04-13-2013, 01:55 PM | #617 |
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No one has suggested that will happen. It's irrelevant.
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04-13-2013, 04:44 PM | #618 |
my 2 cents... the reason for owning any pony car, or any cool car for that matter, is to look cool. As long as they have a great body style like they do I predict there will be a market for a 4 cyl. How ever I strongly believe there would have to be significant distinction between 4, 6, and 8 cyl body types or it would discourage the higher performance buyers.
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04-13-2013, 06:06 PM | #619 |
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Anyone remember the Vega, The idea of buying an inexpensive car and customizing the way you want.... is the dream?
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Some people may feel that looks and MPG is enough. They MAKE cars for that-- they just shouldn't call them Camaro. I for one (there may be other Camaro fans) would like a car with looks AND performance. MPG is secondary. I owned a 2010 V6 once. LOVED it and MODDED it, and drove heck out of it. Then I traded for an SS. I had Permagrin even on the LS V6! (And not because of mpg). The looks are cool, but I want go!
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04-13-2013, 09:46 PM | #624 |
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That's my thinking too. Aren't there plenty of good looking, 4 cylinder cars already? The Camaro doesn't need to be sold with a 4 cylinder unless the car maker just wants to charge extra for 6 or 8 cylinders.
Remember, CAFE is averaged across the entire fleet. Individual models do not have to meet the CAFE average. So nothing impedes car makers from making 6 and 8 cylinder-only cars. There's only so many people who want a muscle/pony car anyway, and it's not like GM offers more than one now. We have one choice from Chevy, and if it gets ****ed up because they want to compete with hot hatchbacks, this thing will be a disaster. And I'll be buying used. |
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I can't wait until GM/Chevy gives all of us a great surprise and drops in a Turbo 4 banger with 327hp/340tq in the 6th Gen Camaro and weighing in @ around 3,300lbs !!!! and wacth it run a 13.4 in the 1/4 mile !!!!!!!!!... YaY....
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04-15-2013, 06:41 AM | #627 |
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I thought speculation on the new platform had the car weighing in @ 3600 lbs. I'd say 13.8
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No thanks ..I'd rather see a weight reduction; the use of aluminum for example.
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Maybe with the V8 it MIGHT weigh around there, probably a tad less. But no, with a turbo 4 the 6th gen should weigh in at around 3,400 lbs if not under that. Look at the Cadillac ATS which is built on the same platform...its base car weighs under 3,400 lbs.
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Explain to me how it won't happen, assuming the new 4 will be base. How does a turbo-4, which will be more expensive than the V6, enter the lineup and not affect V6 and V8 pricing.....unless the 4 will be an extra cost option.
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Ford actually does this on multiple cars already, with the 2.0L Ecoboost being an extra cost option. Thing the worries me about the Camaro is GM has no precedent of offering such a thing. In every car where a 4-cyl or turbo-4 has entered the lineup, the V6 (if it even continued to be offered at all) became a premium option...more money this year for the same thing as last year.
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