10-18-2016, 04:00 PM | #1 |
マスタング = 遅い
Drives: 2017 Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Florida
Posts: 7,061
|
Comparing Car and Driver SS 1LE/GT350 performance testing.
Now that C&D released their test results for the SS 1LE, we can compare them to their earlier test of a GT350 with the track pack. So same magazine, same testing procedures, etc, etc. Now, of course different days, but if you want to take that into account Motor Trend got a better 0-60 time for the SS 1LE (4.0).
SS 1LE - GT350 As tested: $45,700 - $59,970 0-60: 4.1 - 4.3 1/4 mile ET: 12.4 - 12.5 1/4 mile TS: 116 - 119 Skidpad: 1.05 - 1.00 Braking: 141 - 171 I think the results speak for themselves... |
10-18-2016, 04:02 PM | #2 |
Drives: 2017 SS 1LE Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Monterey, CA
Posts: 2,480
|
We need a mic drop emoji. That's the only way to describe these results haha
|
10-18-2016, 04:22 PM | #3 |
Drives: 2023 CT5 Blackwing Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Denver
Posts: 1,621
|
So glad I got my order in this morning. I feel like there is going to be a stampede (see what I did there) to Chevy dealers.
Wasn't the 5th Gen 1LE hard to find?
__________________
2017 HBM SS 1LE
Sold 2023 Wave Metallic CT5-V Blackwing M6 |
10-18-2016, 07:49 PM | #4 |
Drives: Duramax Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Michigan
Posts: 174
|
Not really. We picked up a leftover 2015 that was heavily discounted. You can find them, just quite rare.
|
10-18-2016, 09:01 PM | #5 |
Drives: Many Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Colorado
Posts: 220
|
Manual-only will save us. Dealers will order a couple, Millennials won't buy them because they can't (or don't want to) drive stick.
Might be the very last manual-only muscle/pony car since it looks like the GT350 will get a DCT soon. |
10-18-2016, 09:38 PM | #6 |
マスタング = 遅い
Drives: 2017 Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Florida
Posts: 7,061
|
I will buy manuals as long as I can...
|
10-18-2016, 10:28 PM | #7 |
Drives: 2023 CT5 Blackwing Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Denver
Posts: 1,621
|
2nd...I'm not the fastest guy on the track and that's not why I'm there. Manuals are more fun and engaging.
__________________
2017 HBM SS 1LE
Sold 2023 Wave Metallic CT5-V Blackwing M6 |
10-18-2016, 10:56 PM | #8 |
Drives: 2015 SS 1LE Red Hot, 1970 Chevelle Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Chino, CA
Posts: 6,990
|
I'm 26 and I drive manuals only. I converted my Chevelle from a TH350 to an M22.
__________________
|
10-19-2016, 07:05 AM | #9 | |
Account Suspended
Drives: Poop Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Uranus
Posts: 575
|
Quote:
Great car for the price without a doubt, but Motortrend already did this comparison with the same driver on the same day. The C&D numbers make it look like the 1le would smoke the GT350 in nearly every metric which we all know isn't true. Different drivers on different days can play a big role in these numbers. Motortrends Numbers. As tested: $45,700 - $66,990 0-60: 4.0 – 4.0 Tie 1/4 mile ET: 12.4 - 12.2 1/4 mile TS: 114.2 - 118.9 Lateral Accel: 1.09 - 1.08 Braking 60-0: 94 – 101 0-100-0 13.1: – 12.5 Figure 8: 23.3 sec @ 0.86 g (avg) - 23.3 sec @ 0.87 g (avg) Tie 2.2-MI ROAD COURSE LAP: 97.77 - 96.11 |
|
10-19-2016, 07:30 AM | #10 |
I'd like to see Randy Pobst doing the testing on both, he's a beast
|
|
10-19-2016, 07:42 AM | #11 |
Account Suspended
Drives: Poop Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Uranus
Posts: 575
|
|
10-19-2016, 07:54 AM | #12 | |
マスタング = 遅い
Drives: 2017 Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Florida
Posts: 7,061
|
Quote:
MT did NOT do this comparison already. As you posted numbers for a GT350R (and conveniently didn't mention it). I was comparing a GT350 (with the track pack), which I clearly stated to an SS 1LE. As that (even though the GT350 is still a nice chunk of change more) is a more fair match up. By adding the GT350R to the equation, you just added another $7000+ difference to the equation. FYI, that huge braking distance difference isn't going to be made up by a "different driver, different day" either... But even comparing the $20,000 higher priced GT350R to the SS 1LE, the SS 1LE still beats or ties it in 5 of the 9 categories... Last edited by SS 1LE; 10-19-2016 at 08:10 AM. |
|
10-19-2016, 08:39 AM | #13 | |
White knuckled & smiling
Drives: '17 ZL1 AKA Perfection! Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Lawn Guy Land NY
Posts: 324
|
Quote:
|
|
10-19-2016, 08:47 AM | #14 | |
Drives: 20 1LE 2SS M6 Rally Green Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Franklin WI
Posts: 6,632
|
Quote:
__________________
"the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.” Ronald Reagan - |
|
|
|
Post Reply
|
|
|