[autocross]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

In summary to this, The V6 performance is outstanding especially for 3.6 displacement motor. Carrying 335 Horses and more than enough accelleration to give you a grin and even put a "WOW" on your face. Down low in the RPMS (3,000 and below) it feels like a normal car..maybe slightly stronger..for example when my car was in the shop they loaned me a Malibu and I could INSTANTLY tell the difference.. the V6 Camaro is definitely a sports car. But then when you get into a hairy situation (accidently pull out infront of someone, someone merging into you, or you need to make up some distance to merge real fast.) and you really hit the gas, it will NOT disapoint you, especially when you have been driving it normally all day, it makes you say "Wow! - Is this really the same car?" after about 3.5k RPMS...because it just wakes up and leaves. And unlike many V6's out there in the market, is does NOT fall flat on its face on the highway which is what really surprised me. Our G37 is a rocket on the street but after 75 MPH it starts losing steam.. My 1LT Camaro would EASILY take you up to 100 MPH and you wouldn't even feel it and possibly not even be trying...at highway speeds its only warming up and the thing is only turning 2k RPMS at 90 MPH...That is what I found insane.

Does it rev fast? Kind of...I mean...yes and no... It has enough power to pull its own and some so it can climb through the gears pretty quick but its not like exotic level revving so to speak.

Does it rev faster than the SS? ..Sorry but no... The SS is truly a pure monster and is plainly overkill for any kind of street driving.. you would have to see it for yourself when you test drive one, its hard to explain it but you'll know it when you drive between the two... its generally easiest to state that both cars are quite amazing, the V6 is an amazing machine especially for a V6 and it can be very deceiving to think that because its a naturally aspirated V6 that its not going to be powerful or competent.. The V6 basically stops at the "Wow, this car is amazingly quick!" where as the SS begins at that point where you say "Holy sh*t..hang on to something!"

So what I am inferring is just because the SS is insane, doesn't mean that you cannot have fun in that V6, it is MORE than enough for the street... both cars are overkill where as the V6 keeps it at a sane level of overkill and the SS just really rips the category apart from being a pure beast... If that makes sense. There is just still a very definitive difference between the two cars that..you will quickly know which one is superior... Its similar in ways to comparing a Camaro SS to a Camaro ZL1... Both are insanely quick, but there is still a very big gap between the two...

Edit: Oh one other thing, if you buy one BRAND NEW, it will feel slightly sluggish at first.. thats normal..after about 5k miles though it wont even feel like the same car that you originally purchased... it will rev SO much quicker.

AWESOME summary! Why is it the car revvs faster after about 5K miles? Is that something to do with the hard break in?
Where does the I4 fit into this summary? Is that like the runt compared to these other two?