New Camaros are in the showrooms

[Tom P]

They had one at the new car show a couple weeks ago. Front end is still ugly even though it looks like they have done a few minor changes since the 07 and 08 shows the prototypes were at.

I sat in it, my head was against the roof. It was a sunroof model. No way i'd get a helmet on in there. The guages look hard to read while driving but that seems to be a GM trait for a while now.
It was a V8 but the salesman said they are only selling V6's for the first few months.

[TD4087]

Saw one last Friday night at the track. Kid driving it with 20" looking rims/tires and it went 8.45 in the 1/8th. Not a bad looking car in person and I'm a Ford guy. But others here are right it looks like it is from the same mold as the Dodge

[bill dedman]

The 2009 Mazda RX-8 is only marginally smaller than what a Camaro should be (overall length 175") and has a curb weight of 3,060 pounds.

I realize a Wankel is a lot lighter than a big V8, but that's a huge difference in weight.

I don't think than ANY of the "big 3" (that's a joke, now) worked very hard to keep weight off their new ponycars. Too bad; if they had, they'd be REALLY fast, with those engines!

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by TD4087

Saw one last Friday night at the track. Kid driving it with 20" looking rims/tires and it went 8.45 in the 1/8th. Not a bad looking car in person and I'm a Ford guy. But others here are right it looks like it is from the same mold as the Dodge

8.45? With a V6?

[bill dedman]

The new V6 they are putting in the Camaro is a direct-injection motor that's also in the Cadillac. It makes over 300 horsepower. It could run 8.45 in the eighth, I think, with the right tires.

[TD4087]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

8.45? With a V6?

Ooops !! My fault. I meant 9.45 Sorry.

[RJ]

Originally Posted by Tom P

the salesman said they are only selling V6's for the first few months.

There are some V8's out this way, Camaro #01 is owned by Rick Hendrick and it has a LS3.

[bill dedman]

Thanks, Clay. I'm not too swift when it comes to the letters/numbers game that involves foreign cars.

I just look at a '65 Mustang, and a '65 Barracuda and wonder what justifies the addition of at LEAST 800 pounds of weight to those cars in the 2009-2010 versions, Camaro included. Those cars had a few aluminum parts (automatic transmissions, mainly), but everything else was cast iron and steel and the both came in at very close to 3,000 pounds, curb weight.

Think about it.... EIGHT HUNDRED POUNDS (and in some cases, more.) And, the cars are basically the same size... or, should be if they're not. I don't remember anybody not buying a new Mustang because it was too small.

Weight is a very important element in the performance makeup of any car; particularly, these.

Can you IMAGINE how an SRT-8 Hemi would motivate a 3,000-pound '65 Barracuda??? Instant low- 12's (maybe better) on the street.

What a shame...

[blkjack]

.......Who's ugly now?

[dartman]

Originally Posted by blkjack

.......who's ugly now?

motor trend or chevy trend. Maybe they should of used the 425hp srt and not 376hp rt.one with more power and better brakes.will it is chevy trend.