For the first time in its history, GM will installed a turbocharged four-cylinder engine under the hood of the Chevrolet Camaro, starting with the redesigned 2016 model. Even though the 2.0 liter turbo is being offered as a base engine for the 2016 Camaro, GM’s engineers have focused a lot of time, money, and energy into making one hell of a small-displacement motor.

Autoblog sat down with the Camaro’s chief engineer (and the man behind the Corvette C7 as well) Al Oppenheimer, who had a lot to say on the subject of the 2016 Camaro’s new turbo four-banger. Among the words Oppenheimer used to describe the motor were “rockstar”, “nimble”, and “refined”, among others. Boasting 275 horsepower, the Camaro chief said that you’ll “feel a lot of power” and that compared to the mid-range V6 version of the 2016 Camaro, it feels “lighter” without compromising anything in the way of performance.

“We think there’s a distinct four-cylinder customer,” Oppenheimer said, speaking specifically to a new generation of young buyers who have grown up with hand-me-down GM products like the Cobalt SS and Chevy HHR that were offered with earlier turbo four-cylinder engines. While a more “traditional” Camaro enthusiast might not have much interest in an engine with less than 300 horsepower and fewer than eight cylinders, Millennial buyers are just as interested in speed as they are fuel economy  -most likely can’t afford the insurance premiums on a Camaro SS anyways.

Offering the four-cylinder turbo as the base engine is an interesting tactic that differs from Ford’s decision to put its 310-horsepower EcoBoost Mustang as the mid-range option. With the 2016 Camaro offering a turbo-four as the base engine, younger buyers with a stricter budget are more likely to be buyers. GM, like all automakers, desperately wants to tap into the Millennial car buyer’s market, and a turbo-four 2016 Camaro might just be their golden ticket.