Test Drive Reveals Camaro V6 Is Unexpectedly Fast, Sounds Sporty Too

For what it’s worth, the writing was on the wall considering the V6 wasn’t popular with retail customers, but only with fleet operators such as rental companies. The Camaro V6, however, is popular for both types of customers. Not only is it more powerful than the equivalent Cyclone V6, but the LGX V6 sounds much, much better than the Blue Oval’s engine. A whole lot better.

Mr. Regular recently took a V6-powered Camaro RS for a test drive, and even with the 8-speed automatic transmission, the General Motors pony didn’t fail to impress. “Nothing is faster than a rental car,” Mr. Regular argues, but the words stand true provided that the loud pedal is pushed down to the metal.

Make no mistake about it, the V6 Camaro doesn’t feel artificially slow such as the V6 Mustang, chiefly because Chevrolet laid out the lineup progressively, with the 2.0-liter turbo-four acting as the entry-level choice. In the S550 Mustang of the pre-facelift variety, the four-banger sat above the Cyclone V6.

There’s this widespread misconception that an American pony should come with V8 power for it to feel like a keeper. The V6 Camaro, however, proves that’s nothing but whitewash, being the sort of car nobody would feel bad of owning. It isn’t perfect, however. Arguably the biggest drawback of the model is MSRP, with the Camaro finding itself on the peppery side of starting prices.

In fact, the Camaro is more expensive than the Mustang across the board. Take the 2.0-liter LTG and 2.3-liter EcoBoost for comparison: $25,905 versus $25,585, with the Ford Motor Company’s contender packing a lil' more performance as standard. Instead of nitpicking, let’s all take a moment and revel in the fact we have so many choices in this vehicle segment at the present moment, including the old but still cool Dodge Challenger.