---
title: "Sweet Mother of God, the 2016 Chevy COPO Camaro…"
description: "The video evidence you’ve been waiting to see."
date: "2016-02-04"
modified: "2019-07-05"
authors:
  - name: "Max Prince"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-prince"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2036/sweet-mother-of-god-the-2016-chevy-copo-camaro"
categories:
  - "Chevrolet News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Camaro"
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Coupe"
  - "sports car"
---

# Sweet Mother of God, the 2016 Chevy COPO Camaro…

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/archive-images/020416-chevy-copo-hero.jpg>)
*\<em\>www.thedrive.com</em>*

This is not a car. It is GM part number 20169562, one of just 69 in existence. The package, and its guts, are decidedly old school. Built three-speed Turbo 400 trans. Solid rear axle. Oil drum rear slicks and a rollcage, too, because you’ll need those to compete in NHRA Stock and Super Stock Eliminator classes. There are three engines available: a supercharged 350cid and Corvette-based 376 stroker, plus an all-motor 427 LSX. No, this is not a car. It is the[new COPO](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/736/new-copo-camaro-debuts-at-sema-is-totally-sema>), a pile of aluminum and [testosterone](<https://best.thedenverchannel.com/low-testosterone-symptoms-and-possible-solutions/>) and bare knuckle fisticuffs that somewhat resembles a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro. It has side-exit exhausts and a parachute. It does *wheelies*.

Recently, we learned more than[5,500 people tried](<https://www.autoblog.com/2016/02/02/2016-chevy-camaro-enthusiast-demand/>) to order a COPO. The first example was[auctioned at Barrett-Jackson](<https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Archive/Event/Item/2016-CHEVROLET-CAMARO-COPO-GEN-6-VIN-001-191859>) in January for $300,000. Now we know why. Watch the video below. If you’re not immediately awash in both burning desire and abject terror, you’re either a sociopath or fascist or possibly both. Listen to that noise, and tell me it’s not a good day to be alive in America. I dare you.

https://youtube.com/embed/6qItrfYVw-E

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/themaxprince>)