GM Re-Rates V-6 In 2011 Camaro

Under promise, over deliver. It is always a pleasant surprise to have something better than you first expected. General Motors seems to get this lately. If more power is better, and in our case it certainly is - than the 2011 Camaro is better than we first thought.

Under re-certification, the Camaro's V-6 gained 8 extra horsepower and 5lb-ft of torque, bringing the total to 312 and 278 lb-ft of torque. Not much, but we'll take all we can get.

Tom Sutter', the V'6's chief engineer, had this to say: "The 304 horsepower in the 2010 Camaro was actually a conservative rating on our end.....but we knew already that this award-winning engine produced at least the amount of power we stated, (and) but now we've gone the extra step in certifying the engine for this application and have verified an additional 8 horsepower."

The increase is just enough to do one very important thing - leapfrog the newly-introduced 2011 Mustang V-6's power output, which stands at 305 horsepower. Nice one, GM. However, that engine's torque still bests the Camaro's by 2 pound feet. Oh we know.....the makings of a great advertisement right there.