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2013 Chevrolet Camaro

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Key specifications

Highlights
Gas V6
Engine Type
17 City / 28 Hwy
MPG
323 hp
Horsepower
4
Seating Capacity
Engine Suspension Weight & Capacity Safety Entertainment Electrical Brakes

Notable features

New features and options
High-performance supercharged ZL1 edition
New 1LE Performance Package
Coupe or convertible
Manual or automatic with paddle shifters

Engine

278 @ 4800 SAE Net Torque @ RPM
323 @ 6800 SAE Net Horsepower @ RPM
3.6L/217 Displacement
Gas V6 Engine Type

Suspension

Not Available Suspension Type - Rear (Cont.)
Not Available Suspension Type - Front (Cont.)
Multi-Link Suspension Type - Rear
Multi-Link Suspension Type - Front

Weight & Capacity

N/A Aux Fuel Tank Capacity, Approx
19 gal Fuel Tank Capacity, Approx
Not Available lbs Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Tongue Wt.
Not Available lbs Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Trailer Wt.
Not Available lbs Dead Weight Hitch - Max Tongue Wt.
Not Available lbs Dead Weight Hitch - Max Trailer Wt.
3,780 lbs Base Curb Weight

Safety

Standard Stability Control
Standard Navigation System

Entertainment

Standard Bluetooth®

Electrical

150 Maximum Alternator Capacity (amps)
N/A Cold Cranking Amps @ 0° F (Primary)

Brakes

Not Available Drum - Rear (Yes or )
12.40 x 0.90 in Rear Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness
12.60 x 1.20 in Front Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness
Yes Disc - Rear (Yes or )
Yes Disc - Front (Yes or )
N/A Brake ABS System (Second Line)
4-Wheel Brake ABS System
Pwr Brake Type

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Factory warranties

New car program benefits

Basic
3 years / 36,000 miles
Corrosion
3 years / 36,000 miles
Powertrain
5 years / 100,000 miles
Roadside Assistance
5 years / 100,000 miles

Certified Pre-Owned program benefits

Age / mileage
5 model years or newer / up to 75,000 miles
Basic
12 months / 12,000 miles bumper-to-bumper original warranty, then may continue to 6 years / 100,000 miles limited (depending on variables)
Dealer certification
172-point inspection

The good & the bad

The good

Sprightly V-6, beefy V-8
Well-proportioned styling
Ride quality
Interior quality
Gas mileage

The bad

Cantankerous V-8 stick shift
Small trunk and backseat
Mushy V-6 brakes
V-8's less-refined handling
Oddly placed door handles

Consumer reviews

4.7 / 5
Based on 186 reviews
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Comfort 4.4
Interior 4.4
Performance 4.7
Value 4.5
Exterior 4.8
Reliability 4.7

Most recent

Car was bought as a graduation gift by my dad and I love

Car was bought as a graduation gift by my dad and I love it! Better than I thought it would be on gas for a car of this reputation, have yet to have any issues out of it and I got it with a great deal of miles on it. Always getting compliments on it as well which is nice.
  • Purchased a Used car
  • Used for Commuting
  • Does recommend this car
Comfort 4.0
Interior 5.0
Performance 5.0
Value 5.0
Exterior 5.0
Reliability 5.0
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Tranny Problems

This car is very nice in looks, but the transmissions that GM put in these cars are real crappy an will definitely cost you about $6k to have rebuilt. Truly don’t know why GM put these crappy tranny in this amazing car. I love the look, but save your money for a new tranny if you purchase one. My 2013 have over 150k miles and now it has a new tranny. Thanks to my pockets an a certified Tranmission shop called Aatco Transmission.
  • Purchased a Used car
  • Used for Commuting
  • Does not recommend this car
Comfort 4.0
Interior 4.0
Performance 3.0
Value 3.0
Exterior 4.0
Reliability 3.0
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2013 Chevrolet Camaro review: Our expert's take

By Aaron Bragman

The 2013 Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE is surprisingly easy to live with on a daily basis, providing a good mix of performance, comfort and value. It’s a worthy challenger to the more powerful Ford Mustang Boss 302.

Few automotive rivalries generate as much boasting and angst as the 45-year-long Chevrolet Camaro-Ford Mustang cockfight. It’s been going on since the late 1960s, and after a brief hiatus in Camaro production during the early part of this century, it continues strong today. The latest shot fired in the cross-town battle was a shell GM lobbed from Detroit into Dearborn in the form of the 2013 Camaro SS 1LE. This car is designed to do one thing: stick it to the Ford Mustang Boss 302 track monster, which has largely won the hearts of the automotive press. Unhappy with that situation, for 2013 Chevy took its V-8-powered Camaro SS muscle car and added some suspension bits from the ZL1 super-Camaro, along with some unique styling elements and a revised transmission, then gave it a specific ordering package (1LE) and set it loose on the tracks of the world.

Our own Executive Editor Joe Wiesenfelder drove one at Roebling Road Raceway in Georgia (see the video), and pronounced it a definite improvement over the SS model, though he preferred the Boss 302. I myself drove one at Gingerman Raceway in Michigan, and while I was very impressed with its on-track performance, I couldn’t help but wonder if the changes that made the Camaro SS more track-worthy would penalize it out on the street. Only one way to find out!

Seven Years in and It Still Looks Good … Outside
We first saw the 
Chevrolet Camaro’s present shape in 2006 when the concept was unveiled to a stunned public at the 2006 North American International Auto Show. The 2009 production car was barely changed from the concept, and it hasn’t changed at all since then. That means we’ve had more than seven years with the current body, which successfully combines retro touches with futuristic style. It still looks fantastic, muscular and a little bit vulgar. There’s certainly no mistaking this for a Honda.

The 1LE package adds some unique touches, like a matte black hood, spoiler and rear diffuser; black, 20-inch alloy wheels; and a functional front air splitter down low on the bumper — whose demise by concrete parking stanchion is practically preordained. The 1LE’s overall look is particularly mean, suitably butch and distinctive enough to let other enthusiasts know at a glance what you bought.

Inside, it’s still a standard Camaro SS, which is to say, not quite up to the standards of competitors like the Mustang. Acres of shiny flexible plastic cover the doors, and the four retro-style gauges on the center console are down too low to be useful. Kudos to Chevrolet for being bold with design, but we eagerly await the next-generation supercharged Chevrolet Camaro, with what will surely be a higher-quality cockpit. Despite how it looks, it works quite well. The seats are surprisingly comfortable while still being supportive, and the car features the faux-suede-covered shift knob and steering wheel from the Camaro ZL1. Visibility is compromised, but that’s the price one pays for a low-slung exterior design. A new multimedia touch-screen using Chevy’s MyLink system relies on touch-sensitive buttons to either side of the screen, which are annoying and feel cheap (and they likely are cheap to manufacture). Bringing back some regular mechanical buttons to these key features would be a good idea. The monochrome head-up display projected onto the windshield is a love-it-or-hate-it feature; I love it, as it projects all the necessary information right there on the road in front of you. A choice of speedometer, tachometer plus speedo, or speedo with extra info, like compass and temperature, is available. The blocky graphics could use an update, but the concept still feels like space-age stuff to me.

This Heavyweight Can Dance
Slip into the comfy seat, press the clutch pedal (the SS 1LE is available only with a manual transmission), crank that massive V-8 to life and you’re rewarded with one of the best sounds in the automotive kingdom. A German friend of mine once called domestic V-8 engines “American fuel-to-noise converters,” and he’s not wrong — the song the 
Chevrolet Camaro’s rear-wheel-drive 426-horsepower, 6.2-liter V-8 makes is as much a part of this country’s history as baseball and complaining about taxes. Many pony car fans give the nod to the Boss 302’s engine note, which I must admit has an amazing sound, but I’m not sure it’s better than the Chevrolet Camaro. Where the Mustang snarls, the Camaro bellows; both sound fantastic, rattle nearby windows and will handily roust the neighborhood from slumber on a quiet Sunday morning.

Acceleration is extremely quick, with an estimated 4.5-second zero-to-60 time that feels faster as it’s laid down in an aural haze of sonorous cylinders. Grip is phenomenal thanks to 20-inch Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar G:2 tires front and rear, plus a revised suspension system that uses exclusive monotube rear shocks instead of the SS’ standard twin-tube design. There’s very little squat under full acceleration, just rocketlike thrust complete with rocketlike roar. Fuel economy from the beast under the hood is rated at 16/24 mpg city/highway, but nobody with this car on their shopping list truly cares about that, so let’s move on.

The 1LE package brings changes to the SS that really wake up the Chevrolet Camaro. The SS has always been fast, but it’s also felt a bit piggish, hesitant to change direction due in no small part to its rather copious weight (almost 3,900 pounds). Chevy added larger (27 mm) front and (28 mm) rear stabilizer bars, a strut-tower brace and chassis elements from the Camaro ZL1 style — including wheel bearings, toe links and rear shock mounts to improve handling — and the difference is considerable. Despite these track-oriented changes, the 1LE is still completely tolerable on the street. The ride is stiff, but not punishing by any means. Southeast Michigan’s bombed-out roads unsettled the stiffly sprung sport coupe, but it’s totally manageable if you keep two hands on the wheel.

Around town, the stiff clutch and unique close-ratio transmission with the short-throw shift kit keep you occupied, but you’ll quickly adapt to its required efforts. In time, the SS 1LE becomes easy to use in most conditions.

If you’re accelerating lazily, the skip-shift lockout on the manual transmission forces you to shift from 1st gear directly to 4th in the name of fuel economy improvement. It’s maddening and needs some way to be permanently switched off. On the highway, two hands are definitely required to maintain directional stability, as the wide tires and super-sensitive steering both work to shuffle the big coupe all over the lane if you’re not attentive. Overall, however, the compromises one makes in driving the 1LE daily are minor compared with the benefits the upgrades deliver. This should be the standard SS package, not an option. To be honest, the biggest problem the car faces is not a problem with the car itself, it’s that with so much capability at hand and under foot, everyone else on the road is in. Your. Way.

Safety
The 2012 
Chevrolet Camaro was the first car to receive the quadruple five-star rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the 2013 carries that over. There are six airbags (including side curtain airbags), electronic stability control and an antilock braking system, all standard. See all the safety features listed here.

Is It a Bargain?
The Chevrolet people like to boast about capability comparisons between the SS 1LE and the Mustang Boss 302, but they especially like to trumpet price comparisons. A standard Camaro 1SS coupe will set you back $33,535, including a $900 destination charge. The 1LE package adds $3,500 for all the aforementioned equipment, meaning the least expensive SS 1LE you can get into costs $37,035. Compare this with the least expensive Boss 302, at $42,995 including destination, and you’ve undercut the competition by $5,960 for a car that’s almost as powerful and just as much fun. Our test car cost a good deal more, however, as it started as a 2SS, at $37,035, but included things like leather interior, the four useless auxiliary gauges, a Boston Acoustics premium sound system, a backup camera and the head-up display. Additional options included the RS Package with high-intensity-discharge headlamps that had a wicked “halo ring” effect, plus dual-mode exhaust that was basically a “loudener” for when you want people to really hear you. Total as-tested price for the car we drove was a still-cheaper-than-the-Boss $42,780, and the only thing missing was a $900 sunroof option.

Camaro SS 1LE in the Market
For comparison, the Boss 302 Mustang features more power and a similar driving experience. It also has optional Recaro sport seats, which some drivers feel are an asset, but which I have yet to experience as such, given every Recaro seat I’ve ever sat in has been abominably uncomfortable. Opt for the Boss 302’s garishly painted Laguna Seca package, and you get even more track-oriented, go-fast goodies, like a rear X-brace where the rear seat would be, front brake cooling ducts, an underbody transmission cooler scoop, a 3.73 rear axle with Torsen limited-slip differential, and unique springs and stabilizer bars for a total of $49,990.

The other member of the pony car trifecta, the Dodge Challenger, is a competitor as well, in the form of the de-contented, new-for-2013 SRT8 Core. It starts at $39,990, including destination, and features a 470-hp, Hemi 6.4-liter V-8, more room inside than either the Mustang or Camaro, Brembo brakes and, unlike either of the other two, an optional automatic transmission. Meant as a platform for customization, however, the SRT8 Core is not the track-specific model that either the SS 1LE or Boss 302 is meant to be. See how all three compare here.

In the end, between the Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE and the Mustang Boss 302, the decision comes down more to personal preference than to objective numbers. The two feel similar enough out on the street — and are both so outrageous in comparison with the sea of Camrys and Corollas through which they must navigate daily — that deciding on one will probably come down to which you can afford, which one you think looks best or even which brand you prefer.

For the 2014 model year, the Camaro has received very modest exterior tweaks to the headlights and taillights, and it’s added a fire-breathing Z/28 race car to the lineup. Ford has apparently responded to the arrival of the SS 1LE by discontinuing the Boss 302 from the 2014 lineup; the company says it was always planned as a limited, two-year production run. The Chevrolet Camaro will, however, continue to offer the SS 1LE in the 2014 model, meaning it will have no direct competition at Ford. Both the Camaro and the Mustang are scheduled to be replaced by smaller, much lighter, more efficient models (with convertible options) within the next few years, meaning the war is nowhere close to being over. This latest skirmish in the ongoing pony car saga, however, seems to have ended in a draw.

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The 2013 Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE is surprisingly easy to live with on a daily basis, providing a good mix of performance, comfort and value. It’s a worthy challenger to the more powerful Ford Mustang Boss 302.

Few automotive rivalries generate as much boasting and angst as the 45-year-long Chevrolet Camaro-Ford Mustang cockfight. It’s been going on since the late 1960s, and after a brief hiatus in Camaro production during the early part of this century, it continues strong today. The latest shot fired in the cross-town battle was a shell GM lobbed from Detroit into Dearborn in the form of the 2013 Camaro SS 1LE. This car is designed to do one thing: stick it to the Ford Mustang Boss 302 track monster, which has largely won the hearts of the automotive press. Unhappy with that situation, for 2013 Chevy took its V-8-powered Camaro SS muscle car and added some suspension bits from the ZL1 super-Camaro, along with some unique styling elements and a revised transmission, then gave it a specific ordering package (1LE) and set it loose on the tracks of the world.

Our own Executive Editor Joe Wiesenfelder drove one at Roebling Road Raceway in Georgia (see the video), and pronounced it a definite improvement over the SS model, though he preferred the Boss 302. I myself drove one at Gingerman Raceway in Michigan, and while I was very impressed with its on-track performance, I couldn’t help but wonder if the changes that made the Camaro SS more track-worthy would penalize it out on the street. Only one way to find out!

Seven Years in and It Still Looks Good … Outside
We first saw the 
Chevrolet Camaro’s present shape in 2006 when the concept was unveiled to a stunned public at the 2006 North American International Auto Show. The 2009 production car was barely changed from the concept, and it hasn’t changed at all since then. That means we’ve had more than seven years with the current body, which successfully combines retro touches with futuristic style. It still looks fantastic, muscular and a little bit vulgar. There’s certainly no mistaking this for a Honda.

The 1LE package adds some unique touches, like a matte black hood, spoiler and rear diffuser; black, 20-inch alloy wheels; and a functional front air splitter down low on the bumper — whose demise by concrete parking stanchion is practically preordained. The 1LE’s overall look is particularly mean, suitably butch and distinctive enough to let other enthusiasts know at a glance what you bought.

Inside, it’s still a standard Camaro SS, which is to say, not quite up to the standards of competitors like the Mustang. Acres of shiny flexible plastic cover the doors, and the four retro-style gauges on the center console are down too low to be useful. Kudos to Chevrolet for being bold with design, but we eagerly await the next-generation supercharged Chevrolet Camaro, with what will surely be a higher-quality cockpit. Despite how it looks, it works quite well. The seats are surprisingly comfortable while still being supportive, and the car features the faux-suede-covered shift knob and steering wheel from the Camaro ZL1. Visibility is compromised, but that’s the price one pays for a low-slung exterior design. A new multimedia touch-screen using Chevy’s MyLink system relies on touch-sensitive buttons to either side of the screen, which are annoying and feel cheap (and they likely are cheap to manufacture). Bringing back some regular mechanical buttons to these key features would be a good idea. The monochrome head-up display projected onto the windshield is a love-it-or-hate-it feature; I love it, as it projects all the necessary information right there on the road in front of you. A choice of speedometer, tachometer plus speedo, or speedo with extra info, like compass and temperature, is available. The blocky graphics could use an update, but the concept still feels like space-age stuff to me.

This Heavyweight Can Dance
Slip into the comfy seat, press the clutch pedal (the SS 1LE is available only with a manual transmission), crank that massive V-8 to life and you’re rewarded with one of the best sounds in the automotive kingdom. A German friend of mine once called domestic V-8 engines “American fuel-to-noise converters,” and he’s not wrong — the song the 
Chevrolet Camaro’s rear-wheel-drive 426-horsepower, 6.2-liter V-8 makes is as much a part of this country’s history as baseball and complaining about taxes. Many pony car fans give the nod to the Boss 302’s engine note, which I must admit has an amazing sound, but I’m not sure it’s better than the Chevrolet Camaro. Where the Mustang snarls, the Camaro bellows; both sound fantastic, rattle nearby windows and will handily roust the neighborhood from slumber on a quiet Sunday morning.

Acceleration is extremely quick, with an estimated 4.5-second zero-to-60 time that feels faster as it’s laid down in an aural haze of sonorous cylinders. Grip is phenomenal thanks to 20-inch Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar G:2 tires front and rear, plus a revised suspension system that uses exclusive monotube rear shocks instead of the SS’ standard twin-tube design. There’s very little squat under full acceleration, just rocketlike thrust complete with rocketlike roar. Fuel economy from the beast under the hood is rated at 16/24 mpg city/highway, but nobody with this car on their shopping list truly cares about that, so let’s move on.

The 1LE package brings changes to the SS that really wake up the Chevrolet Camaro. The SS has always been fast, but it’s also felt a bit piggish, hesitant to change direction due in no small part to its rather copious weight (almost 3,900 pounds). Chevy added larger (27 mm) front and (28 mm) rear stabilizer bars, a strut-tower brace and chassis elements from the Camaro ZL1 style — including wheel bearings, toe links and rear shock mounts to improve handling — and the difference is considerable. Despite these track-oriented changes, the 1LE is still completely tolerable on the street. The ride is stiff, but not punishing by any means. Southeast Michigan’s bombed-out roads unsettled the stiffly sprung sport coupe, but it’s totally manageable if you keep two hands on the wheel.

Around town, the stiff clutch and unique close-ratio transmission with the short-throw shift kit keep you occupied, but you’ll quickly adapt to its required efforts. In time, the SS 1LE becomes easy to use in most conditions.

If you’re accelerating lazily, the skip-shift lockout on the manual transmission forces you to shift from 1st gear directly to 4th in the name of fuel economy improvement. It’s maddening and needs some way to be permanently switched off. On the highway, two hands are definitely required to maintain directional stability, as the wide tires and super-sensitive steering both work to shuffle the big coupe all over the lane if you’re not attentive. Overall, however, the compromises one makes in driving the 1LE daily are minor compared with the benefits the upgrades deliver. This should be the standard SS package, not an option. To be honest, the biggest problem the car faces is not a problem with the car itself, it’s that with so much capability at hand and under foot, everyone else on the road is in. Your. Way.

Safety
The 2012 
Chevrolet Camaro was the first car to receive the quadruple five-star rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the 2013 carries that over. There are six airbags (including side curtain airbags), electronic stability control and an antilock braking system, all standard. See all the safety features listed here.

Is It a Bargain?
The Chevrolet people like to boast about capability comparisons between the SS 1LE and the Mustang Boss 302, but they especially like to trumpet price comparisons. A standard Camaro 1SS coupe will set you back $33,535, including a $900 destination charge. The 1LE package adds $3,500 for all the aforementioned equipment, meaning the least expensive SS 1LE you can get into costs $37,035. Compare this with the least expensive Boss 302, at $42,995 including destination, and you’ve undercut the competition by $5,960 for a car that’s almost as powerful and just as much fun. Our test car cost a good deal more, however, as it started as a 2SS, at $37,035, but included things like leather interior, the four useless auxiliary gauges, a Boston Acoustics premium sound system, a backup camera and the head-up display. Additional options included the RS Package with high-intensity-discharge headlamps that had a wicked “halo ring” effect, plus dual-mode exhaust that was basically a “loudener” for when you want people to really hear you. Total as-tested price for the car we drove was a still-cheaper-than-the-Boss $42,780, and the only thing missing was a $900 sunroof option.

Camaro SS 1LE in the Market
For comparison, the Boss 302 Mustang features more power and a similar driving experience. It also has optional Recaro sport seats, which some drivers feel are an asset, but which I have yet to experience as such, given every Recaro seat I’ve ever sat in has been abominably uncomfortable. Opt for the Boss 302’s garishly painted Laguna Seca package, and you get even more track-oriented, go-fast goodies, like a rear X-brace where the rear seat would be, front brake cooling ducts, an underbody transmission cooler scoop, a 3.73 rear axle with Torsen limited-slip differential, and unique springs and stabilizer bars for a total of $49,990.

The other member of the pony car trifecta, the Dodge Challenger, is a competitor as well, in the form of the de-contented, new-for-2013 SRT8 Core. It starts at $39,990, including destination, and features a 470-hp, Hemi 6.4-liter V-8, more room inside than either the Mustang or Camaro, Brembo brakes and, unlike either of the other two, an optional automatic transmission. Meant as a platform for customization, however, the SRT8 Core is not the track-specific model that either the SS 1LE or Boss 302 is meant to be. See how all three compare here.

In the end, between the Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE and the Mustang Boss 302, the decision comes down more to personal preference than to objective numbers. The two feel similar enough out on the street — and are both so outrageous in comparison with the sea of Camrys and Corollas through which they must navigate daily — that deciding on one will probably come down to which you can afford, which one you think looks best or even which brand you prefer.

For the 2014 model year, the Camaro has received very modest exterior tweaks to the headlights and taillights, and it’s added a fire-breathing Z/28 race car to the lineup. Ford has apparently responded to the arrival of the SS 1LE by discontinuing the Boss 302 from the 2014 lineup; the company says it was always planned as a limited, two-year production run. The Chevrolet Camaro will, however, continue to offer the SS 1LE in the 2014 model, meaning it will have no direct competition at Ford. Both the Camaro and the Mustang are scheduled to be replaced by smaller, much lighter, more efficient models (with convertible options) within the next few years, meaning the war is nowhere close to being over. This latest skirmish in the ongoing pony car saga, however, seems to have ended in a draw.

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Safety review

Based on the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro base trim
NHTSA crash test and rollover ratings, scored out of 5.
Overall rating
5/5
Combined side rating front seat
5/5
Combined side rating rear seat
5/5
Frontal barrier crash rating driver
5/5
Frontal barrier crash rating passenger
5/5
Overall frontal barrier crash rating
5/5
Overall side crash rating
5/5
Rollover rating
5/5
Side barrier rating
5/5
Side barrier rating driver
5/5
Side barrier rating passenger rear seat
5/5
Side pole rating driver front seat
5/5
8.7%
Risk of rollover
Side barrier rating driver
5/5
Side barrier rating passenger rear seat
5/5
Side pole rating driver front seat
5/5
8.7%
Risk of rollover

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What trim levels are available for the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro?

The 2013 Chevrolet Camaro is available in 12 trim levels:

  • 2dr Cpe LS w/1LS
  • 2dr Cpe LS w/2LS
  • 2dr Cpe LT w/1LT
  • 2dr Cpe LT w/2LT
  • 2dr Conv LT w/1LT
  • 2dr Cpe SS w/1SS
  • 2dr Conv LT w/2LT
  • 2dr Cpe SS w/2SS
  • 2dr Conv SS w/1SS
  • 2dr Conv SS w/2SS
  • 2dr Cpe ZL1
  • 2dr Conv ZL1

What is the MPG of the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro?

The 2013 Chevrolet Camaro offers up to 17 MPG in city driving and 28 MPG on the highway. These figures are based on EPA mileage ratings and are for comparison purposes only. The actual mileage will vary depending on vehicle options, trim level, driving conditions, driving habits, vehicle maintenance, and other factors.

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Is the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro reliable?

The 2013 Chevrolet Camaro has an average reliability rating of 4.7 out of 5 according to cars.com consumers. Find real-world reliability insights within consumer reviews from 2013 Chevrolet Camaro owners.

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Below are the cars.com consumers ratings for the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro. 93.0% of drivers recommend this vehicle.

4.7 / 5
Based on 186 reviews
  • Comfort: 4.4
  • Interior: 4.4
  • Performance: 4.7
  • Value: 4.5
  • Exterior: 4.8
  • Reliability: 4.7

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