4 cylinder Camaro

[AmericanThunder]

I've just found out that the 2016 line up of Camaro starts with a 4 cyl albeit turbo-charged.
I just hope that it doesn't kill the Camaro in the same way the original Mustang died when Ford released the Mustang II in 1974 with a 4 banger.
Perhaps technology has moved on that a FI 4 cylinder will offer sufficient performance to keep people happy.
Would I buy a 4 or 6 cylinder Camaro? Definately not but I guess there are those who care as much about economy as they do performance and don't want to run two cars.
Back in 1974 people didn't want to buy economical cars, the oil embargo wasn't their fault - right?

 

[saleen 192]

Yes i beleave ford have gone down the same route with the new s550 mustang having a 4 pot in the engine line up

 

[TransAmDan]

What ever next, they will be putting 3 cylinder engines in cars...

 

[saleen 192]

They already do and even 2 cylinder as well.. Mad the lot of them V8 rules

 

[Saturn Simon]

It's not surprising in this day and age really though. Every manufacturer is downsizing engines and an increasing number have all forced induction engines and no naturally aspirated engines at all.

Not entirely a bad thing though. Things have moved on a lot since '74. The 2.3 EcoBoost 4cylinder in the Mustang gives pretty much identical performance to what the old 4.6 litre Modular V8 provided in the 2005 Mustang.

In the 2016 Camaro, the 2.0 litre 4-cylinder Turbo engine produces 270bhp. Only about 30bhp short of the 5.7 V8 in the 1998 Camaro SS. If that's not enough the 3.6 V6 produces 330bhp and you can still get a 6.2 V8, with 440bhp.

What I find more difficult to get my head around is that these days you can buy a Ford Mondeo with a 1.0 litre engine, which would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.

 

[AmericanThunder]

All true Simon, but nothing sounds like a V8!

 

[Saturn Simon]

It's true that you cannot beat the sound of a V8. I had a V8 Rover once, and the best thing about it was being about to roll down the windows and listen to the V8 - even though it was a relatively puny 3.5 it still sounded amazing.

Sadly though, for many of those looking for a daily driver the 4-cylinder versions of the Camaro and Mustang will be no-brainer choices.