Four-Cylinder Camaro For Sale Is Raising Eyebrows
Four-cylinder Camaro up for grabs in LA sports a couple of interesting modifications, including a rear wheel setup for drag racing.
We’ll be the first to admit that there is no shortage of late-model Camaros floating around with some extremely questionable modifications on them. So, of course, seeing some funky decisions made on a sixth-gen model isn’t anything new to us. We don’t want to throw anyone under the bus, but we do tend to see some of the worst modifications done to more accessible models like the four-cylinder Camaro. We’re all for enjoying your car and making it your own. However, there are some people who seem to have a disastrous combination of bad taste and not knowing when to stop. In the case of this particular example, though, the modifications are fairly subtle. Still, we’re a bit confused.
This 2020 four-cylinder Camaro is for sale at Volkswagen of Downtown LA. At first glance, it doesn’t seem to be that out of the ordinary. Save from the fairly obvious Camaro ZL1 front bumper that doesn’t match the rest of the car (or the power output, we digress), it looks like just another 2020 Camaro. When you get to the back wheels, though, things get a bit suspicious. That has us wondering if this car is all show or if it packs a bit of “go.”
Drag Radials Ready to Rock
Indeed, this four-cylinder Camaro is wearing a pair of Mickey Thompson drag radials wrapped around a set of Weld beadlock racing wheels. It’s not uncommon to see this setup on the streets. Typically, it’s a sign for folks who like to think their cars are fast that they probably shouldn’t mess with this car in particular. That begs the question: is that the case here, or is this a clever predator deterrent for the lowly four-banger?
We’re not sticks in the mud. We’re well aware that the four-cylinder Camaros can get quite fast with tune, exhaust, and turbo upgrades. There are even a handful of examples of these boosted beauties breaking into the 10s at the quarter mile. That does lead us to wonder if this car has something else going on, too. If it does, though, it sure is hard to identify it. Under the hood, everything looks completely stock, right down to the factory air box. The exhaust tips appear to be stock, too.
Hidden Past or Full of Gas?
Ultimately, it appears that this car is wearing the racing wheels at the ZL1 bumper to make it appear to be something it’s not. However, we like to give folks the benefit of the doubt around here. Perhaps prior to trading it into the Volkswagen dealership, the owner pulled a myriad of go-fast parts off in an effort to revert it back to stock. After all, that is typically a good way to get the most out of your trade-in value.
You’d think, though, that they’d also pull their expensive wheels and tires off the rear if they were going through the process of undoing a healthy amount of performance mods. What do you think? Was this car specced to be a pretender or does it have a hidden former life of tearing up the drag strip? Let us know on the LS1 Tech Forum!
Photos: VW of DTLA
