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  1. Camino LS6
    If memory serves, both got a special hood.
  2. Camino LS6
    Well, sedans are out as is anything FWD, same for any CUV. Oh, but the choices dwindle. I can only hope for the occasional interesting RWD entry... maybe one per decade? Sheesh! Makes me think terrible things about the folks that make up the general public. The genericism of it all turns my stomach.
  3. Camino LS6
    I'd buy this before any new car currently on the market.
  4. Camino LS6
    So freakin' close! These had just started production, as had the G8 GXP - such a waste. Pontiac really had some good stuff lined-up before the axe fell.
  5. Camino LS6
    http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/3472870697.html
  6. Camino LS6
    Very cool!
  7. Camino LS6
    Well, if the future is all FWD 4cyl. sedans, then I'm done with new cars. It really is that simple for me.
  8. Camino LS6
    What a narrow and bleak picture you guys paint.
  9. Camino LS6
    I see the horsepower breakdown this way: up to 300HP - 4cyl. in FWD up to 350HP - 4cyl. in RWD/AWD 300HP and up - 8Cyl (except where packaging or marketing require the V6) The V6 would remain a horsepower overlap option.
  10. Camino LS6
    Perhaps. But the V6 will remain an overlap engine, and require great expense as well as complexity to equal both its smaller and larger counterparts. I remain dubious about the value here.
  11. Camino LS6
    I guess that AFM is the only thing I can point to which explains some of the V6 lag. A V8 cruising on 4 cylinders would seem to have a greater advantage than a V6 cruising on 4 cylinders.
  12. Camino LS6
    They might. In fact I am surprised that they so far have not. That's one of my objections to the V6 in general. If it had improved in both efficiency and power as much as the 4s and 8s have, I'd have much less objection. But they haven't. And honestly, I don't understand why.
  13. Camino LS6
    Thanks for the specifics Hyper, you help make the case. We do part ways on the question of the V6, but not all that much.
  14. Camino LS6
    I'd do the breakdown this way: Chevy: N/A aspirated and turbo 4s and eights with a good, solid N/A V6 where justified (trucks/Camaro/Impala) Buick: N/A and turbo 4s and 6s Cadillac: all high-end configurations available GMC: same as Chevy, with maybe a special Turbo V6 offered I see this as a more logical distribution of powerplants and a strengthening of brand identity.
  15. Camino LS6
    Which is why I'd make them Cadillac/Buick exclusives - they don't belong at Chevy. That, and Buick's tradition of Turbo V6s, along with the "clamor" for DOHC engines at Cadillac.
  16. Camino LS6
    There was a time when a V6 out-powered a 4 dramatically while besting V8 economy significantly. Now, however, the 4 encroaches via power output while the V8 encroaches via economy. I just don't see much room for the V6 going forward.
  17. Camino LS6
    Because I see 2MPG under ideal conditions as a wash. No real benefit. Look, I get that most cars are engineered for V6s. What I question is if that makes sense moving forward. In almost any case, there is a 4 or an 8 that arguably makes more sense for the application. I don't think that a V6 should be immediately eliminated from production, but I see logic in phasing it out of future designs. Ask Hyper about his 290HP four.
  18. Camino LS6
    Yep. And if you look at FWD cars, a 4 that makes 300HP is the most you need. With the ill-effects of power beyond that point, what good would a hot V6 do?
  19. Camino LS6
    Show me. Show me in cars/trucks that also offer a V8. Then, take a look at cars that offer a 4 and a V6. If a hot 4 is offered, the V6 starts to look pointless. If a V6 can't offer at least 5MPG over the same vehicle with an 8, what good is it really? Sorry, but I just see V6s as overlap offerings.
  20. Camino LS6
    Snide remarks aside, the truth is that V6s don't offer much (if any) fuel economy gain over V8s. That's the point. They are no solution.
  21. Camino LS6
    So hokey.
  22. Camino LS6
    If it could deliver the fuel economy with the power - so far TTV6s haven't shown the capacity to do that. One or two miles per gallon isn't a significant enough advantage to make this a viable idea. The Ecoboost V6 does pretty well in the F-150 when you keep your foot out of the boost. Heck, I got 27mpg out of an AWD MKS Ecoboost. The naturally aspirated model does no better on fuel economy and had a lot less power on tap when needed. When the LSx V8s can best that, it doesn't look too impressive.
  23. Camino LS6
    Point is, there's room for new possibilities here (as Hyper just pointed out). Variants are cool because they can make the same nameplate appeal to many tastes and needs. While I think the demand for AWD is a bit overstated around here, Alpha has the capacity to offer it. In fact, that capacity should probably be there for most architectures going forward. That said, it shouldn't be a mandatory feature. As for the 130R specifically,. the design has done nothing but grow on me since I first saw it. Even so, I'd love to see if Alpha can go even smaller (if only with a concept) to get a notion of its flexibility limits. A swoopy body in the Corvette roadster tradition would be great to see. The idea that Alpha can morph itself from something like a Kappa at one end of the spectrum to a Sigma sized entry at the other is fascinating - I'd like to see it demonstrated. A 130R-derived lineup of variants sounds quite good to me, I am a huge advocate of multiple configurations from a single nameplate/platform.
  24. Camino LS6
    Sad state of affairs.
  25. Camino LS6
    This is the sort of thinking I hope is still alive at GM.
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