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Originally Posted by MBS
They are getting 30mpg right now with a 4 year old engine , They have switched to a smaller and lighter platform with more gears , only expecting a 2 mpg gain seems to be not expecting much when you take less weight , more gears and a more efficient engine , we all will know soon enough .
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That smaller, lighter platform is Alpha. And the best they have through 2015 is 30 mpg for a 2.0T 4 cylinder. To suddenly jump up and down with Christmas morning excitement and think the Camaro with the same engine will get more than the Malibu or the ATS with the same engine is just hope. And that 4 cylinder is allllll new baby. Not 4 years old.
ATS 2.0 T is 30 MPG
Malibu 2.0 T is 30 MPG
Camaro 3.6 L is ?????
Seriously to continue to think that simply being an AWESOME Camaro results in physics defying performance is beyond hopeful.
Sorry but 2 mpg doesn't come from sunshine and rainbows. We are talking about the same architecture that today gives 28 mpg with a V6 and 30 with a 2.0 T and everyone is thinking because it is a Camaro that these numbers go up by 25%????????
The 8 speed should get 1 to 2 mpg
AFM should get another 1 mpg
Start/Stop only affects city driving, not highway.
Go figure.