The Blackwing Treatments Never Made It to the 2023 Chevy Camaro ZL1

Why haven’t we seen a Camaro Z/28 since 2015?

For some reason, the sixth-generation version didn’t make room for the iconic nameplate.

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Before the development of the latest 2023 Chevy Camaro ZL1

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rumors were swirling that a Z/28 could be lurking. That muscle car might use

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Unfortunately, it never happened.

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We’ve been looking for more power since Chevy saw fit to put 650 horsepower

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under the hood of the Chevy Camaro ZL1 1LE with a track package.

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This amazing muscle car lapped Nürburgring faster than any muscle car before it

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grabbing the attention of many European boutique automakers. T

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The incredible speed and power of the Chevy muscle car made us wonder what was n

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Although we haven’t seen the Z/28 version of the Camaro for a few years, the creation

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Blackwing showed up using the same supercharged 6.2-liter LT4 V8 engine as the Camaro ZL1.

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