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Originally Posted by RLHMARINES

The Camaro is already at that weight but it will go through a weight reduction for the 6th gen alpha chassis next year, not a weight increase. Remember for a moment that the current car is based off a very robust full-size sedan chassis so the weight was already baked in from the start which the alpha will not present this problem for the new car.

I agree that a strong competent chassis will not be ultra lite weight unless more expensive materials are used but you can look at the ATS cars for a preview of the weight possibilities that the team is working with.

Originally Posted by TheReaper

The alpha chassis will gain weight to accommodate a v8 drive-train.

Originally Posted by TheReaper

You should read my post again. I just stated a fact.

Originally Posted by ilirg

I think what he is saying is the alpha chasis will gain weight due to the v8, not that the 6th gen will gain weight over the 5th gen. I think its a safe bet the 6th gen will lose a good number of poundage.

If he was just stating that a Cadillac on Alpha chassis will gain weight with a V8 drivetrain then that's about as useless and as obvious of a post as saying the sky is going to turn black at night.


He was quoting a person basically saying that the Cadillac lost weight when moving to a Alpha platform and the Camaro should do the same and you can look at the current ATS weights for a general idea of what the Camaro might weigh. Of course a V8 6th gen Camaro V8 is going to weigh more than a ATS 4cylinder.