Motor Trend Scoop: 2015 Camaro to be on Alpha Platform
 

As reported on Homepage Blog.

Motor Trend reported last month that the 2015 Camaro would use the same Alpha platform at the 2014 Cadillac CTS. This would create a lighter, smaller Camaro. The lighter weight would lend itself to having a supercharged or turbocharged V6 as the performance engine of choice for the Camaro SS. More information at these two links.

http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...ons/index.html

http://wot.motortrend.com/6604864/fu...orm/index.html

http://motortrend.automotive.com/134...ons/index.html

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/attach...6&d=1270571436

Some insider info can be found on here (posted 3/26)

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f...options-90417/

Motor Trend continues to report: 6th gen 2015 Camaro on Alpha Platform
 

I was reading in the new Motor Trend that the 2015 Camaro could get the Alpha platform. This would be a smaller platform and may shed some weight. It was an interesting read - here is an article similar.

http://motortrend.automotive.com/134...ons/index.html



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They've been saying that for decades. Smaller, lighter.

oh boy.can't wait for a 4 banger.

Looks like it would still have room for a V-8, so thats a plus.

I just read that article before jumping on here. I like where this is headed. It also said the next generation Camaro starts production in early 2014 as a 2015 model.

So does smaller and lighter mean the Camaro is going to be a 2 seater?

Keep the Camaro a V-8

:word: and this is unbiased ;)

i could be wrong but i thought i read that they are doing away with the v8 on the new platform...

because people were asking about why drop the power.. but the car will be much lighter... so it makes up for the lost hp power...

I hope it comes out a little later than 2015MY. But that's for selfish reason that I will be fresh out of college at that point. But for GM, I think there's a lot to be gained by putting newer generations out a little sooner, or atleast heavy refreshenings. Ford has started this recently and I think it's working very well.

Remember they could very well go away from the good ol' pushrod V8's. You have CAFE standards that will be in place by 2016, so the top tier Camaro could very well be a turbo V6 of some sort.

If they can get the same power with better gas mileage out a V6 I say :thumbsup:

I heard it's going to use nuclear fusion. They are just having problems with the flux capacitor. Good news is they called in Doc Brown.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

no way a V6 is going to fly for a SS, however with the new CAFE restrictions for 2016 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/01/n...1-mpg-by-2016/), they might have no choice.

THAT will be a bad ass car! Lite is RIGHT!!

Bah. After that last Camaro/Challenger/Mustang comparison, my respect for Motor Trend went down the cr@pper...

v-6 ss dont think so. Hopefully obama wont have control then though and the cafe rules can be de hippieized.

Id rock a v6 turbo Camaro. Did any of you guys ever hear a cammed GN before? As long as its a bigger displacement v6 it will still sound badass, especially when you hear it spool up. You have to adapt to survive, remember people hated messing with fuel injection when it first came out too.

hey a turbo v-6 in an RS model, cool, in an SS no way. Just as bad as the hybrid corvette. How un cool is it to roll in silence to a stop light.

We didn't know this much about the Camaro in 2005. It is downright impossible for this information to be based on facts 5 years out.

Guys this explains the new CAFE laws...

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8...esson-included

If they put the camaro on alpha and they don't get rid of zeta, I want to see a chevelle based off the one in the early 70's.

I know it most likely won't happen, but if it looks close enough to a '69 or '70 it will win over the people that like the retro styling :iono:

Great Scotts

2015? Who cares.

It has to be a V8! Putting in anything else would be a abomination! Plus, I don't want to have to change my name to American V6..........

Glad I got my 2010 Camaro, I don't like the sounds of the new generation Camaro when it comes out. Bye bye pushrod V-8. Hello turbo 4 and 6 cylinders

Hm... I'm a little concerned, but compared to way back when, the 4th gen Camaro's are considerably smaller, so it might not be a bad thing in terms of size.
I still want to see a V8 though. There has been no point in the history of a Camaro where there wasn't a V8 offered (from my knowledge), so why start then? You just can't beat a V8.

What about the styling...
 

Will they stay with a retro theme or head off in some new direction? I personally would love to see something reflecting the 1970-73 style.

Boondock Saints.............yayyyyyyyyyy

I see nothing wrong with using efficiecy and technology. The V6 3.6 is awsome I got 31 MPG hwy last month in it!

Mustang's new 5.0 is a bad ass motor making almost as much HP/L as our V6, i think if Camaro stays V8 they should follow ford... let go of the old pushrod LS series and getting onboard w/ some new technology!

LOL- I thought that's what it was now. Wait- I'm 6'9" so it just looks like a two seater- my bad :)

CAFE doesn't mean the end of the pushrod V8. After all, the pushrod V8s in Chevy trucks get better mileage than the OHC V8s in the Dodge, Ford, and Toyota trucks. My money is on the next generation Camaro having a 5.x liter DI V8, with maybe slightly less power, but with a lighter platform, better power:weight.

The Camaro needs to have a V8. There are plently of sports cars that are just as fast, and probably even more fun to drive. The unique rumble of a V8 is what makes the Camaro different. If I just wanted a fast car, and didn't care if it made a buzzy drone, I'd buy a 370Z.

I'd actually rather have the old fashioned LS pushrod engine design than the new 5.0 in the Mustang. The new crop of high tech, high revving DOHC engines make big power numbers, but completely lack low end torque. The 5.0 may make over 400 horses, but its a peaky engine that doesn't come close to the LS3 on the low end.

You can only make torque two ways, displacement (as in the LS3), or forced induction (as in the EcoBoost). And the only way you'd get me to buy the latter type of engine would be if it came with a 200K mile warrantly on the Powertrain and turbo.

I'm sayin, the edmunds has the 2011 5.0 stang GT dyno 395rwhp.

wtf is that all about?

Streetfire.net has a 1/4 2011 5.0 walking away from an SS

I think we are going to see allot of ss folks upset.... Camaro needs to lose some weight

new technology is amazing they'll have V6's out in 2015 that if you hoped in one and wasnt told how many cylinders it had you wouldnt know the difference. bye bye V8 by then it wont be practical people just want the title of owning a "V8" over a "V6."
Past american muscle was V8 new aged is V6 sry. I dont like it either:iono:

I don't trust MT...almost up until production started, they were calling the 5th gen a 2009 and saying it had an LS2.:rolleyes::mad0259:

You know what If it gets smaller I might loose its presence. One of the reasons I choose that car is cause it has presence!!! I think lighter is the direction to go, But keep the size overall the same.

whats not to like about the V6? besides not having a V8 rumble? traditionalist wont like it, but guys like me that aren't about a brand are very impressed w/ what these companies are doing w/ newer motors, especially GM and Ford, the new stangs completly blew me away, the 6 and the 8. I was going to wait for the 2011 stang, but stang will never have the looks of the camaro.