Exploring Performance Figures for 2016 Camaro

If you’ve been awaiting the release of the 2016 Chevy Camaro, we’ve got some good news. The vehicle’s performance figures were recently released, and we’ve got all of them for you below!

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Unbelievably, Chevy had managed to produce an even faster vehicle, and Jeremy Korzeniewski of AutoBlog attributes the improved speed to additional power and reduced weight. He starts by focusing on the 2016 Camaro with the 6.2-liter V8 engine. Essentially an automatic Camaro SS, the vehicle can produce 455 horsepower, a zero-to-sixty time of 4.0 seconds, and a quarter mile time of 12.3 seconds (at 116 miles per hour). Compared to other muscle cars, these specs would top those of the Mustang GT.

Korzeniewski doesn’t just have the engine, power and speed specs. He also notes the Camaro’s ability to drive on “twisty” roads, commending the vehicle for it’s .97 g on the skidpad. He also notes that the vehicle (assisted by the accompanying Goodyear Eagle F1 summer tires) can stop from 60 mph in 117 feet.

The writer then switches focuses to the other available engine options. There’s the 3.6-liter V6 (which can produce 335 horsepower, a zero-to-sixty time of 5.1 seconds, and a quarter mile time of 13.5 seconds) and the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder (275 horsepower, zero-to-sixty of 5.4 seconds, quarter mile time of 14 seconds).

“The performance of the Camaro 2.0L Turbo will challenge many of the iconic muscle cars from the 1960s, while the Camaro SS’s performance – including 0.97 g cornering – makes it one of the most capable 2+2 coupes on the market,” said Al Oppenheiser, Camaro chief engineer. “The performance numbers only tell half of the story, because the lighter curb weight also makes the new Camaro feel more responsive and agile behind the wheel. It brakes more powerfully, dives into corners quicker, accelerates faster and is more fun to drive than ever.”

Chevy truly took every measure possible to decrease the weight of their Camaro, as Korzeniewski claims they went as “far as to shave down suspension bolts so that no thread went unthreaded.” Overall, engineers managed to cut 390 pounds off the standard Camaros and 223 pounds from the SS model. Despite losing weight, engineers managed to produce a more dependable chassis, as stiffness has been increased by 28 percent from the fifth-generation Camaro coupes. Finally, when compared to the nameplate’s main rival, Korzeniewski notes that the Camaro will weight less than the Mustang.

“Every Camaro model offers exceptional chassis strength and rigidity, but the modular design made the architecture more adaptable and mass-efficient, because we didn’t have to compensate for the unique demands of, say, the SS convertible when building a 2.0L Turbo coupe,” said Oppenheiser. “The result was an elegant engineering solution: 12 chassis components that could be combined to meet the structural requirements of each specific model, without adding unnecessary mass to other models.”

The 2016 Camaro sees a $1,995 price jump over the 2015 model, coming in at $26,695. The SS starts at $37,295 (a $2,795 increase over 2015). The vehicles are expected to hit Chevy dealerships in the next few months.

In the meantime, you might as well check out what your local Chevy dealer has in stock. If you’re near Cincinnati, head down to McCluskey Chevrolet!