Having driven my brother in law's Power Stroke turbo diesel "work truck", with the full Gale Banks treatment, I think these motors may attract a whole new segment of enthusiasts.

 

Agreed. There's something about a biodiesel Camaro that intrigues me. Perhaps I've had far too much California sun.

 

I also think we are going to start seeing more and more manufacturers offering diesels as performance models soon. The BMW 335D and various Audis come to mind.

 

I would hope that GM is also looking at e-85 based performance models, especially if they are investing in saw grass based ethanol.(which looks very promising to me)

 

Not to me.

I live in the San Francisco Metropolitan Area. I can buy biodiesel here, but I can't buy E85. If GM were going to build a "greener" performance car for me (nee Camaro), I'd rather it be biodiesel than E85.

 

The 2.9 and 4.5 are cool alternatives, but the 2.9 will sell in greater numbers. I hope that if it is used, that the price doesnt climb that high. 4k for an engine...thats steep. If they could get it down to a 2-2.5k, could be good news for GM and Camaro.

 

That 4.5 is a whole lot of motor, with 520 ft/lbs of torque. I know GM says it will go wherever a smallblock goes, but it seems that the intake is quite abit higher than an LSx. Anyways, maybe they can pull that sucker out if we ever get into a diesel torque war.

As long as the Camaro doesn't weigh two tons, I can see the 2.9 propelling it into the high 13's, all while getting maybe 33-35 mpg. Would be cool.

 

The Britts seems to be adopting it as a performace option . The video below is of a Astra diesel modded to about hang with the VXr ...the diesel car gets 45 mpg though and is $3000 less .

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zo987X-Au48

I think it might be a viable option , it would definately be a ballsy move on GM . There are TONS of diesel enthusists in the states , would a fraction of them give a diesel Camaro a look ? Outside of big trucks , there isnt really a diesel powering anything considered desirable . A gamble for sure . It would be interesting to see how diesel sitting in a performance oriented Camaro sitting on display at Sema would go over .

 

i'd be interested. they should do a e-85 gas one too.

 

Now that would take some stones! I'd bet you'd have a Camaro on the front page of every magazine and website. People would be talking about it for months.

 

I think it would be a worthy idea of throwing around into a one off concept type car, a Diesel Camaro using the 2.9 as wella s getting some aftermarket companies tied into the working of teh engine. 300hp and 450ftlbs would be an amazing site to see, and all out of 6cyls!! Im sure it would raise a few eyebrows, and possibly get things in motion.

 

Can you imagine a BullyDog type system for a Camaro with 5 different programmable power levels???!!!
I think it'd be a hit!..
H3LL, you could tow you're Z28 to the track with your other Camaro!.

 

Yeah max economy or max performance - and anything in between.

I betcha whatever mods get it to 300 hp will also get you way more torque than 450.

 

Very possible, i just shifted everything up 50.

I keep thinking of diesel performance, and I dont know why it hasnt caught on as fast as this thing moves..

 

i wanna stick with a gasoline performance camaro with the ls3