{"id":463296,"date":"2010-03-23T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/23\/report-gm-working-on-more-powerful-v6-for-2011-camaro\/"},"modified":"2010-03-23T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T18:30:00","slug":"report-gm-working-on-more-powerful-v6-for-2011-camaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/463296","title":{"rendered":"Report: GM working on more powerful V6 for 2011 Camaro?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/coupes\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coupe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/chevrolet\/\" rel=\"tag\">Chevrolet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/ford\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ford<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/gm\/\" rel=\"tag\">GM<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/rumormill\/\" rel=\"tag\">Rumormill<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/2010-chevy-camaro\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/020camarov6joyopt.jpg\"  alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>2010 Chevrolet Camaro V6 RS &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/ford\/\">Ford<\/a> has certainly upped the ante in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/mustang\">Mustang<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/camaro\">Camaro<\/a> wars for 2011. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/chevrolet\/\">Chevrolet<\/a> may have the upper hand in V8 power (Camaro is rated at 426 horsepower, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/16\/2011-ford-mustang-gt-rocks-out-with-412-horsepower-26-mpg-highw\/\">Mustang GT<\/a> at 412), but the base &#8216;Stang now uses a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/11\/30\/2011-ford-mustang-v6-la-2009-preview\/\">305-hp V6<\/a>, boasting slightly more power (one horsepower, to be exact) and better fuel economy (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/04\/2011-ford-mustang-v6-rated-31-mpg-highway-most-efficient-300-h\/\">31 miles per gallon<\/a>) over a comparable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/04\/22\/the-joy-of-six-2010-chevy-camaro-v6-rs\/\">six-pot Camaro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the 2011 Mustang V6 only carries a touch more power and efficiency, Chevrolet isn&#8217;t going to just sit back and take it all in stride. An inside source has told <em>Automobile<\/em> that the Mustang&#8217;s top honors may be short lived, and that details on the 2011 Camaro will arrive in the very near future. We don&#8217;t think that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/gm\/\">General Motors<\/a> will have much trouble cranking out a couple extra ponies from the Camaro&#8217;s 3.6-liter V6, but can it surpass the Mustang&#8217;s 31 mpg highway rating? Consider our interest piqued.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/the-joy-of-six-2010-chevy-camaro-v6-rs\/low\/\">The Joy of Six: 2010 Chevy Camaro V6 RS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/the-joy-of-six-2010-chevy-camaro-v6-rs\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/04\/000_camarov6joy_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/the-joy-of-six-2010-chevy-camaro-v6-rs\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/04\/001_camarov6joy_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/the-joy-of-six-2010-chevy-camaro-v6-rs\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/04\/002_camarov6joy_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/the-joy-of-six-2010-chevy-camaro-v6-rs\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/04\/003_camarov6joy_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/the-joy-of-six-2010-chevy-camaro-v6-rs\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/04\/004_camarov6joy_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/rumors.automobilemag.com\/6656997\/news\/gm-hints-chevy-camaro-v-6-might-get-more-power-for-2011-to-catch-mustang-v-6\/index.html\">Automobile<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/23\/report-gm-working-on-more-powerful-v6-for-2011-camaro\/\">Report: GM working on more powerful V6 for 2011 Camaro?<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:30:00 EST.  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Chevrolet may have the upper hand in V8 power (Camaro is rated at 426 horsepower, Mustang GT at 412), but the base &#8216;Stang [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5775,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5775"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}