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General Motors has announced that the world's most powerful production droptop* - the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible - will officially debut at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show in November. Like its coupe kin, the ZL1 Convertible will pack 580 horsepower and 556 pound-feet of torque from its supercharged 6.2-liter LSA V8, besting the Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible's power figures of 550 hp and 510 lb-ft.

Good thing Ford is working on that all-new supercharged 5.8-liter V8 for the next-generation GT500. The horsepower wars are anything but dead.

GM tells us that it has added a whole host of supports and reinforcements to the ZL1 Convertible's body structure in an effort to reduce droptop demons like cowl shake. The improvements include things like a front X brace and rear V brace, a transmission support reinforcement brace, underbody tunnel brace and tower-to-tower brace under the hood.

The Camaro ZL1 coupe goes on sale in early 2012, and we'd expect the convertible to arrive shortly thereafter. We'll have the full details in Los Angeles next month, but for now, hit the jump for GM's official release.


*Apparently cars like the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport don't count in GM's world.
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Looks very very nice

http://media.gm.com/content/media/us...010_camaro_zl1

 

Roll Bar???

 

Wow

 

also note - that is our new color - "Ashen Gray"

 

i like the color. and it is darker than the cyber grey?

 

Oh my freakin' gawd!

I'll take one in that color... automatic please.

 

Looks good, but the added weight of a convertible AND the supercharger? Its gonna be heavy . I would still take one in a second

 

Wow - we made it the whole way to post #8 before weight came up!

 

ever so slightly - it has more 'gold' than 'blue' in the paint..........very rich looking........

 

i like it! can i get a Z28 in that color?

 

but how many posts until the weight comes down?

do we know a weight on the zl1 vert and coupe yet?

 

Wow. Simply wow. The ZL1 good news just keeps coming. What an awesome convertible! BTW, the new color looks sweet.

 

gold instead of blue, I liked the blue in the paint but the gold sounds awesome. Is this color available today on another car so we can see it in person? Sounds like my dreams of the ZL1 in gray are coming true

 

Daaaaayyyyuumm!!!