GM unveils 'fuel-sipping' Camaro

CNN MONEY.COM ^ | Peter Valdes-Dapena

[OKIEDOC]

Dang good looking car.

[Fresh Wind]

Did you look at the dashboard design? Yikes, it’s awful.

[Loyal Buckeye]

6.2 litre engine? Seems a little big in light of today’s gas prices.

[BJungNan]

GM never stood for Good Merchandise

[ovrtaxt]

Ya think? I like it. The gauges down by the stick are very cool.

I just got a look at the new Malibu, the dash is very clean and well done, also with the blue and silver theme. It’s a ladie’s car though, not for me.

[ovrtaxt]

The Camaro SS will be powered by a 6.2-liter V8 engine producing up to 400 or 422 horsepower. (Buyers who opt for a manual transmission will get the more powerful engine.) All V8 Camaros are estimated to get 23 mpg on the highway.

This is the most sensible thing GM has done in years, excepting their steady brilliance with the Corvette. Manual trannie drivers are reliable speed freaks.

I had the chance to get an Impala SS a couple of years ago, but they're FWD and auto only. Booooring, and a waste of good horsies. I got a Mustang GT instead, 5sp manual.

[sushiman]

Who the hell really NEEDS 400 HP ? You got an autobahn in Amnesia ? Oops - I mean Amerikay .

[OKIEDOC]

different strokes for different folks.

I like the outside design.

I've had Vets and Camaros along with a couple of Porches and an original 64 and 1/2 Mustang so I am just a tad biased.

[ovrtaxt]

Who the hell really NEEDS 400 HP ?

Me, me! I do!

[OKIEDOC]

It's all in the opinion.

I happen to think that the Hyundai for the wife, GM SUV and the Ford Taurus work car I have now are great cars.

Have 42,000 on the Ford and not a days problems.

The GM vehicles are excellent and would not complain.

[OKIEDOC]

You Mr. sushiman have evidently not lived out in the desert of Southern California.

Between the Coyote's runnin illegals across the border and long boring stretches of desert yep we have something better than an autobahn, we have I-8 with very few smokies.

[Fresh Wind]

I agree, the Malibu dash is very nice.

The first generation Camaro’s exterior was a dynamite design. Every production Camaro since then has been a step down.

The interior, however, was nothing special, typical late 60’s, with ugly plastic and phony chrome.

I suppose if you’re creating a retro-car, it makes sense to copy the bad parts of an old design as well as the good.

Of course, maybe they’re just scrambling to keep up with Ford. Somehow, that seems historically appropriate.

[Fresh Wind]

I like the outside design.

I do too. That's why the interior is such a disappointment.

[OKIEDOC]

Loyal Buckeye wrote:
6.2 litre engine? Seems a little big in light of today’s gas prices.

Comment:

Yes 6.2 is a little big...

However,if the MSM and Democratic economy gets any worse I may need the power to out run the cops after I rob one of Hugo Chavez's 7-11’s for chips,beer and lotto money.

[OKIEDOC]

Do you think it would have helped if they tuck and rolled the seats instead of the plain Jane flat look.

[Fresh Wind]

Maybe, but factory fuzzy dice would be the perfect touch.

[FreeManWhoCan]

I think it looks great in and out. I have a Ford ‘07 Stang and get nothing but compliments form the Germans and French that I work with who come from overseas. I mention that over there there they have their Porches, Ferraris, etc. and they say ‘Yeah, but there's nothing like your American mustangs, Camaros, Vipers, Corvettes..”

[doodad]

Me. My 14 year old 350 hp tech is only good for so much.

[sushiman]

” You Mr. sushiman have evidently not lived out in the desert of Southern California. “

NOBODY needs 400hp . Waste of money not to mention waste of gasoline . Are these cars ONLY going to be sold to folks who drive in the desert of SoCal ??? Hmmmm... ?

[Liberty2007]

yeah, for some reasons detroit is taking a step backward in interior quality. I had a 1997 intrepid, its interior is very plush comparied to many new cars. And most of the bad press chrysler is getting is from their gawd awful interiors. 09 patriot has an interior redo, I plan on buying one in Nov