. Worth it for the additional aggression?Share this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 25 Sep 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9309
