Chevrolet better hurry!

If they don’t get to market soon the Camaro will have more in common with Fred Flintstones car than the current Mustang… LMAO

Lutz: GM mulls 4-cylinder engine for new Camaro
Chevrolet Camaro concept
By RICHARD TRUETT, AUTOMOTIVE NEWS

NEW YORK -- General Motors is considering a four-cylinder engine for the new Chevrolet Camaro as a response to rising fuel prices.

Speaking on the sidelines of the New York auto show, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said the drivetrain under consideration for the Camaro is the same high-performance one used in the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters. It’s a 2.0-liter turbocharged, direct-injected four-cylinder rated at 260 hp. Lutz said that if fuel prices continue to climb, the four-cylinder Camaro could see production.

GM has said it plans V8 and V6 versions of the Camaro but otherwise has been secretive. Lutz confirmed to Automotive News that the V6 version of the Camaro will be powered by the same high-tech V6 used in the Cadillac CTS. It’s a direct-injected, 3.6-liter four-cam V6. In the CTS, the engine is rated at 304 hp.

Low-priced version dropped
In the Camaro, the 3.6 liter’s horsepower should be around 260, Lutz said, Fuel economy, he said, will be around 17 mpg city and 25 highway. That would place the V6 Camaro among best in class for a performance car.

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They should do like Tucker did with his car , and at least start selling accessories for it to the koolaide drinkers

 

Lol they already are. Pedders already has suspension components out for it. They have for at least 6 months . They just need final weight for their line of springs to know what to set them out. Others are just waiting on engine confirmation to make items like headers. Full bolt-ons should be out by the time the Camaro is on sale, and unless an all new engine is placed in it HP tuners already has tuning capabilities for the LS3, L98, L76, and the DI 3.6.

 

nice. but it's kind of hard to develop/produce some of that aftermarket when they don't have a car for final fit.
They can do a lot with computer modeling etc, but having the real thing makes a difference still.

I'm sure there's some nice bling GM could sell

 

Suspension bits are direct carryovers from the G8. The only real thing they need is weight to put the correct spring rate on the springs. Everything else is already in use in several vehicels already.

 

Wow, suddenly it's 1974 all over again, 'cept instead of the Mustang II we're gonna see a "Camaro II".

A four-banger in a 'Maro...? Lotsa luck with sales there, GM.

 

They'll probably sell a lot of 4 cyl Camaro's, if they are priced right.

 

They tried the 4 bangers before when the 3rd generation in 82 was introduced and it failed miserably.
The car was a slug, to heavy!

 

but that 4cyl didn't have a turbo.

 

GM's always 5 years too late to the market.

Edit for the people who like to argue repetitively in threads: GM's often 5 years too late to the market.

 

I doubt it will be the same 4 cyl

 

Nobody likes to see a prototype in 1996 and then the actual product release in 2020...

Patience is NOT something the average car buyer has a lot of.

 

i wonder if the 4 cyl will help or hurt sales....


the muscle car boys will hate it, but the weenies who want 30mpg will love it....

 

There are a lot more "weenies" than muscle car enthusiasts now days...

 

Didn't they usually sell more V6 Camaros ?

 

yep, and so does Ford, with more V-6 Mustangs, too. And so won't Dodge with their Challenger. It's what they need to do, to keep in business in the V-8 performance market. As long as the three auto maker's keep up their V-6 production, we'll have more new toys for us. Sooo, if they have to add a four banger to their indivual fleets, it not a real bad thing.

 

The young weenies driving the 4 bangers can put fart cans and big wings on them for that "domestic rice" look/sound..lol

I do agree tho GM has got alot of catching up to do if they want a market share...IMO..even if I was a Chevy guy, I'd give up waiting on GM and buy a Mustang...they have alot more to offer the gearhead than GM will...the Camaro will have a few paint/tape specials and prob an SS model, and some tuner cars but other than that...they just don't have the backing like the Mustang does..I give it less than 3 yrs..the Camaro will be a flop

 

Agreed, and I still stand by my first year sales # of 60,000 or less.

 

And the Mustang will be the reigning champ of the Pony car wars..FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is if Ford keeps doing what they are currently doing as far as marketing and retro ideas and don't let the success go to their heads...

 

Retro has it's limits. Not everything in the Mustang retro source book between say 1973 and 2004 is all good