2015 Camaro Prototype
New 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is a 'hoot' to drive
In a rare instance for the unveiling of a brand-new car, Chevrolet brought six prototypes — 2016 Camaros with V-6 engines — to the unveiling for journalists last weekend to flog around the road course of the upcoming Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix.
The assembled media were invited to do a lap in a 2015 Camaro V-6 and then immediately do a lap in a 2016 prototype to experience the difference between the two models.
What a difference it is.
The outgoing 2015 Camaro is ponderous. it rolls in turns and features steering that is neither tight nor communicative. But the new 2016 feels tight, quick and extremely solid. Steering feel is markedly improved, with the car exhibiting an alacrity and precision that is lacking in the outgoing model.
The new seating position is excellent, and the new lower dashboard helps with outward forward visibility. But the Camaro still makes you feel like you're sitting in a bunker, looking out of a gun slit.
Ride and handling are outstanding, with the suspension able to soak up track imperfections with ease, while not disturbing either the steering or stability. The brakes feel much stronger as well. The 2015 model's brakes felt squishy and overworked after several laps with journalists at the wheel, but the 2016 model exhibited no fade or softness in the pedal.
I sampled both the eight-speed automatic and six-speed manual transmissions. While the manual felt light and precise, the automatic's ability to learn that it was on a track and hold gears well beyond the point when a normal automatic should shift was extraordinary.
To put it simply, the old 2015 V-6 model felt like it didn't want to be on the track. It was better suited to boulevard cruising, perhaps with the top down. But the new 2016 V-6 was a hoot, a car I'd happily drive around a track all day long.
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Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/05/18/chevrolet-camaro-hoot/27518787/
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