An old saying: "It never rains but it pours"
Troubles, in this case, in the form of leaks for for GM security to investigate.
Even more pictures became available on Camaro5.com late today - this time they are of the V-6 engine. It appears, although it's not confirmed yet, to be the direct-injected 3.6 liter DOHC VVT V-6. If not, it's the port-injected engine of the same displacement. This is the same one that attendees of GM's Camaro focus group event saw and drove this week to wide and universal acclaim.
One big question remains: does it have direct injection (DI)? The engine looks like the Caddy direct-injected version of this same basic engine, however it uses the throttle body from the non-DI Australian V-6. So what's my guess? I guess it uses DI, although I think it has probably been detuned to use regular gas and makes a bit less HP than the Caddy in order to keep the Caddy engine exclusive to Cadillac. We do know that in the next few years most of the current port-injected engines will move to direct injection, including all of GM's V-8 engines. Direct injection is one of those technologies that has it all: emissions, fuel economy, and performance. With talk of using the DI turbo 2 liter 4-cylinder engine in the Camaro, and with the successor to the LS3 using both direct injection and variable cam phasing, we could end up with direct injection across the board after the first few years of production.
In all of the early pictures that we've seen to date, let's review what we have and have not see.
First, what have we seen?
- Assembly line bare body
- Complete exterior: base V-6 and both entry V-8 and SS models
- Complete dashboard, upper and lower consoles, radio.
- Set of GM dealer installed accessories
- Paint stripe which may be an "RS" or "SS" stripe, or a dealer installed accessory
- Clear pictures of the V-6
- Fuzzy pictures of the V-8 engine
- Numerous spy pics of early test cars
- Nurburgring video of the SS model (think red Brembos)
- Sound tracks, both of Nurburgring and a test car in the hills
- Size comparisons: Camaro next to a Sebring, Mustang, Charger, and 4-door Holden (which looks liek it has an identical wheelbase)
What haven't we seen? (yet)
- Details of any of the presumably 2 V-8 engines
- Chassis pictures showing the suspension pieces
- Any model with a functional hood scoop (have been blank so far)
- Colors, options, prices
There's still plenty of time this week to get the ones we haven't seen yet... what will come next?
