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Originally Posted by Fbodylvr
How about putting it on a diet!
I would love to see a smaller, lighter car, the V8's are close to 2 tons! This thing needs to drop 5 to 600 pounds! There are sedans out there that weigh less than this thing.
Motor wise, the Z28 should be a DI twin turbo V6! 480+ HP, if Nissan can do this so can GM.
SS should be a natural aspirated DI V6 with some tweaks 320 -350 HP. Trust me a lighter better handling smaller SS will still kill any Mustang, Challenger, 370z, or STI on the street.
Then lets get creative here; how about a hybrid Camaro! That would keep this car off the Obama cut list for sure.
Finally for the first time owners, new kids and renters, take the turbo 4 banger out of the cobalt and put it in the base model Camaro!
Keep the look of the car the way it is, it look bad ass just needs to be smaller.
I am sorry to say but V8's are not the future for this car and since GM now stands for Government Motors; a V8 in a car is a sure fire way to get it cut from production.
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you are obviously not an fbodylvr if you are recomending half those ideas. the fbody has, and should always be, GM's performance car for the average consumer. if you want better gas mileage, buy a prius.
yes the car should lose weight, but decreasing HP isn't going to help it "kill any mustang..." the 2011 mustang is going to have a 5L M6 with over 400HP/TQ at approximately the same weight as the current body style. the current mustangs are close in 0-60 and 1/4 because they are lighter and therefore have a similar HP:mass ratio. it'll also be getting even better gas mileage. i know motortrend is all into the whole lower displacement with boost, but that's not what the american muscle car is. and wtf is the turbo 4 banger going in a camaro. the camaro is a MUSCLE car, not a ricer. keep the turbo 4 in the cobalt to deal with the civics.