New "1LE" Camaro

[69 Post Sedan]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1970Bluel78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">1Le.....Really ??? Tell that marketing guy he is fired. Call it the Z28 </div></div>

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[danachevroletfor1967]

Hmmm, I like the idea of the new 1LE package. Unfortunately it seems to be just a handling and cosmetic package with nothing really being done to increase engine hp and torque, or lighten weight. I can't really see it being any competition to the Mustang Boss 302 with 444 hp and hundreds of pounds less weight.
If Chevy does come out with a 5th gen Z28 I would hope it would lose 200-300 hundred pounds if not more, come with a smaller cid engine that revs higher than the current engine in the SS, and be a stripped car with no electronic gadgetry, no unneeded and for me unwanted luxury items, and sell for less than an SS. With that being said I think I am going to wait for the 6th gen Camaro supposedly due out in 2015 on the Alpha platform which should make it smaller and lighter than the current Camaro. Let's all pray that GM gets the 6th gen Camaro right with a weight of no more than 3,400 lbs., a 5.0-5.5 liter V8 engine that can rev to 7,000 rpm with say 450 hp, retro styling with no squashed top look, and a stripped version available with nothing on it that doesn't make it go faster, stop quicker, or handle better that is called a Z28.

[69LM1]

The 1LE program was pretty cool if not widely known.

There was a cup called the &quot;players challenge&quot; and the 1LE's sold for that race were called &quot;players cup challenge&quot; cars I think. There were even a few Firebird Players Cup 1LE's made.

http://www.playerschallengeseries.ca/First.htm

They were pretty cool and all were sponsered:




I think the series went from 87-96ish?

here's one (partially) sponsored by Sunoco:



RichP

[70 copo]

I agree. If you look at the marketing plan for the new camaro it is a clean sheet approach which is seeking a buying segment by changing the model designation slightly with no real engineering trickle down from the top of the line ZL-1.

Cosmetics on the exterior have been all but handed to Berger SLP and others along with all of the good looking stripes and hoods.


I would expect to see a Z28 sometime, until then I will simply let the model run for this body style play out and then get the high water mark car used. A Z28 could get me to order a new car for myself, but GM does not seem inclined to listen to buyers for the product.

[mockingbird812]

I say, call the 1LE a Z only after a reduction in weight and bump in power (nothing extravagant - just enuff to put the pressure on FoMoCo [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] )

[Zedder]

Z-28 is definitley in the works...

[StriperSS]

Here's a couple of 3rd Gen's, both with a race history. I was a sponsor of the red 91, and it's in a local collection. The white 87 was restored here, but is in Edmonton now.

[69LM1]

Wow...... Nice cars, I know a &quot;little&quot; inuendo, rumors etc. Can you give us the scoop on these cars and what you know from actually participating?

Thanks,

RichP