What better way to bookend the week than with another stupidly-powerful V8 muscle car" If an orange Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat doesn’t quite tickle your fancy, there’s always the Chevy option…

Admittedly if you go for the Camaro, you’re going to have to take a 67hp hit compared to the Hellcat. Yes, the new 6.2-litre supercharged V8 engine fitted to the ZL1 can only must some 640hp, meaning you’ll be the equivalent of a supermini engine down on output. But you will have a devastating 640lb-ft of torque at your disposal; a figure which easily out-twists the Hellcat.

Chevrolet is marketing the ZL1 Camaro away from just raw horsepower, and instead on being an all-round package that’s “excellent at everything” in their own humble words. It’s certainly excellent at having the most humongous lower grille opening we can remember from recent history. It’s claimed to help improve airflow – a product of 100 hours in the wind tunnel – whilst the larger front splitter and new rear spoiler also do their bit. Inside features Recaro seats and a flat-bottom steering wheel; two additions that don’t quite succeed in hiding the humble roots of the base Camaro.
There’s a host of special features such as Magnetic Ride suspension, an electronic limited-slip differential, and a launch control system as standard. We’re imagining any launch control results in much smoke from the rear Goodyear E...