Chevrolet Performance has unveiled the latest COPO Camaro to get the Chevy fans’ blood pumping during the winter months. COPO takes its name from the Central Office Production Order system that fleet managers would use in the ‘60s, and dealers used COPO to put powerful performance powertrains into production Camaro.
Decades later, the COPO Camaros are the heart and soul of Chevrolet drag racing. Chevy continues its testing of the 2016 Gen-six Camaro, but the V8 engine roars down the strip in Chevrolet Performance’s latest
video.
All these angles capture the raw power that a Camaro and its 427-cc engine can unleash on a straightaway. From under the hood to underneath the Camaro, few angles such as these are ever captured during a drag race, and it gives the viewers a sight they might never see as much.
The COPO Camaros infuse legendary COPO performance with the modern, lighter and stronger design of the 2016 Camaro. The first example of the 2016 COPO Camaro was produced with a Red Hot exterior paint color and signature graphics by NHRA Funny Car driver Courtney Force. This No. 1 in the series was auctioned off last month raising more than $300,000 for United Way.
Chevrolet only plans to build 69 2016 COPO Camaros, and 5,500 die-hard Chevy fans have already applied to get one when Chevy showed off the Courtney Force model at the SEMA Show last year. If you can’t get your hands on an exclusive COPO Camaro, your local Memphis Chevy dealer Chuck Hutton Chevrolet can help you get behind the wheel of your own 2016 Camaro!
