I wanted a v8 and just is not in the books right now as I'm too young to afford the car and insurance, the v6 does pull hard and is quite the car for the price, if you can afford an v8 id say go for it, otherwise the six is a lot faster then the old 3800's, although the 3800's are 10x more mod-able then our current v6's but I'm sure that will change when development comes in the next few years. All that said i love my car, but I'll always wish it was an 8, but better to have a decently fast beautiful camaro then no camaro at all. That and if you have v8's already it wont be as bad, I have an 87 Monte Carlo SS with an v8 so it makes it less painful
And also to be honest, if you are going to get a six get a 1LT with the rs package and convince and connectivity package, adding all the nice interior panels, fog lights, wheels and tires, hid headlights, gauge pack, blue tooth, usb/ipod support, spoiler will cost you more to add later then to just get it now, as i am finding out lol.