There are some low-grade plastics on the top of the instrument panel that you’d never find in an Audi, but this is an altogether nicer place to be than the last Camaro. It’s disconcerting that the touch screen is canted slightly downward, presumably to cut glare, but it works quickly and features Apple CarPlay, which allows it to parallel some iPhone capabilities. A narrow row of HVAC controls and a touch screen sit above the vents. In an Audi-like bit of UI, turning the vents’ metal bezels adjusts the temperature. Mounted low in the center console are two large HVAC vents.

Still looking inward, we notice the analog tachometer and speedometer flank a digital screen that can be configured to show a number of different displays controlled by buttons on the small-diameter steering wheel. At least the fenders are visible, which makes placing the front of the car easier. We’d love to have a Camaro with great visibility, but that’s not happening unless you opt for the convertible and never put the top up. GM design seems obsessed with exploring how small it can make windows. Like the last Camaro, the 2016 has about as much glass as does the Unabomber’s supermax cell. Listening to the V-6 ape a V-8, you may begin to notice that you can’t see out. HIGHS: V-6 defying urge, eager cornering, easy-shifting manual. Inches have been pruned from every dimension. Most of all, what’s noticeable is that the ’16 is a bit angrier and leaner looking. Park old next to new and the differences begin to emerge. While the design looks the same and the trunk opening is still impossibly tiny, there are no exterior parts shared with last year’s car. It may look like it should still have barcode stickers on its windows, but this is a changed Camaro. Unlike the six-cylinder Camaros of the recent past, driving the 2016 version triggered zero memories of the Hertz counter at LAX. But before you hide your Pony-Car Participant award in the junk drawer, know that conceding two cylinders has never felt better than in the new Chevrolet Camaro. It’s the natural order of things and this V-6 is no different. The V-6 is second place, the first loser. The low rumble of the V-8 has long established a clear hierarchy in the red-light jungle. 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS Long-Term Road Testįor most of the pony-car breed’s existence, settling for the V-6 version has been just that: settling.Tested: All-New 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS Auto!.Shift Me: 2016 Chevy Camaro V-6 Automatic Tested!.

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