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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 07:07 AM
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2011 Camaro beats 2011 Mustang V6 in HP (Merged)

NOW WITH 312HP!!!

http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=61

Purely awsome....
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Boomer
NOW WITH 312HP!!!

http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=61

Purely awsome....
Well they had to do something since it is so heavy.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 08:14 AM
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Looks like GM is trying to fight back with the Camaro (Merged)

We're happy to bring you information on the new 2011 model year Camaro! Here are the highlights:

-- new HP rating of 312 horsepowers on the V6
-- Synergy Green will be offered on ALL models for a limited time
-- Heads-up-display (HUD) will be offered as standard equipment on the 2LT and 2SS models
The 2011 V6 Mustang will still be faster with a nicer interior than the Camaro. The competition is good regardless. It will result in better products for everyone. As long as the press keeps telling it like it is, the Mustang has nothing to worry about


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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 08:29 AM
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Available HUD? Very cool.

It doesn't change the fact that I'd still be riding in a bathtub with a Fisher Price interior.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 08:51 AM
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well camaro5 is awful happy. i find it funny that they want a passenger power seat and less weight...u think they'd know that'd further increase the weight, which the camaro cant afford to gain anymore weight. makes me want to see what more they have in store for the SS, if anything. gotta love the competition...God Bless America
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 09:41 AM
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I personally think the Camaro's interior and exterior looks better than the Mustang.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 09:47 AM
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That's it?! I could have put my tax money to better use....
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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It has the same HP, just SAE rated it higher. There are zero changes to the engine therefore zero changes to the performance.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by eci
It has the same HP, just SAE rated it higher. There are zero changes to the engine therefore zero changes to the performance.
Which means the V6 Mustang is still the better performer.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 11:10 AM
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“The 304 horsepower in the 2010 Camaro was actually a conservative rating on our end,” said Tom Sutter, GM V-6 chief engineer. “But we knew already that this award-winning engine produced at least the amount of power we stated, but now we’ve gone the extra step in certifying the engine for this application and have verified an additional 8 horsepower.”
Its the exact same thing as 2010 as ECI stated.

And its funny on C5..they are seriously batty thinking even if it was a real 8hp difference, that it would beat a V6 2011 with 3.31s.
At that weight, I highly doubt you'd even FEEL the difference with 8hp.

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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by SCARIER
I personally think the Camaro's interior and exterior looks better than the Mustang.
Ok, exterior, I might (might) agree with you, but interior?

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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by eci
It has the same HP, just SAE rated it higher. There are zero changes to the engine therefore zero changes to the performance.
Your tax dollars at work. This horsepower increase is retroactive!
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by 1chocophile
This horsepower increase is retroactive!
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 12:46 PM
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This is just laughable, a horsepower increase -- on PAPER !!! --no real changes at all to increase horsepower over the 2010 Camaro V6 -- GM's just changing the rating it so it has more horsepower. So it's the same V6 Camaro that the '11 V6 Mustang whipped recently in a road test, and will continue to whip despite the Camaro V6's paper horsepower increase.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 01:06 PM
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No real surprise there, there's a pony car war going on after all. Dodge is working on a new V6 too, not sure too much about the details but, let me guess, it'll have more power than the current one.

Another oh so obvious prognostication, both the Dodge and Chevy V8s will have more power in '11 too, and probably firmed up / refined suspension tunes too.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 01:13 PM
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I actually think the SS Camaro will be more or a carryover than the V6 model was, and that is saying something.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by SCARIER
I personally think the Camaro's interior and exterior looks better than the Mustang.
I'll agree with you on the outside, but I've been inside one and its Batman's bat cave on wheels to me.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 02:14 PM
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This does nothing more than give the magazine racers something to talk about. I find it funny that it was "already there" but didn't want to be brought out. Sort of like this:

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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by SCARIER
I personally think the Camaro's interior and exterior looks better than the Mustang.
This is the Camaro fan's new mantra, now that the Camaro has been beaten in performance numbers by the Mustang. They are going to keep repeating , "The Camaro is better looking! The Camaro is better looking!" until everyone on the internet starts parroting it like it's a fact.

This is just like they keep repeating "The Camaro has outsold the Mustang!" leaving out that part about it outselling the Mustang during some MONTHS of the year, and the fact that Mustang outsold the Camaro for the entire YEAR in '09.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 02:34 PM
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...And when the Mustang outsells the Camaro for 2010, they'll go back to the looks and hate on that. No matter what any auto news outlet says, they have to disagree, argue, or fight it like it's gospel. If you don't like it, don't read it. No one is putting a gun to your head.

I drove the Camaro 2SS/RS, Chally R/T, and 2010 GT with Track Pack on Tuesday. By far, the Mustang is the easiest to live with daily, on and off track. I'd take the Chally over it, because it's more practical and comfortable, even if the interior is 90's-grade Chrysler product and it's heavy.
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