What is the 30th Anniversary Camaro? First start with a ’97 Camaro Z28. Add “Hugger Orange” stripes over an Arctic White exterior with white door handles and mirrors and black emblems. Then mount white five-spoke aluminum wheels to complete the look.
Inside there are 30th Anniversary front floor mats, Arctic White seats with black-and-white houndstooth inserts and five-color 30th Anniversary logo a “30” with the red, white and blue Camaro badge embroidered on the headrests. Arctic White leather is a further option, and the package is available on coupe or convertible, the latter with an Arctic White top.
Under the special cosmetics it’s a Z28, and that means there’s a 5.7-liter V8 under the hood. The LT1 engine is a torquey pushrod V8 in the classic sense, developing 325 lb-ft of torque at 2400 rpm, while producing 285 bhp at 5200 rpm. That’s tire spinning muscle and power that can reach speeds to get you in very very much trouble with law enforcement officialdom.
Of course, if there’s a V8, there’s gotta be a rumble and the Z28 rumbles with the best of them. No need to buy custom pipes. The dual exhaust is one of the best stereo sets you could ever want, whether at full throttle or burbling overrun. It plays to the tune of premium unleaded, however, with a 16/27 city/highway EPA mileage rating.
The Z28’s V8 is connected to either a 6-speed manual or 4-speed electronic automatic transmission. The six ratio manual provides a gear for everything you could want to do in a Camaro that doesn’t require the skills of a contortionist.
Everything from the sturdy shift lever to the cogs themselves will stand up to anything this side of gearbox abuse, and with two overdrive gears, there’s no excuse for poor gas mileage on the Interstate. Believe the EPA. On the other hand, this Borg-Warner box has the accursed CAGS system. Standing for Computer-Aided Gear Selection, it’s as awful as its acronym sounds.
Devised to return higher gas mileage on the EPA city mileage cycle, it forces a first-to-fourth gear shift under light acceleration. The fix is shift at slightly higher revs. Just wait for the CAGS warning light to go out.
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