The day GM removes the V8 from a Camaro is the day that pigs fly.






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Right...

Like GM wouldn't get rid of the likes of Pontiac, Olds, or Hummer...

Like Chevy didn't mothball the Camaro itself for a number of years and if it's sales dip low enough, they'll stop making it again.

The V8 is here for a few more years, but with fuel efficiency numbers on the rise, it's days are numbered.

But a twin-turbo v6 cranking over 400 HP wouldn't be a bad thing...

Looking at GM past history, I think a supercharged V6 is more likely than the twin turbo. The install on the assembly line is much easier.
I for one would love to see a OEM supercharged Gen 6, then badge it an RS like he old days instead of using the RS badge as a cosmetic upgrade :cool:

I truely believe there has to be a V8 option in the Gen6.

LF3 TTV6 is already in development.

The LT1 (as I have been posting for the past few years) is direct injection, and within the next few years all engines will migrate to it. I dont see the V8 going away, but I do expect to see the single cam pushrod disapear with overhead cams like Ford (and every import) has done.

Also as we see, 4cyl & V6 will be the standard with less and less V8 offerings (look at Fords Ecoboost in the F-150.

Time will tell, but the V8 gasoline engine is getting rarer and rarer.

I found something that really was a WTF ? moment while cleaning out an old house...a 1979 Popular Mechanics magazine that had an ad for a Ford Fiesta econobox that was advertized to get 55 mpg ! So 33yrs ago they could get better milage than today,of course that had to be smog legislated to death (Thanks Cali)and the new Fiesta gets no where near 55 mpg !

Plus revised (and more accurate) EPA testing methods.

I do not think they are dumb enough to take away the V8 option but now adays you never know

285 hp :bellyroll:

So it's comfirmed then? The V6 with 300 + HP is good enough. No more v8's !

Guys....there will be a V8, and I'd say we can be pretty confident there will be a turbo 4 cylinder. The only question I have, is if there will be some sort of V6 offering.

I for one, would really love to see a 330+HP NA V6 offering, but if they come out with a turbro 4 making around 300HP/300TQ, I can then see why they might skip out on the sixer...but I hope not.

I'd love to have a lightweight 3,400lb or so Camaro, and mod the V6 into the 350 - 360HP or more range. Would be a pretty sweet ride, for a mid-upper 20K price range.

The 6th gen will certainly have a V8. Most likely the LT1 and or some derivative of it. I would imaging it would also have a turbo 4 and a V6 or more likely a turbo V6. What happens to the later models of the 6th gen and the 7th gen after that depends on sales and future CAFE regulations. If people are willing to pay for a V8 and they can be made efficient enough then we'll still have them. One thing is for sure. They are going to change. At some point they will need to resort to start/stop tech and or Hybrid techs to make them efficient enough to not kill them in the CAFE department.

I just hope that when those techs arrive there will be a way to flip a switch so I can hear my V8 idle. It would be sad to not have it idle any more. :cry:

the only reason I could see GM getting rid of the V8 option would be to push those buyers into vetts.

but as for those that think CAFE has nothing to do with it, I thank you for the lol. the people who devise and push those standards don't want any large low MPG engines............period. if they had their way, they'd do away with them all tomorrow. they may not get rid of them in this round, but don't doubt what the end game is.

Put 2 I-4 turbo's together and you have a I-8 turbo!!:sm0:V8 boys would crap the threads on that one:D