2018 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Crashes Hard at Adenauer Forst

The driver of this 2018 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 prototype is one of those unfortunate souls who crashed on the Ring. As you can see in the first three pics of the gallery, the driver approached the Adenauer Forst chicane, a tight left-right that catches many drivers with their pants down. Indeed, he overcooked it a little bit, but the crash wasn’t his fault.

The video attached below, coming courtesy of GTB Photography, tells it how it is: the rear wheels locked under braking, then the front locked and bang, the Camaro Z/28 kissed the guard railing with the right-hand side front fender. After the crash, a flatbed truck came to the recuse of the car. Needless to say, that’s definitely a problem with the calibration of the ABS or the braking system altogether, a problem that will be sorted out by the time the Z/28 goes on sale.

Happily, however, the driver wasn’t injured and the pre-production prototype wasn't totaled. Better still, the Chevrolet-branded muscle car didn’t catch fire like the Honda NSX and Nissan GT-R did two years ago.

The bigger question is, will the next-generation Camaro Z/28 make the Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R put its money where its mouth is? In a nutshell, of course it will. Mark Reuss has told the motoring media that the driver-focused machine will be three things. Firstly, it’s inspired by the Trans-Am series. Secondly, we’ve been promised more capability in the corners compared to other Camaro models. Thirdly, it’ll be wicked fast.

Although it appears to look like a more muscular ZL1, the Z/28 doesn’t use a supercharged engine. The debate is still open regarding the V8 slumbering under the hood. Will it be a more powerful version of the LS7 big-block or the LT1 small-block? The engine surely doesn't sound supercharged, so no, no LT4 here. One thing is certain, though: so many aero trickeries and the fat tires = one hell of a driver’s muscle car.