The sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro isn’t going out with a whimper however with a bang. Chevrolet has partnered with NASCAR, IMSA, Hendrick Motorsports, and Goodyear to deliver a Camaro ZL1 NASCAR Cup Sequence inventory automobile to this yr’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Storage 56 automobile has undoubtedly impressed in France to date. Forward of the race itself, the Detroit automaker has introduced a brand new particular version Camaro ZL1 to commemorate the one-off look at Le Mans.
The 2024 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Storage 56 Version will sport a Raptide Blue paint job and decals just like the Storage 56 race automobile. The particular version automobile additionally options entrance dive planes and a rear wicker invoice spoiler. Marc Mainville, a senior supervisor on the GM Motorsport Design Studio, mentioned in a launch:
“When adapting a race automobile look right into a manufacturing automobile, you wish to showcase themes, proportions and colours with out making the automobile look misplaced on the road. The Storage 56 Version captures the sensation of the race automobile whereas permitting the automobile’s athletic traces to be within the forefront.”
Apart from the visible and aerodynamic modifications, the Camaro ZL1 Storage 56 Version would be the identical underneath the hood. The manufacturing automobile will use the identical 650-horsepower LT4 V8 engine as the usual ZL1, roughly 100 hp lower than the race automobile’s R07 small block V8.
The Storage 56 inventory automobile takes on the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend with seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, F1 champion Jenson Button, and Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller behind the wheel. The Camaro ZL1 Storage 56 Version will enter manufacturing later this yr at GM’s Lansing Grand River Meeting facility in Michigan. Appropriately, Chevrolet is just producing 56 vehicles.