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Press Release Source: General Motors On Sun Sept 25, 2011, 6:05 pm EDT

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The prototypal 2012 Camaro ZL1 offered to the unstoppered oversubscribed for $250,000 at the Barrett-Jackson sell in Las Vegas on Sat evening.

The automobile was offered by Fairway Chevrolet-Buick-GMC in Las Vegas, with 100 proportionality of the sell proceeds benefitting the YMCA of Southern Nevada.

Rick Hendrick, someone of Hendrick Motorsports and chair of Hendrick Automotive Group, settled the success effort and is due to verify conveying of his newborn Camaro in the prototypal lodge of 2012. His will be the inner 2012 Camaro ZL1 coupe produced with a Carbon Flash Metallic exterior. It will be the 69th ZL1 produced at the Oshawa Assembly Plant, in commendation of the unreal 1969 Camaro ZL1, of which inner 69 were produced.  

"Our kinsfolk has been participating with the YMCA for more than 25 years," said Greg Heinrich, chair of Fairway Chevrolet. "In that time, I hit seen firsthand how the 'Y' helps teen people, families, and seniors in our community. Today, the community's dependency on the YMCA of Southern Nevada is greater than ever, with the Y sponsoring digit discover of quaternary members."

Hendrick's generousness will earmark the YMCA of Southern Nevada to unstoppered its doors some more grouping who requirement a serving hand.

"Like the original, the 2012 Camaro ZL1 introduces a action criterion for the street and the track," said Russ Clark, marketing administrator for Chevrolet action cars. "Offering the 69th Camaro ZL1 at sell was a run commendation to the 1969 model, and a enthusiastic artefact to goodness much a commendable drive as the YMCA."

The 1969 is the most inner and selected Camaro in history. That year, "ZL1" was the cipher study for the 427-cubic-inch, all-aluminum big-block engine matured for Corvette vie cars in the New 1960s, but institute its artefact into 69 Camaros in 1969. The '69 Camaro fresh was voted the "best Chevy of every time" in an online contest.

The engine was originally matured as a racing engine for the Can Am series, where primeval all-aluminum 427 engines had delivered encouraging results in vehicles much as the start Chaparral 2F vie car. It was kindred to Chevrolet's L-88 427 engine, which had an shackle engine country and metal heads, but the ZL1's metal country low the engine's coverall coefficient by more than 100 pounds. The ZL1 engine was officially rated at 430 horsepower, but it was known to display more than 500hp.

The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is armored with a emotional 6.2L LSA V-8 engine that delivers 580 horsepower, and 556 lb.-ft. of torque. The ZL1's noesis is complemented by track-ready, modern technologies including inner Performance Traction Management and third-generation Magnetic Ride Control.

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