Chevrolet invites you to the Burnout: the Camaro has been tuned for European roads. None in this country offers more power and facilities for so little money. The question remains: Coupe or convertible, automatic or connection?

The construction site light on quiet country roads on red, since even the 432 PS strong Chevrolet Camaro has to wait. But in this car, you can simply not unlike: driver accesses to the hand brake, the first gear is inserted, push, ESP and traction control will be sent on holiday. As soon as the traffic lights to green jumps, full throttle is announced. 569 Nm torque fall through as a horde of Huns on the rear axle, the wheels turning creaks. Now quickly solve the handbrake – the Camaro just shrugs the rump and los presses while the thick 275er rolls left black welts on the asphalt. The side window is of course shut down, so that you can enjoy the thundering V8 sound and the smell of burnt rubber.

The Camaro makes no compromises. Massive and bullig as a Prizefighter of 4.83 M long cars on the road, sending Grill with small headlights is his evil eye in every rearview mirror. There runs the Ami bolt from 0 to 100 km / h in 5.2 seconds. As a drive, only the 6.2 litre large V8 and not the also available in the United States six-cylinder under the hood comes in the Europe version. The V8 is peddling with his fuel destroy qualities as honest as a rotoroa celebrity in a talk show. Nothing is among 13 litres per 100 km on average, sporty driving style that is quickly reached 16 or 18 before the comma.

Who wants to fully enjoy the feeling of some, should choose the hand downstream Camaro. The something gnarled six speed box is not for delicate hands, the pilot must grab properly. However, the crisp short distances make every switching operation when researchers approach for pleasure. Not that you would – bring much in everyday life with displacement and torque in abundance can you gliding relaxed even in high gears, must only stroke the accelerator.

The six-speed automatic changes the course soft and pretty quickly, but it takes a bit of agility the Camaro. With machine, the performance of the LS3 engine of 432 HP (318 kW) is reduced to 405 HP (298 kW). To increase efficiency, the tailoring L99 engine has a cylinder shut-off, four pots take part in low performance requirement not to work. That is to press the thirst from an average 14.1 to 13.1 litres according to Chevrolet. The bollernde V8 sound is lost here but except at full throttle, you bought the comfort-plus the automatic with a lower arouser factor itself.

Chevrolet has provided his retro some for European road conditions with various changes. “The initial package has not like us”, technology manager Patrick Herrmann reported the first rides with the US Camaro at the Nürburgring. So who was on the rear axle something of no cars with new stabilizers and bearings, other dampers and tyre as well as stronger brakes fitted. The result, convinced at least most of the time. The Camaro draws relatively smart and staggering in curves, absorb skillfully off and bumps is well away. Nevertheless remains a thicker chunks the 1.7-tonne Americans and wobbles like having the ass.

The convertible brings even 1.9 tons on the scales and drives a track behäbiger as the Coupé. With the top down, it can be up to about 160 km / h well sustain itself, without having disheveled hair. The torsion rigid bodyshell can hear no crunch or Knarzen. The top must be unlocked with one hand and needs then, pretty much until it opens electrically. In the rear, one can sit also as an adult, due to the low Kniefreiheit but hardly on long distances.

The cockpit has not just premium flair and kills the pilot with a flood of tiny switches. Gross blunder not but there is. Worth mentioning is the standard head-up display, which reflects only the speed a small tachometer in the windshield. The price of the Camaro (Coupé from 38.990 euro, convertible from 43.990 euro) is unrivaled in this performance class. Rich standard equipment include among others electrically adjustable leather seats, air conditioning, CD-radio, cruise control, Xenon headlamps and parking aid. Minus point: There are no modern assistance systems cures navigation system also at an additional cost.

The six-cylinder Camaro as well as the high-performance version of ZL1 intended for the German market only once not. This is the vehicle voting from “Old Europe” comes soon in the new world: “you can order the European suspension tuning with option code FE4 in the United States”, says technical manager Patrick Herrmann.