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Originally Posted by Nsxmatt

More people should understand this. I'm a fan of ALL cars. I don't care if you have a 82 iron duke Camaro, a V6 mustang, or a Z06. Just because it's not what you would have owned doesn't mean the person that owns it doesn't love it. As long as you don't stance it out or do something stupid and dangerous, it's your car. Enjoy it.

I don’t want to be that guy, but why can’t you stance a camaro? I find sports cars look good with a little stance!!

Originally Posted by Rayfield

If you enjoy the ride, that's all that counts, man!

I've been driving smaller-engine cars for a very long time, and have had a blast with them, so I don't judge anyone here that wants the V6, or even the Turbo 4.

This is great. I’ve driven small engines my whole life. When i see basically 300TQ coming from an I4, I’m stoked! Why? Because of weight. I don’t consider the V8 a sports car because the equilibrium between power and weight has shifted to the heavy side.

Originally Posted by harrist5683

In my experience, the main motivating factor behind getting a V6 is financials (car payment, insurance, MPG, etc.). Same thing with the trim levels. Don't get me wrong.. any 6th Gen camaro is great, we're all fortunate enough to afford a nice looking sports car, but don't try to dress the V6 up to something that it's not.

Comparing performance numbers of the V6 to anything or using 'fast' in the same sentence is a little much. The car looks great, that's about it. You're also loosing out on the great sound. I personally can't justify buying a sports car that looks the part but sounds like a Prius on start up and putters along on the highway.

Enjoy what you got, but don't try to turn it into something it's not.

What is it not? The V6 model is about 200 pounds lighter than the V8 model. The V8 is the pony car, and the V6/I4 are sports cars. Why? Because they’re balanced. The power and handling are in balance which makes an incredible sports car. I don’t see how you can say the V6 and fast don’t belong in the same sentence? Do you simply drive in a straight line? Stick me in a V6 and you in a V8. With the same tires and suspension I will certainly outrun you on a twisty mountain road. Why? Nimble is a trait of lightweight cars. The smaller engine cars are nimble while the V8’s are powerful.

Everyone doesn’t seem to understand the millennial perspective on cars. “Why are they running around with those tiny fart cans and big turbos?” Im starting to understand now. I heard this earlier. The most effective way to make a car faster is not to add power, but to reduce weight.

You get all that power out of a 6 or 8 and you’ll have a much more nimble car. This isn’t 0-60, power to weight ratio, or any of that paper bogus. This is what the car feels like to drive. This is why the japanese cars were so fun, and the germans have messed around with this too. The camaro is built on the most capeable handling platform yet, so I don’t see why everyone is so against the handling versions. Calling the camaro a muscle car is an insult to its potential.

Originally Posted by Norm Peterson

Six-cylinder engines have a distinctive sound all their own, or they can with only a little work. Granted, the 'smoother' sound of a 6 might take a little getting used to if you're coming from V8's rather than small to mid-displacement roadsters/coupes/sedans, but that doesn't make the sixxer sound a bad one on any absolute scale.


Norm

Some of us like the sound of the V6 better as it sounds like a precise performance engine verses the V8 which sounds like a dirty beast. I think it’s all a matter of perspective!!!

Originally Posted by mdhopt36

"... that looks the part but sounds like a Prius on start up and putters ..."
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Buz-z-z-z-z-....Eeeh!-Eeeh!
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(couldn't resist!)

The crazy thing is the younger crowd LOVES the sound of the turbo 4’s. Especially with the sneezing from the blow off. To be honest, I think it sounds kind of cool. Being able to feel the boost come on, and hear all that PSI released when shifting can be quite satisfying. You need to be able to view your camaro as a sports car though, and the people who lived through the muscle car era aren’t as able to see it that way