GM: New Camaro will be affordable, mostly V6s

GM will be looking to some Ford Mustang marketing lessons when it starts selling the Chevrolet Camaro. Troy Clarke, president of GM North America, said that the Mustang succeeded because it stayed true to its roots as “a very affordable car to a very broad base of people.”

GM will do the same, trying to attract buyers with high-performance V8 models when it goes on sales in February 2009. Clarke said he expects most Camaros to be equipped with V6s. A Chevrolet source has said that the car will be offered with a 3.6 liter V6 producing up to...
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Whelan - 2/11/2008 9:27:09 AM

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yawn....Still a year away after we say it in Transformers in full view and motion back in July of 07. Great job keeping up excitement, woo...yawn...hoo.

randy33 - 2/12/2008 12:08:05 AM

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Indeed. This thing is bordering on passé now. Some of the boxier angles on the car -- flamboyances which were appealing 20 months ago -- have already begun to pass out of style. I've moved on.

2ndbimmer - 2/11/2008 10:45:48 AM

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281 HP will be enough for most drivers. Of course, a V8 will be very nice to have to compete with the Shelby mustang and the dodge challenger. This would be a better knight rider vehicle.

Spectator - 2/13/2008 4:29:42 PM

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The really sad thing is that they could have easily given the camero over 300 hp by installing the Cadillac V6 Direct Injection engine. It is already mated to a decent transmition and RWD architecture.

I don't see why it would be that difficult of a thing to do to be honest. Sort of how Nissan put in the phenominal VQ35DE in just about everything.

As for the knight rider comment...my whirlpool refigerator would be a better car compared to the mustang. Couldn't agree more.

Whelan - 2/12/2008 10:20:13 AM

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The same people who enjoy driving their V6 Rustangs around.

cybernetck - 2/13/2008 5:18:14 PM

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To bad GM can't just bring the darn thing out already. A V6 Camaro would be quite competative to a 350Z, being shy just a 19 HP... maybe not as much with the upcoming 370Z, which also goes on a diet in the next gen. It'd definetly competitive with a V6 'stang, which is probably the targeted rival anyways. Overall, not bad. Also, I agree with the Spectator's comments on using Caddy's V6 300 HP engine.

truckmen - 2/15/2008 5:31:40 PM

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Not enough info to praise this vehicle! How much does it weigh, Crash tests standards, Fuel consumption, Slalom speed. Looks good.