This 2015 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is a Red Hot example with a total of 4,800 miles on the clock. It recently sold at auction for just over $58,000, two years after its second owner purchased it for $62,500 and drove it for just 500 miles before realizing they suddenly have too many cars. It now belongs to someone else.
Look, muscle cars like the Camaro Z/28 aren’t for everyone, and that’s not to say that this ride’s first two owners didn’t enjoy it or didn’t appreciate it. The fact is these types of vehicles can take a toll because of that coveted rear-wheel-drive/manual gearbox setup.
At first, you might want it, because you’re a driving enthusiast and you love cars. But after a while, you’ll realize you don’t really want to daily drive such a car, and before you know it, you need space in your garage for something else.
Not saying that’s what happened here, but the seller did say that he can’t even believe he only got to drive it for 500 miles in two years, and that he now has too many cars and boats to maintain and use. Hopefully this Camaro’s new owner can hold on to it long-term, because the Z/28 is precisely the type of car you want to pass down to your kids.
Anyway, let’s check out some of the specs here, starting with the exterior. Aside from the Red Hot finish, you also get a front splitter, side skirts, aluminum hood with a vented carbon-fiber insert, a rear spoiler, wheel arch extensions, Z/28 badging, tinted windows, quad exhaust outlets, plus a set of black-finished 19” Y-spoke wheels with 325/30 Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 ZP rubber.
This being a Z/28 Camaro, it also comes with Brembo calipers over carbon ceramic rotors, Performance Traction Management and spool-valve dampers.
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Inside, you’ll find black leather Recaro front sport seats with microfiber suede inserts and Z/28 embroidery, but also air conditioning, aluminum pedals, a CD stereo, microfiber suede steering wheel and shift knob, and additional gauges for oil pressure, voltage, oil temperature, and transmission fluid temperature added under previous ownership.
As for performance, we’re dealing with a 7.0-liter LS7 V8 engine (co-developed with Corvette Racing), factory-rated at 505 horsepower and 481 lb-ft of torque, with everything going to the rear wheels via a Tremec six-speed manual gearbox. On paper, this will get you from zero to 60 mph (97 kph) in 3.95 seconds, before maxing out at 188 mph (303 kph).
All that straight-line stuff aside, I think the fifth-gen Camaro Z/28 is lowkey one of the best-looking Camaro specs ever made, up there with the sixth-gen ZL1. It also happens to be a blast to drive on a racetrack.
Sergiu got to experience both American and European car "scenes" at an early age (his father drove a Ford Fiesta XR2 supermini in the 80s). After spending over 15 years at local and international auto publications, he's starting to appreciate comfort behind the wheel more than raw power and acceleration. Full profile
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