A $1.6 Million Camaro? The 1,600 Horsepower Hybrid Hypercar

Daily Car

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04/11/2025

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Blazin Rods, a workshop in California, has shown a project that stretches the limits of classic car modification. The team took a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro and rebuilt every system until almost nothing original remains. They kept the familiar outer shape but installed hardware that matches today's hypercars. The goal is to give the driver 1,600 hp while the body still looks like a 1969 Camaro.

A twin turbo 5.8-liter Chevrolet V8 with dry sump lubrication sits just behind the front axle line. Internal changes let it spin to 9,000 rpm plus produce about 1,300 hp. A separate liquid cooled electric motor on the front axle adds roughly 300 hp. An 800-volt battery, mounted low in the chassis, feeds the motor. A computer controlled torque-split system sends power to all four wheels.

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Every body panel is carbon fiber. Designer Sean Smith broadened the fenders, added a front splitter, dive planes and a two level rear wing that rises from the D-pillars. Under the skin a space frame chassis uses CNC-machined steel but also aluminum nodes with laser cut tubes to resist twist. The suspension pairs torsion bars with air springs and adapts to road conditions. The car uses brake-by-wire as well as variable-rate electric power steering.

Test figures point to a top speed above 200 mph. Launch control manages traction for the hardest possible starts from rest. Blazin Rods will build a small series instead of a single showpiece. The finished car should appear next year. Base price is set at about $1.6 million before further options, a bracket shared with the world's most limited supercars.

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