Artist Envisions A Chevy SS Sedan Equipped With A 1LE Track Pack
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The 1LE package for the Chevy Camaro SS brings a host of track-focused performance upgrades to the sports car, from beefed-up suspension to sticky Goodyear Eagle F1 tires, Brembo brakes and a dual-mode exhaust. Despite sharing a Zeta platform and other key components with the previous iteration of the sports coupe, this performance package was never offered on the short-lived Chevy SS sedan – but now a digital rendering artist has used his skills to show us what a 1LE-equipped SS may have looked like if GM did offer a track-focused four-door.
This rendering takes some styling cues from the sixth-generation, Alpha platform Chevy Camaro ZL1 1LE and transfers them over to the SS body. For example, the grille, front splitter and dive planes all appear to have been pulled from a sixth-gen Chevy Camaro ZL1 1LE, while the rear wing is a modified version of the ZL1 1LE’s with an added center stabilizer post. Large quad-tip exhausts have also been worked into the lower rear fascia, signalling the presence of what may be an upgraded version of the SS sedan’s 6.2L LS3 V8. A set of ZL1 1LE wheels and tires and a carbon fiber hood with an integrated central vent complete the package.
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While a package like this may seem over the top for a sedan, GM has offered much more extreme versions of its rear-wheel-drive, Zeta platform sports sedan in Australia and the United Kingdom before. The Holden Commodore HSV GTSR W1, for example, packed a supercharged 6.2L LS9 V8 under the hood producing 635 horsepower and 601 pound-feet of torque. It paired the supercharged V8 with other go-fast components, too, like large alloy wheels with low profile performance tires, huge ventilated brake discs with upgraded calipers and unique exterior styling. Vauxhall once offered its own supercharged, Zeta platform vehicles through its VXR arm, as well.
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Nope, we got to get overpriced Jimbob pick em ups instead of sports sedans that can challenge Europe for sportiness and Japanese for reliability…..
Challenge Europe? Which sedans are you referring to that have ever challenged Europe?
Hilarious how many times GM had a knock out formula then under marketed it, or didn’t train dealerships how to sell it.
Sure the SS here, and G8 before it, and GTO before that. But also cars like the Volt that should have been a smash hit. Even execs didn’t know how to talk about it during its stage debut. Sad.
Blackwing caddys are 120%. No one can even question those 2 sedans
The SS and G8 were basically M5 on a budget. Nothing wrong with that.
I know someone who looked at the G8. They had a Grand Prix. The dealership wouldn’t negotiate a single dime off of the car so no purchase was made and Pontiac went out of business a year later.
Hey Andrew, don’t forget Cadillac is going all electric!
5/E Class, when the Commodore was made, the same performance for 2/3rd the price…
Ctsv
Just looked in the garage at my Chevy SS M6 – yes, it would look nice with those extra bits.
Probably the most under-rated car GM has produced in the last 20 years.
The only people who say it’s boring have never driven it or even ridden in one. They drive much smaller than they are.
At an event I was at, it turned a number of heads with the performance these cars can put down with just a sticky set of tires.
I only wish I had purchased it in orange, purple, or jungle green.
It’s the ultimate sleeper car in silver.
Looks beautiful! Yes, I’d definitely drive it!
You say the same exact thing every article oh that looks beautiful.
Well, I can’t say the same for all the stupid fords.
Looks great! It should have been the FWD Impala Replacement
Aesthetically speaking, definitely an improvement, with the more aggressive facia. But the overall shape of the body is still dated and underwhelming.
I’d lose the wing for a spoiler. Shame GM didn’t want the SS to succeed. Someone mentioned here under marketed or didn’t train the dealer’s; that’s 100% spot on!
It’s a shame. This was a great car ! Heck, even the long wheel base police fleet only Caprice was a great performing car.
GM CAN compete with anybody but they seemingly choose to just phone it in.
Will chevy build it? Oh no that’s right GM says there is no market for sedans or Camaros, so why are you writing this stupid article! You can wish and dream all you want, then let me know how it worked out for you!
No hope GM Will ever build such a car. They are too busy with SUV & PICKUP Trucks, besides been shortsighted an narrow minded.
It was made by GM Holden in Australia they knew they were going to shut Holden down I think that’s why
There didn’t push them to much .
A friend, who retired from the GM corvette plant, took his Pontiac G8/Holden on the 2010 Hot Rod power tour. I was a passenger. That car was HOT. It was a HOOT!
Remember the GM execs can try to project future demands. The government requires better fuel efficiency and exhaust minimums. While NASCAR controls the body shape and wing size, it will not have aerodynamic benefits. Maybe the GM suits are trying to appeal to the family market with four doors and the performance enthusiast. Remember that win on Sunday, sell on Monday still applies to the money people.
Where are you going with this?????
Not sure why they are talking about new cars since Mary Barra clearly stated that people don’t want cars.
With her ‘leadership’ GM stopped making the Cruze and it’s 50MPG diesel version.
Interesting to see what will happen as gas is now over $4.00 a gallon.
Cruze is still produced in Argentina and offered.
I do agree with some of your comments, and realize that we are dependent on oil. Electric cars seems to be the answer at this time. I have a Chevy Cruise with a gas engine and love it despite the discontinuation of the manufacture and believe that there will be a electric version in the near future.
💩💩💩 Neza – México – Style 💩💩💩
I don’t plan on going to Argentina to buy one.
They won’t build it … and with that hideous ricer wing, I’ll just hold on to my ‘09 Pontiac G8 GXP.
It’ll never see the light of day, if GM can’t sell 150,000 a year they won’t build it. That’s why every car/truck they have cancelled was cancelled. They aren’t satisfied making a small profit, they have to make millions off a design.
Bob the problem is that even if they nail it with the design still they don’t deliver with quality enough to match the competition, especially the European, Tesla is selling more sedans than GM in a single year than GM IN 5.
Personally I have never seen the “quality” of European cars, English cars electrical systems die while you’re driving in the dark of night, French cars just fall apart, Italian cars spend 60% of their life at the repair shop, and German cars are so over engineered no one can work on them except the dealer and then you have to get a second mortgage to pay for it. I think I’ll stick to American, Japanese, or South Korean cars thank you.
Super cool. Wait a year or two and steal a used one. Let someone else take the hit. Definitely a sleeper.
I was absolutely going to buy the SS in ’14, they weren’t available in Canada. When I contacted GM, I was told they weren’t coming into Canada, but I should call GM Canada. They said the same thing, suggested that I contact GM US. They stated that they wouldn’t sell it to me due to customs restrictions. Mistakenly, I then purchased a 2013 BMW 550 M-Sport, based on the hype of the Ultimate Driving Machine. It was terrible, no handling, crap steering even after upgrading to HRE’s and Pilot sports. Oh, and let’s not forget about the N63 engine probs. Car had NO soul.
I am now now in queue for my CT5-V Blackwing, with Temec. I’ll take my chances with GM, had my fill of “German Engineering”
People think I’m crazy for trashing European especially German cars. I worked at GM 30 years during which time I had the misfortune of working on many German made machines. Everyone was a POS, over engineered, every part was engineered backwards of normal machinery. They were very hard to work on the way they were engineered and parts were hard to get. It’s the same way for cars, only dealerships can work on them, then you pay an arm and a leg for that. I had a friend who owned a MB sedan, $1200 every time he had the oil change service.
My wife’s best friend has a Mercedes SUV and has to take it 40 miles to the nearest dealer for services such as oil changes and tire rotation etc. That $1200 per visit is no exaggeration.
And to think that German luxury car is a taxi cab in Europe. Maybe some day Checker Cab Co. will be a luxury car here.