[Tran]

Full review at:

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...-6-test-review

This V-6’s appetite for rpm shot us to 60 mph in 5.1 seconds and to 103 mph in the quarter-mile in 13.7, quicker by 0.4 second in both measures than a 3.7-liter V-6 Mustang. The last Challenger V-6 we tested, equipped with an eight-speed automatic, was a full second off the Camaro’s pace.

GM’s four-cam V-6 flaunts its spunk by pulling smartly from 1800 rpm and by tickling the sound meter with rich resonance at 5000 rpm. At the 7000-rpm redline, four tailpipes spout speed metal.

The chassis is nicely balanced thanks to the engineers’ weight-saving and stiffness-enhancing accomplishments. The V-6 is tucked back as far as is practical, the battery lives in the trunk, and various suspension and structural components are aluminum. We measured 0.91 g’s worth of skidpad stick running on 245/40R-20 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric All Season radials. The body is flat and nicely damped at the adhesion limit, and the understeer never goes nasty. The electrically assisted steering is perfectly weighted and provides aggressive turn-in response. Clearly, a car junkie tuned the communications channel from the road to the driver’s hands.


C/D TEST RESULTS:

Zero to 60 mph: 5.1 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 13.0 sec
Zero to 140 mph: 34.1 sec
Rolling start, 5-60 mph: 6.0 sec
Top gear, 30-50 mph: 15.1 sec
Top gear, 50-70 mph: 12.4 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 13.7 sec @ 103 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 151 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 152 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.91 g

[SpeedIsLife]

Okay so...now it's finally true..

This car *is* fully and completely a match, stock for stock, for any pre-2011 Mustang GT. It'll also give a Challenger R/T a run for it's money, especially if the Challenger is a manual.

[Blackdevil77]

Closely resembles the performance of my G8 GT when it was stock.

[scrape]

Great numbers there!

[70454]

Wish the SS had a 7,000 redline. Impressive numbers for a No Fi V6.

[Imp]

Originally Posted by Blackdevil77

Closely resembles the performance of my G8 GT when it was stock.

Which was almost 400lbs heavier.

--kC
(Had an '08)

[Phidelt59]

Yeah it was a good read until they started beating the dead visibility horse. C&D is the worst at it. It's funyy how camaro articles always start a flame war in comments section.

[Marty McFlew]

Add a CAI and port the throttle body, and a tune should easily get it to low 13s.

[Marty McFlew]

Originally Posted by 70454

Wish the SS had a 7,000 redline. Impressive numbers for a No Fi V6.

It is FI.

[GTIanZ28]

Originally Posted by Marty McFlew

It is FI.

Forced Induction

[Thor142]

Originally Posted by Marty McFlew

It is FI.

The 4 is. Not the 6

[90503]

It takes longer to go from 5mph to 60mph than it does from 0-60mph?


C/D TEST RESULTS:

Zero to 60 mph: 5.1 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 13.0 sec
Zero to 140 mph: 34.1 sec
Rolling start, 5-60 mph: 6.0 sec
Top gear, 30-50 mph: 15.1 sec
Top gear, 50-70 mph: 12.4 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 13.7 sec @ 103 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 151 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 152 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.91 g

[Goobaba]

Originally Posted by 90503

It takes longer to go from 5mph to 60mph than it does from 0-60mph?


C/D TEST RESULTS:

Zero to 60 mph: 5.1 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 13.0 sec
Zero to 140 mph: 34.1 sec
Rolling start, 5-60 mph: 6.0 sec
Top gear, 30-50 mph: 15.1 sec
Top gear, 50-70 mph: 12.4 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 13.7 sec @ 103 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 151 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 152 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.91 g

Yeah, that is typical because when you launch the car from a stop you're doing so at a high rpm, where as the rpms start low from a rolling start.

[70454]

Originally Posted by Marty McFlew

Add a CAI and port the throttle body, and a tune should easily get it to low 13s.

A tune would be the best option the other 2 options are so so.