Whenever an eagerly anticipated new car’s online configurator goes live with full pricing, option, and color choices, we’re immediately sucked in, trying out different combinations. After being teased a few months ago by an incomplete 2016 Chevrolet Camaro configurator, the full monty has finally gone online. And you know what that means: It’s time for our latest installment of How We’d Spec It! This is the 2016 Camaro we’d build, both for our own pleasure and for maximum Ford Mustang?fighting skills.

MODEL:
Chevrolet Camaro 1SS (base price: $37,295)
For as compelling as the latest V-6?powered Camaro is?it’s lightweight, handles extremely well, and even sounds good, in addition to being more affordable?if we’re stalking the streets for Ford foals, the V-8 is the only option. And what a V-8 it is. For the sixth-generation Camaro, Chevy didn’t bother detuning the Corvette’s 6.2-liter V-8, meaning it packs the same 455 horsepower as its sports-car sibling. Eight-cylinder Camaro coupes come in two flavors, 1SS and 2SS; the nicer of the two, the 2SS, includes parking sensors, a head-up display, a Bose nine-speaker audio system, power-seat memory function, heated and ventilated front seats, a heated steering wheel, illuminated doorsills, wireless phone charging, and dual-zone automatic climate control. Those niceties are all great, but we’re fans of performance on the cheap, so we stuck with the 1SS. The 1SS comes w...