Until now, chances are if you took your brand new sports or muscle car to the local track for some high-performance hijinks, you would be laughed out of your dealer’s service bay if you tried claiming for warranty work. Not so if you’re driving your 2016 Camaro SS or upcoming 1LE or ZL1 variants on a closed circuit (those facilities are springing up everywhere, by the way). The Trenchcoated One hears that General Motors will now cover you under the Camaro’s powertrain warranty should anything of a mechanical nature break. And that includes competition, not just tooling around the track on your own. Of course, tire wear and bodywork aren’t included and the warranty doesn’t count if the car is modified.
Less weight and more power combines for performance success. With weight savings of up to 390 pounds (177 kg), the all-new Camaro resets performance benchmarks for the segment. With the available, 335-hp (250 kW) 3.6L V-6 and eight-speed automatic, the Camaro zips to 60 mph in 5.1 seconds and down the quarter-mile in 13.5 seconds.
A weekend racer, with warranty? Bring it on, then.