Chevrolet announced EPA fuel economy figures for its reborn muscle car this morning: Up to 29 mpg on the highway for a six-cylinder Camaro equipped with either an automatic or manual transmission. The V8 SS model will be capable of 25 mpg on the highway with its automatic and 24 with the manual transmission.
Around town, the EPA has rated the V6 Camaro at 18 mpg for the automatic and 17 mpg for the manual. The V8 is rated at 16 mpg regardless of transmission.
Those figures are impressive given the V6′s 304-horsepower output. The V8, available on the Camaro SS, makes 400-horsepower with the six-speed automatic and 426-horsepower with the six-speed manual.
For comparison, Dodge ’s 376-horsepower Challenger and Ford ’s 300-horsepower Mustang earn 23 mpg on the highway with their manual transmissions. In six-cylinder form, the automatic-only, 250-horse Challenger is rated at 25 mpg and the manual, 210-horse Mustang is rated at 26 mpg.
