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Albion · 06-09-2010, 03:47 PM

Was jus' wonderin'.Will the new Z28 still fall into the common perception of a muscle car should it be a V6 .From what i am reading I understand it could well be a twin turbo V6.Being a brit and currently owning a 1ss i need to consider my next purchase well in advance and i'm not sure if i want a 'small muscle' car,as no matter how many BHP it has,if its a V6 it wont be or soundlike an '8' or a true Muscle Car.
Thoughts please.

VTXrider · 06-09-2010, 04:02 PM

It won't be a V6

91Z28350 · 06-09-2010, 04:16 PM

I would SERIOUSLY doubt it will be a V-6.

2010 SSRS · 06-09-2010, 04:20 PM

V-6 Z-28, never.

wildpaws · 06-09-2010, 07:16 PM

I would be shocked if a new fifth gen. Z/28 came out with any configuration of a V6. While there has been no "official" word from Chevy, there have been ample hint's that the most likely engine will be a version of the 550+ HP LSA engine in the Cadillac CTS-V. My personal choice would be something other than that, but I can live with the LSA choice (I couldn't live with any V6 version at this time).
Clyde

chel_cee7 · 06-09-2010, 07:24 PM

The Camaro falls under the muscle car category. So I guess a 1st gen Z28 Camaro is not a muscle car? Makes no sense to me.

ron10 · 06-09-2010, 07:30 PM

i don't think you will see a V6 Z28.

*Camaro_Corvette* · 06-09-2010, 09:11 PM

I wouldn't worry too much about it

3nkosh-z\28 · 06-09-2010, 09:48 PM

not a chance

VADER SS L99 · 06-09-2010, 11:24 PM

Not a chance it will be a V6. However just because a badass car has a V6 in it does not automatically kick it out of the muscle car group. Try telling the Grand National that it is not a muscle car.

boxmonkeyracing · 06-10-2010, 12:09 AM

Is the camaro a muscle car or a pony car? there is a difference. . .and well. . .IMHO it's a pony car simple as that.

CyberGamaro · 06-10-2010, 03:00 PM

Heres my .2 if the car has a v8, has that unique rumble coming from the exhaust and it has the "Z28" designation or even "SS" hell even regardless of the trim level most people or at least car enthusiasts know it as a muscle car especially the Z28 and I think that is pretty much all over the world...now if the new Z28 comes in packing a twin turbo v6, has a lighter frame and can handle curves like a king all this while maintaining more or less the same appearance then MAYBE it will start being considered a sports car, regardless if it has four seats or that it has never been looked at as a sports car..got off point here, simply if it has the HP and TQ to compete with other brutes then hell yes it's a muscle car.

*radz28* · 06-10-2010, 03:04 PM

Pony car, not muscle car. Although - it's mass is getting there...

Revo1 · 06-10-2010, 03:45 PM

If it becomes a V6, it will fall under the "dead-to-me" category.

06-09-2010, 03:47 PM	#1
Albion Drives: IOM 1ss Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: united kingdom Posts: 222	z28.Muscle car or not? Was jus' wonderin'.Will the new Z28 still fall into the common perception of a muscle car should it be a V6 .From what i am reading I understand it could well be a twin turbo V6.Being a brit and currently owning a 1ss i need to consider my next purchase well in advance and i'm not sure if i want a 'small muscle' car,as no matter how many BHP it has,if its a V6 it wont be or soundlike an '8' or a true Muscle Car. Thoughts please.

06-09-2010, 04:02 PM	#2
VTXrider Drives: 2010 RY 2SS/RS Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 817	It won't be a V6 __________________

06-09-2010, 04:20 PM	#4
2010 SSRS Drives: 3 V8 Camaros Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Ocean State Posts: 111,187 View My Garage	V-6 Z-28, never. __________________ Jannetty Racing JRE Street Package

06-09-2010, 07:24 PM	#6
chel_cee7 Psychotic OCD Rage! Drives: '83 Camaro Z/28 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Nun Ya! Posts: 48	The Camaro falls under the muscle car category. So I guess a 1st gen Z28 Camaro is not a muscle car? Makes no sense to me. __________________ *We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us...* ★=☆=★=☆=★=☆=★=☆ ☆=★=☆=★=☆=★=☆=★

06-09-2010, 09:11 PM	#8
Camaro_Corvette 36.58625, -121.7568 Drives: Team 1LE Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 23,709 View My Garage	I wouldn't worry too much about it __________________ I am seriously never serious vv V vv Next order of business

06-09-2010, 04:16 PM	#3
91Z28350 Drives: 2012 GT500 SVTPP 2010 Traverse LTZ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Roanoke,TX Posts: 665	I would SERIOUSLY doubt it will be a V-6.

06-09-2010, 07:16 PM	#5
wildpaws Drives: 1999 Blazer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,228	I would be shocked if a new fifth gen. Z/28 came out with any configuration of a V6. While there has been no "official" word from Chevy, there have been ample hint's that the most likely engine will be a version of the 550+ HP LSA engine in the Cadillac CTS-V. My personal choice would be something other than that, but I can live with the LSA choice (I couldn't live with any V6 version at this time). Clyde

06-09-2010, 07:30 PM	#7
ron10 Drives: 2010 2SS IOM L99 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: LOUISVILLE,KY.. Posts: 7,545	i don't think you will see a V6 Z28.

06-09-2010, 09:48 PM	#9
3nkosh-z\28 $3nkosh-z\28's Avatar$ Drives: way 2 fast Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: kuwait Posts: 21	not a chance __________________ with great power comes a lot of trouble
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06-09-2010, 11:24 PM	#10
VADER SS L99 Drives: 2013 A6 GT 5.0 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 2,909	Not a chance it will be a V6. However just because a badass car has a V6 in it does not automatically kick it out of the muscle car group. Try telling the Grand National that it is not a muscle car. __________________ BLK/BLK 1SS/RS Ordered 11-01-2009 Took delivery 12-22-2009. Heads/cam/converter/bolt ons. SOLD Feb 2015 to fund 6th gen LT1 SS with 8L90E.

06-10-2010, 03:00 PM	#12
CyberGamaro Drives: BLK 13 Camaro 1SS/1LE Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 105	Heres my .2 if the car has a v8, has that unique rumble coming from the exhaust and it has the "Z28" designation or even "SS" hell even regardless of the trim level most people or at least car enthusiasts know it as a muscle car especially the Z28 and I think that is pretty much all over the world...now if the new Z28 comes in packing a twin turbo v6, has a lighter frame and can handle curves like a king all this while maintaining more or less the same appearance then MAYBE it will start being considered a sports car, regardless if it has four seats or that it has never been looked at as a sports car..got off point here, simply if it has the HP and TQ to compete with other brutes then hell yes it's a muscle car.

06-10-2010, 03:04 PM	#13
radz28 Petro-sexual Drives: Ultra-Grin Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Crazy Coast Posts: 15,201 View My Garage	Pony car, not muscle car. Although - it's mass is getting there...

06-10-2010, 03:45 PM	#14
Revo1 Don't Like it? Suggit. Drives: 2010 2SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 14,832 View My Garage	If it becomes a V6, it will fall under the "dead-to-me" category. __________________ "Tops off, tach up baby- loud and proud!" A Camaro lover from day one- 1996 3.8 V6 Camaro, to 1996 5.7 LT1 Camaro Z28, to the sold 2002 5.7 LS1 Camaro SS, and NOW, a [I]6.2 L99 VR 2SS/RS: XS Power stainless full exhaust, Airaid CAI, BMR drop springs and sways, custom tune by Cal Speed- 411rwhp

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