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Originally Posted by Shadow-phoenix
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Thats obviously your opinion, and that's good you feel that way; GM can know they have a 5th-gen V8 customer with you. For the practical minded folks out there such as myself, who are more interested in conserving fuel than burning it the 3.6 DI V6 has great potential (sounds like the only DI engine to be offered initially). As nice as I'm sure it is to have a RWD V8 performance car at an attainable price point (which regardless of what you think, is still what the Camaro will be, we need to pipe down a bit on the pricing hysteria) you're spending just that much more at the pump (and as was mentioned gas isn't getting any cheaper). And with what it sounds like we're going to be getting a more up-tuned L76 6.0 V8 as oppose to the Gen V V8 everyone's been talking about, I personally expect around the same fuel economy figures as the G8 sedan if slightly better, so 17-18 combined, which is OK but could be better. Until GM can bring us a V8 that cracks 21 or over combined I'm going with the 3.6 DI V6. It's a new day and a new era, we're not in the 60's or 70's anymore. Beyond that who's to say your V8 Camaro won't be replaced by a TT V6 by the end of this generation or the beginning of the next??
Oh, and if a 6 cylinder performance car sounds "weak" to you go and drive a 335i coupe then come back and continue spilling the same ol' blues.