The Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport is back, variety of, but it actually is not coming from Common Motors.
On Saturday, Trans Am Globally launched the Chevrolet 70/SS with significantly a lot more than 1,500 horsepower, a manual transmission, and ample nostalgia in its fashion to please any man or woman missing the ’70s.
Tod Warmack, co-founder of Trans Am Globally (which is the sister company to Trans Am Depot), explained the 70/SS was seven several many years in the generating. This it the precise very same employees that reintroduced the Bandit Trans Am with Burt Reynolds and created the 455 Super Duty Trans Am.
Trans Am Globally 70/SS
Like any Chevelle, the particular edition commences with what is beneath the hood: A V-eight. Trans AM Globally will provide three trim quantities of the 70/SS with the base automobile presently getting powered by GM’s LT-1 6.two-liter V-eight with 450 hp sent to the rear wheels. Major-spec degree autos, of which there will only be 25 produced, will characteristic Tran Am Worldwide’s LS6/X 454 V-eight engine with 1,500-plus hp and rear-wheel drive. Mid-trim autos will characteristic a Magnuson supercharged 396 V-eight engine, nonetheless output was not disclosed. Consumers can determine on amongst an automated or manual transmission, but we implore consumers to #GiveAShift.
Primarily based mainly on the latest Camaro’s underpinnings, the current day day interpretation of the Chevelle Super Sport require to run circles near to its namesake thanks to GM’s Alpha platform.
The exterior fashion is a pure throwback with round quad LED headlights, horizontal triple-stack LED taillights, a dual exhaust, and two stripes operating the length of the convertible. The Camaro’s soft-prime is retained and fits the car’s common fashion.
Trans Am Globally 70/SS
The interior is virtually identical to the Chevrolet Camaro except for some recolored trim bits, a Hurst shifter, recovered leather seats, and a steering wheel seemingly pulled from the C7 Corvette.
The 70/SS will cost $150,000 and can “go north” from there primarily based mainly on customization and choices.
