2020 Camaro LT1: Hot Or Not?
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General Motors recently added an important new trim level to the Camaro lineup: the 2020 Camaro LT1.
This no-frills V8 model is intended to woo customers away from the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger, both of which are currently outperforming the Camaro in the pony car sales race.
GM just may succeed in putting some more butts in the seats of the Camaro for 2020, as the bare bones LT1 model is pretty enticing.
The 2020 Camaro LT1 is packing the same 455-horsepower 6.2-liter LT1 V8 as the Camaro 1SS and 2SS, but has less standard options. This has allowed Chevy to price the car from $34,995 – undercutting the $36,350 Mustang GT and essentially matching the $35,790 Challenger R/T.
The 2020 Camaro LT1 will be available with a six-speed manual or 10-speed automatic transmission and will be offered in both coupe and convertible body styles. Options available to throw on the regular 2.0-liter and 3.6-liter V6 Camaro LT will also be offered in the LT1, including a rear spoiler, colored brake calipers, sueded interior components, Recaro seats and more.
Additionally, the new entry-level V8 model features the exterior appearance of the 2.0-liter turbo and 3.6-liter V6 powered Camaro, rather than the more aggressive look of the Camaro SS. This gives owners the option to choose the Camaro fascia they prefer – no matter which engine they want. It also makes the Camaro LT1 a bit of a sleeper thanks to the less aggressive look of the non-SS fascia.
Do you think the updated 2020 Camaro LT1 is hot or not? Have your say and vote below and feel free to let us know why you voted the way you did in the comments below.
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As someone who had a 2017 2ss and now has a 2019 GT premium pp1, I can say the Camaro is and was the superior car in nearly every way. Mustang is great but build quality for one, sucks!.
The LT1 should have been available all along. I’m thinking of throwing the LS3 in my 2015 1LT/RS convertible. I think the Camaros are the hottest pony car there is….I just hope GM dont let their execs screw it up!
Looks much much better than that butt ugly massive grille. Maybe they should try a little more aggressive advertising…which they don’t do, if they are concerned about sales.
First of all lets remember that GM made the mistake of a lifetime when they brought the Camaro back with a car that looked nothing like a Camaro. They were sitting on a goldmine and as usual they screwed it up. GM all you had to do was make a couple modern changes to the 69 Camaro decking it out with state of the art electronics. Maybe a modernized tail light upgrade and grill. Put a modern interior in it and definetly outfit it with a supercharged V8.
It would have made sales record history by capturing the older and younger generation. You would have been giving proud recognition to the Camaro that captured every heart and turned every head in America. Pack that with the true Heartbeat of America advertising and a winner would have emerged. Then start to mold it into modern transition. Instead you put a car out that was not even designed by an American, totally insulting the Model Year that started it all. Where did the real GM go? I always said, if you are going to design and build something, especially something of this magnitude and nostalgia, you should have gotten the input of US car enthusiasts, collectors, and guys who lived that era. SO No Thanks GM I will keep my tricked out 75 Camaro. At least it is a REAL CAMARO that earned its name. As always Dodge, dit it right, Ford did it right, and GM well you tried and missed the boat the same way you did when you allowed Ford to hit the streets with the first Mustang while not even having the Camaro in production. The logo is correct. “Heart Beat of America (Yesterdays Chevrolet)”.
Simpler, edgier but bulgy and brutal design is what makes a car an american muscle car.
Combined with a thicc block and you’re in business.
I think GM lost their magic. Ever since the introduction of the Camaro 6 the design has been that of a cross-over between a Mazda 6 and some German car. It’s a Japanese car now.
The last gen Camaro 5’s already started losing their magic, but the Camaro 6 …
Of course the performance has improved big time which is an awesome feat, but still… the thing that made me buy the 2011 Camaro RS in Cyber Grey is gone.
I just keep eyeballing the consistently “American Muscle”: Dodge Challenger.
Dealers will not stock the bare bones Camaro , add $1500 for auto transmission plus needed extras it will price out about $42,900
Sounds good on the internet! But Some where I read on the internet , a 1SS with the 1LE package is the best 40,000 dollars buy on the market. Have you tried purchasing one for 40,000 grand? It’s not happening! So who fooling, who ? I think the Camaro is a great car! A great alternative to the Corvette. Sometimes great cars end up in last place!
Meh
Looks like all the rest of them of that body style
If I knew this was coming,I would have waited.
Being a muscle car fan from the 79’s growing up , I find your new 2020camaro LT1 a fascinating model. Less options interior wise and more muscle for the road, yes, I’m intrigued about the car but you guys lack one thing to beat mustang and the Challenger when it comes to sales and that’s commercialisation, mention options ,the motor it carries , it’s availability and price, then watch the poeple flock in for this car to be seen or to buy.. trust me in this commercialisation and mentioning it’s options, motor, handeling will intrigue people to buy, when you don’t do this ; the car dies. Yet so good yet wasn’t known. Angelo car guy.
For whoever say its not a nice car umm it is a very nice car. Its pretty fast and drives smooth! Got a 2021 riverside blue Lt1 v6 10 speed on black interior and technology pkg with bose system and 20 inch blk rims with all weather tires! In love with this car! Not a fan of any challengers or any dodge or mustangs. Everyone has there own taste so not saying those cars are ugly there just not my type of car..