2013 Camaro SS 1LE

[intriguing]

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1209_2013_chevrolet_camaro_ss_1le_first_test/

For those who don't want to read, Cliff Notes:

"The 3860-pound 1LE posts admirable track numbers, too. Getting to 60 mph from nil takes 4.3 seconds; a quarter mile arrives in 12.7 seconds at 111.8 mph; braking from 60 mph to a standstill takes 101 feet. Most impressive: It achieved a 1.03 g average on the skidpad (for reference, that's stickier than a 2012 Audi R8 GT) and traced our figure eight in 24.2 seconds at an average 0.83 g. Here are the 'Stang specs you seek: 3640 pound curb weight; 4.0 seconds from 0 to 60 mph; quarter-mile in 12.4 seconds at 115 mph; 60 mph to 0 in 106 feet; 1.0 g skidpad average; figure eight in 24.6 seconds at 0.81 g average. Feel free to discuss below."

For reference, Cost difference between 12 Mustang Boss ($43,485) and 13 Camaro 1LE ($37,035)

 

[BAd Dad]

IMO the Boss is a much better looking car.
Boss hands down.

 

[BAd Dad]

Look like some cheap ass seats for a car that will pull a G.

 

[Tin]

I like both cars, but in the end, Id probably go with the Stang.

 

[Golden]

I think the 1LE looks better.

 

[sardeanie]

Looks nice in white and black. I was impressed with the numbers until I read the Boss numbers later. Damn, I didn't know they were THAT quick! 0-60 in 4 FLAT? 12.4 1/4? WOW! That Boss is the BOSS. 1LE is a real nice piece though especially if you gotta buy GM.

 

[grey05st]

Ugly

 

[RBOD]

Not to mention the fact you can't see out of the windows.

 

[DeFormula]

Not to mention the fact you can't see out of the windows.

This. I felt like I was in a cave when I drove the camaro. Visibility out of the stangs is great. Wasn't all that impressed with the ride quality either compared to my '99 C5.

 

[derbydad276]

I dunno.... the flat black and white makes the thing look evil

and I would rather have a car that does 0 to 60 in 3.5 and 10.5 in the 1/4 compared to being able to pull 1 g

there should be a way to order them either as a corner carving rocket on rails or as a flat out/ balls out straight line screamer!

 

[kovacs32]

BOSS>1SS LE /Thread

 

[AutoRoc]

I'll take the Chevy and put the $6450 saved in my pocket. Can you do a blower for $6450?? Or just put a cam in it and call it a day.

 

[TTA]

I'll take a 1LE over a Mustang IMHO at least they got back to what the package was back in the day (a stripper race package) rather than the suspension upgrage it ended up as.

 

[Golden]

BOSS>1SS LE /Thread

Unless you're road racing.

But we should be teaming up against the foreign cars. I have a bow tie and blue oval in my garage.

 

[88RedLX]

Unless you're road racing.

But we should be teaming up against the foreign cars. I have a bow tie and blue oval in my garage.

99.9% of the automotive population can't drive well enough to get the most from either one on a roadcourse.

 

[DeFormula]

99.9% of the automotive population can't drive well enough to get the most from either one on a roadcourse.

This may be true, but even mediocre drivers can do better in a better handling car. I know I turned faster times in my C5 at autocross and the road course than I did with any of my previous cars, and it was because the CAR was better. I was still probably only getting 50% of the car's potential.

 

[WhiteHawk]

Nothing new here. Ford has the magic to make a lighter car faster in a straight line, and GM just phones it in and makes a heavier car faster around the track for a better price. Same as the ZL1 vs. GT500 debate. No need to post the WWII video.

-Geoff

 

[Tin]

99.9% of the automotive population can't drive well enough to get the most from either one on a roadcourse.

and 80% cant drive well enough in a straight line. Take me for instance, you put me on a tree and Ill light em up halfway down :lol:

 

[CRASH]

Not to mention the fact you can't see out of the windows.

It's not as bad as you'd think. I enjoyed my car very much, and am tall. Not Trunk tall, but I'm rather tall still and it wasn't bad especially once you get used to it. Get a convertible and you'll have no worries.

 

[88RedLX]

This may be true, but even mediocre drivers can do better in a better handling car. I know I turned faster times in my C5 at autocross and the road course than I did with any of my previous cars, and it was because the CAR was better. I was still probably only getting 50% of the car's potential.

If you compare the statistics of these two (handling-wise), there's not enough difference to say one is definitively 'better' in my opinion. Maybe with Randy Pobst at the wheel...but not you or me. Two or three one hundredths of a G is kinda splitting hairs.
And I'm guessing your C5 was a significantly better car than your previous rides.