{"id":1715,"date":"2011-02-16T15:01:23","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T20:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2011-02-16T15:01:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T20:01:23","slug":"rumors-of-turbo-four-cylinder-camaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1715","title":{"rendered":"Rumors of Turbo Four-Cylinder Camaro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A GM Inside News&#8217; forum member speculates GM will produce two turbo four-cylinder powered Camaros starting in 2016. The first will have 260 horsepower, six speed automatic transmission, and get 34\/47 mpg. The second model will have 325 horsepower, six speed auto or six speed manual, and get 27\/37 mpg. This is all rumors at this point and is five years off. Which means a lot can change.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gminsidenews.com\/forums\/f144\/updated-2016-6th-gen-camaro-line-up-100159\/\">GM Inside News<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/#!5762126\/new-mustang-svo-confirmed-by-bill-ford-jr\">Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A GM Inside News&#8217; forum member speculates GM will produce two turbo four-cylinder powered Camaros starting in 2016. The first will have 260 horsepower, six speed automatic transmission, and get 34\/47 mpg. The second model will have 325 horsepower, six speed auto or six speed manual, and get 27\/37 mpg. This is all rumors at&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1715\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rumors of Turbo Four-Cylinder Camaro<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camaro"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":149,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=149","url_meta":{"origin":1715,"position":0},"title":"Reggie Jackson&#8217;s 1969 Camaro","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 24, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The engine was built by GM Performance Parts and GM Performance Division with the help of NHRA racer Warren Johnson to show off the LSX platform. 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