Turns out General Motors' engineers didn't actually twiddle around with the 2011 Chevy Camaro's base 3.6-liter V6 engine, as initially thought.
Instead, the company claims that engineers were conservative with their ratings the first time and that after the presentation of the 305HP 2011 Mustang V6 the re-certification process found that the direct-injection V6 produces an extra 8HP and 5lb-ft of torque for a total of 312HP and 278 lb-ft of torque.
"The 304 horsepower in the 2010 Camaro was actually a conservative rating on our end," said Tom Sutter, GM V-6 chief engineer. "But we knew already that this award-winning engine produced at least the amount of power we stated, but now we've gone the extra step in certifying the engine for this application and have verified an additional 8 horsepower."
Weak, to the say the least, but in any case, GM has earned (?) the bragging rights to say that the Camaro's V6 has a higher output the 2011 Mustang's 305HP V6. However, Ford's six-cylinder unit churns out an extra 2 lb-ft of torque and lets not forget that Camaro is 327 pounds heavier than the Mustang.
Other changes for the 2011 model year Camaro include the availability of the Synergy Green exterior color on all trim levels (instead of only on the 1LT model) for a limited run and the introduction of Head-Up Display with speed, tachometer, compass, temperature, OnStar Turn-by-Turn, gear and audio functions.
