When you think back to your first glimpse at a sports car, it was more than likely a Camaro or Corvette. And since you’re a mega-car enthusiast today, back then you probably dreamed of owning one when you got older. Chevy has amped up their latest Camaro to cross over from a typical sports car the college jock owns to more of an exotic–with a base price of more than $250,000.

The Camaro GT4.R is a race-ready car engineered with the assistance of Pratt & Miller Engineering, a professional race car developer. The starting price of this Camaro is $259,000 since the car does more than look good; its high performance has proven time and time again that the vehicle is a championship racer. It participated and dominated in the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge’s GTS Drivers, Manufacturers and Team as well as the 2017 IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series.

With a dry-sump, 6.2-liter LT1 V8 engine and a Xltrac six-speed sequential transmission with a Xtac Salisbury-type differential and pneumatic paddle shifting, you’ll shift gears with ease as you whined around the track over and over again. The powerhouse of this vehicle features direct fuel injection, a customized camshaft and a custom carbon fiber intake. You can crank this baby up to a whopping 480 horsepower.

Its aerodynamic design makes the GT4.R ideal for the racetrack. At minimum, this vehicle weighs 3,131 pounds, which gives it enough weight to hold its ground but not enough to slow it down. Unlike a lot of automobiles on the road today, this vehicle has a carbon fiber rear spoiler for a reason–to give it that extra boost and a hint of style.

The Camaro GT4.R is proving complicated isn’t always a bad thing. A vehicle with adjustable traction control, adjustable ABS and a two-way adjustable Ohlins Racing coil-over dampers gives you versatility and choice. This complicated design puts you more in charge of the performance of your car than most cars on the market today.

This particular model isn’t a first generation, either. It’s a sixth generation racing car with plenty of performance and speed in its family line. Last year, the Camaro ZL1 premiered, and it was definitely a track-worthy piece. In 3.5 seconds, it increased in speed from 0 to 60 and had excellent handling. Obviously, when Chevy basked in the glory of developing and producing such an impressive vehicle, it couldn’t stop there. We can only imagine what Chevrolet is going to showcase next year with the seventh generation of the GT4.R because you know Chevy isn’t going to stop at the GT4.R.

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