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It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that following the reveal of the new 2017 Camaro 1LE at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show, one of the top guns at Chevy took a few stabs at the Shelby GT350.

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Glenn

Big rivals always seem to bring out the best of people, or the worst – depending on the people involved.

That said, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that following the reveal of the new 2017 Camaro 1LE at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show, one of the top guns at Chevy would take a few stabs at the Shelby GT350.

After all, it is the probably one of the biggest battles brewing right now in the world of cars, which Camaro engineer Al Oppenheiser had no problem fueling at the Chicago show, as highlighted in a Car Buzz report.

That’s obviously our intent (to beat the GT350),” said Oppenheiser. “I have the answer, but I’ll let the rest of you decide how we did. Our goal is to up the game with our competitor, just like they upped the game with the GT350. Everyone had to expect we would punch back. I will tell you this car is three seconds faster than the previous 1LE. Your readers can go out and make their own conclusions.”

But the chief engineer didn’t stop there, adding, “We’re plowing new ground with the V6 1LE, and for the SS 1LE, our initial target benchmark was the fifth-generation 1LE. But, obviously, Ford came out with their GT350 and we changed our sights. We’re not worried.”

Needless to say, we’ll be keeping a close eye on this ever-escalating duel.

5.M0NSTER

Looking forward to this car, and then Ford's answer. This should make the next GT Track Pack or PP car track champion!

I wonder what the next ZL1 or Z28 will be like!

Stage_3

I think the Z28 is done. I don't think GM is making any more from what I have read.

2k7gtcs

But, but, but the new mustang has IRS


I thought that was going to solve everything

Jazzman442

LMAO


But My 2014 is faster in every way LOL

bob

It did a lot for the Mustang, the car loved to change direction, especially with the Torsen out back.


Now about all that added weight. If only they could have kept it in check.


The Camaro has a helluva 1-2 punch with the comparatively light weight chassis and supposedly banging out 480 horsepower at the crank.


The Camaro also seems to have a bit more harder edge to it with stickier tires and a tighter suspension. The performance pack on the GT is nice but Ford needs another package that goes beyond what the performance pack offers - improved damping and better rubber would help out a lot.

black sunshine

If Chevy wants to stick it to Ford on the 1LE vs. the GT 350 then they should mention the fact that between low allocation and dealer mark ups the GT350 really can't even be bought by the average buyer.. Where as Chevy will build a 1LE for as many orders as they can get.