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My first new car out of high school was a Mustang V6, and it was due to two things, 1. My age and the cost of insurance 2. My budget as a GT would have been several thousand dollars more.
The 3.8 made 193 hp and 225 tq. The current GT V8 was rated at 260 hp and 302 tq. Your Camaro V6 depending on year is anywhere between 304hp and 323hp... vastly faster than the old GT V8, pretty on par with the last of the 4.6 GT's... and pretty on par with the 4th Gen LS1.
The main feeling of inadequacy comes from the noise in my opinion, if the Camaro V6 was named anything else it wouldn't be an issue, but for a lot of people the name is synonymous with big V8's and the V8 growl...
The performance is respectable, but there will always be the pre-concieved ideas about the pony cars and V8's.
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