Chevy Camaro SS Official 0-60 Time:4.7 Seconds

All that power for the price of a Camry or an Accord.

Nice work Chevy!!

Yeah, and a lot of other cars too...what's your point?

Measured downhill, with a lot of tailwind.

Shouldn't you to change your name to "Hater-aid"?

Obviously not!

But I've just posted a series of reasonable and valuable comments under couple of articles, really adding something to the topic, counting on triggering discussions based on merits.

And these were completely ignored! I wasn't even (de)boosted!

So I'll probably swap the line of resistance and join the pool of this site-specific idiots, lead by the Star, and become a truly dedicated, retarded and angry fanboy.

FanboysStink "But I've just posted a series of reasonable and valuable comments under couple of articles, really adding something to the topic, counting on triggering discussions based on merits.
And these were completely ignored! I wasn't even (de)boosted!"



Don't mistake what YOU think is valuable with what is REALLY valuable. You want to know WHY nobody cared? Is because your comments are worthless. My advice...get over yourself and you will do much better.

I just built one out with reasonable options and it was over 40k. Still a killer deal but definitely not Camry/Accord priced. I wonder how it handles.

exactly. I am more concerned about the handling. Power is good, but with a nice balance of driving dynamics will really set the car apart from the rest.

If you want an idea of how it handles the G8 GT would be as close as you can get to find out today. They are on the same basic chassis but with a little different suspension geometry it could be a little different.

Impressive number... and the fact that it shares automotive DNA with the Pontiac G8 bodes well for it in the handling department as well.

It's a muscle car. They were never really known for having the handling of an M3 on the track. They are straightliners. Sure with improvements and modern technology they have gotten infinitely better than their retro counterparts, but these types of vehicles always have the bragging rights on a 1/4 mile and 0-60s

Chevy is casting its new Camaro as a modernist sports coupe rather than a revisionist pony car, and their case holds water. That argument is backed up with an expected EPA highway fuel-economy rating of 26 mpg, which is 3 higher than the similarly powerful Mustang GT, and equal to the ratings for the Infiniti G37 and BMW 335i.

Where the entry-level Camaro has been placed—below the V-8s but above lesser-powered V-6s—might seem like a confusing market position, but its true to the Camaro’s social heritage. It looks like the V-6 Camaro will walk a fine line between classiness and savagery.
Car & Driver:

In reviving the Camaro, Chevy is doing all it can to make the born-again car remind everyone of the sharp, cleanly styled 1967 original, rather than the more awkward later versions that seemed like accessories to tank-top wear and excesses in facial hair. This writer, the semi-proud owner of a 1995 Z28, knows intimately all the social assumptions that go with late-model Camaro ownership.

GM is of course milking the revival for as many stories as it can get from us, hence we got a first drive in a V-6-powered Camaro prototype, which we promptly piloted to the the Car and Driver 10Best loop in the Michigan woods. The V-8 experience will follow soon. Manipulative intentions aside, the point of our early exposure was also to prove that even the base Camaro is deserving of more enlightened consideration, while still being powerful and capable enough to rock your face.

As we noted in our September issue, the V-6 features direct injection and dual over-head cams, the rear suspension is an independent multilink, and both transmissions (an Aisin manual and a GM automatic) are six-speeds. Lest you think this setup is the sort of wine-and-cheese import-sedan formula that will make the Camaro a card-carrying metrosexual, Chevy promises the V-6 will make no fewer than 300 horsepower and that blasting from 0 to 60 mph should take 6.1 seconds, with the quarter-mile breezing by in 14.5 seconds at 97 mph.

Even if those numbers are conservative, the 3800-pound V-6 Camaro should easily out-drag the V-6 versions of the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger, but it will eat the dust of a lighter Ford Mustang Bullitt, a V-8, and the more powerful Dodge Challenger SRT8, both of which cover the quarter-mile about a second quicker.

Though the Camaro lacks the cojones to run with the big boys, it does make a compelling case as a decent sports car. Around the 10Best loop, the Camaro showed remarkable poise, with the suspension handling the pockmarked roads with hardly any disturbance to the cabin. The chassis is less jumpy than that of the Mustang but far more communicative than in the Challenger, and although the Camaro is nearly as wide as the Dodge it doesn’t feel as big.

Seems like a nice car, but it does not compete in the same market as the G37 and 3 series. The Camaro will be going against the Mustang and Challenger. The clients for these two markets are different.

It will be inevitable for performance, some will purchase this car over a BMW. Or for size or price. I sold cars for awhile, people purchase like vehicles. True buyers to each brand doesn't matter how exclusive or how cheap won't trade. I've had Millionaires that would only purchase Saturns and cocaine peddlers spending their last on a 5 Series. Go figure.

for those that want a coupe this size.

Nice!

I was a fan of the new Camaro when I first saw pictures of it. But damn GM had to take like 4 years to get it out the door ... now it very well might be too little, too late for them as a car company. Things are going to be changing big time for them. Not sure if most people grasp the end state of what GM will likely turn into. Its a long shot that they will be building cars in two or three years.

What a wishful statement. Coupe market isn't as large a sedans. As a matter of fact, coupes are purchased in price segments. So that isn't true that first, the "small American segment" is the same individuals that like retro styles and the like. The Mustang is the best selling coupe in the country by far. My son loves this car and at 18, he isn't connection with the past. What a weird statement. Who would choose a Nissan Altima, Honda Accord, or God forbid Toyota Solara coupes over the Camaro? Hyundai's Genesis coupe is cool, but after 14,000 pre-orders, marketshare is definitely going to be impacted no question by these two new cars.