Camaro by Crystal Springs
The 2010 Camaro model GM provided for this test was a V6, automatic, 1LT RS model. Certainly my druthers would have been for a V8, but the 304HP V6 acquitted itself nicely. The six does not shove you around like a monster V8 might, but the Camaro will never leave you embarrassed at the light or sweating out a passing a slower car. During my time with the Camaro, fuel economy averaged in the low twenties. While that certainly isn’t the 29MPG highway plastered on the window sticker, it was the result of my lead foot and hilly test routes. Put this baby out on I-5 and I have no doubt that it will obtain the stated fuel economy.
While it was in my care, I was able to give the Camaro a bath and take some tasteful photographs (a line that never worked that well on my college girlfriends). Please check out the slideshow below this article to see the results!
If you would have told anyone back in the late eighties or early nineties that you had purchased an automatic, V6 Camaro, well they would have formed certain opinions of your automotive credibility that may not have been favorable. Time has moved on and that V6 now packs 304HP and the transmission sports six speeds and crisp shifting. Sure there were times where I caught the transmission trying to save fuel at the cost of engine droning, but I was never that annoyed. What was annoying were the buttons on the back of the steering wheel for controlling the sport mode. At first I thought the paddles on the steering wheel were there for that purpose, but they are merely to show you which is the upshift button and which is the downshift button while the paddles themselves are immovable. I pretty much skipped using this “feature” and let the transmission sort things out on its own.
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