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Originally Posted by LOWDOWN
1) CAFE 2016 calls for a 35.5 mpg AVERAGE (NOT highway), so anything below 30 AVERAGE is going to be built in restricted numbers, or pay exorbitant GG taxes.
2) In that "environment", do you think the next-Gen Camaro SS will weigh LESS (it will) with even MORE (than 426) hp? It won't...
3) Today's SS has roughly 9.16 lb/hp. To stay close to that (for volume builds), expect an LT-0.85 for hp...
4) 475 hp in 3500 lbs = Z/28...where a GG of a $Grand or $Two won't really matter...
...and what works in Warren will work in Dearborn...and vice versa...
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CAFE average is for the whole fleet, not individual cars so they would have to see other, higher MPG cars to balance it.
LT1 is going to be the SS engine.