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For those who might care, the EPA fuel economy numbers are up for the SS:
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14/21, not too bad for what it is...
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14/21, not too bad for what it is...
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I'm sure the real world numbers are much better. In mixed driving, I got closed to 21mpg with my G8 GT and I'm getting the same in my Charger RT. However, when I was feeling the spirit or just wanted to hear the exhaust, I got around 16 mpg in the G8.
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A little bummed by these numbers, but they're on par with the competition. Charger get +2 highway MPG, but with premium.
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14/21 is what I expected, sadly enough. But is the EPA website correct in saying the SS drinks regular? I thought the LS3 required premium?
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This is crap and is one thing that upsets me about Chevy. How are they going to build a really nice Camaro SS that has more horsepower, has the same engine, weighs a little less, but has better gas mileage?! The Chevy SS has "Ecologic fuel-saving technologies" advertised on their website, yet because of the combined MPG being less than 18, we will have to pay a gas-guzzler tax if we buy it? That sucks! So whatever price you were figuring on it, add another $1,000 or so to the price.
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oh well it wont matter all that much to people who buy this car since they are buying it knowing its a powerful $45k+ V8 performance sedan!
Yea i was just looking at that, SS and the SRT are identical in the city, its only on the highway the SRT has a 2 mpg gain on the SS which yes would be easily explained by the SS' taller rear gears.
Also interesting the SRT Charger comes with auto 5 while the SS has an auto 6....
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At least we can expect the next generation SS to be much more fuel efficient, they'll probably end up dropping the V8 for a twin turbo V6 which will help a lot.
Maybe by then we'll see some carbon fiber parts added, the use of carbon fiber in vehicles on a manufacture level is becoming more mainstream now.
Carbon Fiber is interesting, with so much steel in demand from developing nations i think makers are going to have to start turning to other materials. But CF is still very expensive, $10 a pound for low-grade still. 5$/pound would be the magic number to start seeing companies like GM get heavily involved with CF. The problem is right now the base material in CF (polyacrylonitrile) already blows the nut on that 5$ price ceiling.
CF is something like 20x more expensive than steal and about a fifth of the weight. I'm not sure if that 1/5th weight saving justifies a 20x price increase. Cars are expected to last about 10 years, the lifetime just doesnt justify a 20x cost increase.
Sure cost is coming down, it was $150/pound about 10 years ago, but the smaller price cut from $10 to $5 is always much harder than coming down from $150 to $10. Big drops are a result of improving manufacturing efficiency, where as the small drop from $10 to $5 will have to come from process or material innovation.
Also CF isnt as recyclable as steel is. Steel can be melted down and recast as another vehicle without sacrificing its original strength, try that with CF. First of all it doesnt melt and secondly if you deconstruct it to reconstruct it as another vehicle the CF has just lost all its advantages, it becomes soft and useless.
I dont think CF is the be all end all but it is certainly a part of the equation going forward. Its going to be a combination of improving aero, resizing powertrains (already seeing this), transmission tech and lightweight materials like CF, but also aluminium and magnesium.
If you're interested in reading more about CF and the auto industry check out this powerpoint put together by Ford that contains alot of interesting information regarding price floors and what exactly it take for CF to reach mainstream auto production..
http://web.ornl.gov/sci/physical_sc.../PMC/carbon_fiber09/pdfs/Jim_deVries_Ford.pdf
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in carbon its not just the carbon fabric that is strong. The resin and weave pattern also aid to the strenght. There are other glass fiber composites the auto industry should look into that might not be as light as carbon but still very strong that could be used in place of carbon.
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good idea but I dont know when they would really start using other materials to save weight. It might be later but who knows how long they wait. Even ford has made some changes in their construction of the platforms. chevy has some catching up to do.
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Just wait for LT1 460 HP will make over 25 mpg easy on this car! Also with 7 speed manual!
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My z06 505 hp 2012 gets 26 on trips with cruise set at 80 mph. My 2013 2 SS Camaro with 4 and 8 operation gets 25 old g8 Gt got close to that without all the variable valve timing and 4 cyl operation. Oh I run high test in the Camaro and did so with the G8 GT. You don't want that technology just saying.
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Yeah, I'm holding out some hope that they'll pull a "GTO" and put the newer engine in for the second model year. It would seem to make sense from a production standpoint since most of the other cars/trucks will be switching to Gen V engines by then too.
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Odd. The GXP was rated 17/21 and is exactly what I'm getting.
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