At the New York Autoshow, Bob Lutz, GM Vice Chairman, told Richard Truett of the Automotive News, had some very interesting things to say.
“Back in the old days, if you wanted a muscle car, to get a decent one, you had to buy the V-8,” Lutz said. “And if you bought the V-6, you got a fairly rough, unrefined pushrod engine with low horsepower and weasely performance. “This time, the V-6 is 260-odd horsepower, four overhead cams, very smooth and decent 0-to-60-mph times. And now the V-6 is in its own right a very fast, very legitimate car.”
Meanwhile Mark LaNeve, GM-North America’s vice president of sales and marketing says. “We won’t position it as a muscle car,” he says. “The mainstream positioning will be fuel economy, design and a V-6.”
GM has resurected and refind the 69' Camaro into a sporty car for the 21 century and called brought back the Camaro name. Now if I understand this correctly they want to target it as a fuel economy car, instead of a V8 Muscle car?
In the modern market, there is no doubt that GM needs to improve their green image, but is the Camaro really the place to do it? Are they trying to make it a chic car? Why not allow it to be what it is, with an entry level V6.
We've also heard rumors of a twin turbo V6 - ala the GN.
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