GM surprised us today at the Nürburgring where it brought along a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro prototype without the heavy camouflage of the previous testers.
With all those black plastic bags gone, we get a much better view of what the sixth generation Camaro’s sheetmetal will look like when it debuts sometime next year as a 2016MY.
What we see is a much pointer and lower fascia, not unlike the Transformers 4’s Camaro Bumblebee Concept, edgier surfaces on the body, an even lower roof and profile window line, and a rear end that flows into the body.
The twin nostrils on the scooped hood, the big tires and wheels, the decklid spoiler and the quad pipes at the rear point towards this being a ZL1 or an SS 1LE-equivalent model in the next Camaro’s range.
This is hard to tell from pictures alone, but it looks like the new Camaro might be a tad shorter than the current model, which could make sense since the Mk6 replaces the cut-down Zeta architecture shared with cars like the Chevy SS with the Cadillac ATS’ new and lighter scalable Alpha platform.
Under the hood, we’ll see the usual crop of GM’s latest V6 and V8 engines such as the Corvette Stingray’s 455hp LT1 6.2-liter V8. The big question is whether GM will compete with Ford and its turbo’d four-cylinder Mustang EcoBoost offering a similar powertrain on the Camaro. If it does, then the 2.0-liter turbocharged four found in the ATS and CTS, in which it generates 272hp, is a prime candidate, possibly in tuned form.
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