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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Indeed. I keep trying to find a reason to justify why a 6th gen SS might be more like 4.2 or 4.3 seconds (which would still be a decent improvement over the 5th gen) ... and I'm having a hard time doing it. All the reasonable guesses on the specs point to the ATS-V and 6th gen SS being practically identical in acceleration. Likely to be very similar in weight & weight distribution. The power & torque curves of the LT1 & LF4 will be very similar. They'll probably even use the same transmissions. The main differences will be in the fine details, like gearing ratios and choice of tires -but thats not going to hurt 0-60 by a half second. So 4 seconds flat sounds almost conservative ... but I just can't let myself believe that to be true.
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Yeah, I'm having a hard time with it, too. On one side you would expect a similar time if a LT1 was in the ATS-V, and you would expect the Camaro on the Alpha platform to have similar performance. However, on the other hand the Stingray with the A8 does 0-60 in 3.7 secs. That's a lighter car than the ATS-V (and presumably the 6th Gen Camaro). I guess we just have to wait and see.