Chevy Copo Electric Camaro
To give it a dash of 21st century tech chevy went and built an electric copo.
Chevy copo electric camaro. Fifty years after the original copo camaro special order performance models were introduced chevrolet s ecopo camaro concept demonstrates an electrified vis. Two years ago chevrolet used sema to reveal the latest copo camaro a factory built drag racer packing a supercharged lsx based 350 engine good for 580 hp. It s an electrified version of the copo camaro. Just 69 of the vehicles are assembled each year commemorating that first run.
Because prospective buyers far outnumber the copos to be built chevrolet uses a lottery system to choose who will become a lucky owner. Chevrolet also offered its drag racing. A few weeks after making. Copo camaro production stopped after the initial year but chevrolet reopened the door with the fifth generation camaro in 2012 and has continued the program since then.
The ecopo concept shown in electric blue joins the 50th anniversary 2019 copo camaro production race car and approximately two dozen additional chevrolet concepts and show vehicles at the sema. But the gas powered copo camaro runs around 100 000. The chevy ecopo camaro electric drag car wowed us at sema with its 700 horsepower electric motors and its claim of being capable of nine second quarter mile times. Aptly called the ecopo camaro it s based.
The chevrolet copo camaro is a straight from the dealer drag racer capable of pulling some crazy times on the strip. Chevy has created a vehicle that would hurt dominic toretto more than a treacherous family member. Weirdly though we didn t see.