New Camaro Launched

[JTD]

Originally Posted by Three Peaks

The press reports I read about the new Camaro says it is only 1" wider and 2" longer than the original Camaros. I still like the look of them and can't wait until they introduce the "Z28" version. Any bets it will come with the new Corvette engine?

Hey, a guy can dream.....

Bob

The new Camaro will come in three "trim levels." LS and LT Camaros will be powered by the same direct-injected 3.6-liter V6 engine that powers the Cadillac CTS performance sedan.
Direct injection means that fuel is injected right into the cylinders rather than being squirted into air that's on its way to the cylinders. That allows for more precise control of the way in which fuel mixes with air. That, in turn, allows more power to be produced.

The V6 engine will produce a maximum of 300 horsepower. The V6 cars are estimated to get 26 mpg on the highway.

The Camaro SS will be powered by a 6.2-liter V8 engine producing up to 400 or 422 horsepower. (Buyers who opt for a manual transmission will get the more powerful engine.) All V8 Camaros are estimated to get 23 mpg on the highway.

All of the new Camaros, whether manual or automatic, will have six-speed transmissions.

[RedBarchetta]

The hood line and the way it curves around the corners needs to be improved. Looks like an afterthought:




Those tail light shapes and that @#$@^ duck tail spoiler are simply fugly:




Paint the lower side valances black to match the rear end and to make the sides look shorter and that would clean things up A LOT:








Yet I'll still end up buying one because my 16 year old is in love...

[CobraEd]

Personally, I think the whole thing looks very weird. A cross between a stealth fighter, and an Imperial Storm Troopers helmet. Not a good semblance of an original Camaro at all. And like the new retro mustang, this new Camaro is also significantly bigger in weight and size than the original Camaro.


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[Suomien]

Originally Posted by JTD

...The V6 cars are estimated to get 26 mpg on the highway.

The Camaro SS will be powered by a 6.2-liter V8 engine producing up to 400 or 422 horsepower. (Buyers who opt for a manual transmission will get the more powerful engine.) All V8 Camaros are estimated to get 23 mpg on the highway.

All of the new Camaros, whether manual or automatic, will have six-speed transmissions.

that is soooo sad. I drove a 90's Cadillac Deville from Red Lake Ontario to Sturgis South Dakota and then on to St. Louis and averaged over 30 mpg with its V8...at speeds way over where the EPA measures things. And that 4-door plushmobile was no slouch acceleration-wise either. That this new Camaro, 10 years later, with GDI and a 6-speed transmission can only manage 23 mpg with its V8, only 26 with a V6, is just sad. Sad, sad, sad.

The photo comparing the new Mustang with a 66? Everyone knows that just as with the Camaro, Ford based its new Mustang on the later 67, 68 models? The LATER, LARGER Mustangs...the ones you could order with big block 390's, 428's? NOT the little 66's that only came with little 289's. Just a bogus photo from setup to composition to participants.

[CobraEd]

My 02 Sedan DeVille and my wife's 01 Seville both have the 4.6 Northstar V8, and we both get and easy 26 - 27 on the highway. Those cars weigh 4,000 lbs. Both engines are 275 hp and move pretty nicely.

I think the new Corvette is rated at 27 hwy too


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[VRM]

Another case of poor GM timing. Ford did the new 'retro' Mustang and sales jump 64% from the previous generation. Over the last couple of years demand has dropped off for the 'Stang, and I'm sure the economy has not helped. Now here is GM four years later hoping for the same big bang that the Mustang got. I think it is going to be a day late and a dollar short.
People blame the unions for all of GM problems - I think management is just as much to blame.

Steve