GM To Place 4-Cylinder In 2010 Camaro
The new Camaro hasn’t even hit the streets yet and already GM is making plans on how they can improve upon it. They are contemplating making a four-cylinder engine for the brand new Camaro as a way of fighting against the rising fuel costs.
The Vice Chairman for GM – Bob Lutz – gave a brief statement of their plans at the New York Auto Show stating that, “the drivetrain under consideration for the Camaro is the same high-performance one used in the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters. It’s a 2.0-liter turbocharged, direct-injected four-cylinder rated at 260 hp. With its muscle car heritage and optional V-8 engine, the Camaro is hardly the statement of green, high-tech modernism that every carmaker is trying to broadcast these days.”
The good news is that GM might have a perfect solution to this problem. Instead of pitching the car as the next best ‘muscle’ car they will be calling it a car that will help with the fuel economy. GM is looking ahead to the future and taking in the advice of experts that believe the fuel economy will push muscle cars off the market.