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The loaded, $47,480 test car came with an optional dual-mode exhaust ($895), which does nothing at all to increase horsepower but makes the Camaro SS sound like it’s absolutely furious—spitting and barking mad. This is a welcome bit of antisocial behavior compared to the Mustang GT’s relatively demure-sounding engine. The Camaro’s engine is tuned to let out a brief bawl on full-throttle upshifts, which, it must be said, are exactly as firm as we’d like. The eight-speed automatic is a pretty spectacular piece of work, and that’s coming from the Save the Manuals people. It even responds quickly to paddle-activated manual shifts.
Remarkable: The Camaro’s impressive dynamic fidelity doesn’t render its ride uncomfortable. Even wearing low-profile run-flat tires (245/40ZR-20s in front and 275/35ZR-20s at the rear), the Camaro manages to chamfer off the edges of sharp road irregularities. Surely, our car’s optional, $1695 magnetorheological dampers aided in this feat. Those tires, Goodyear Eagle F1s, helped the car deliver an impressive 0.98 g of lateral grip on the skidpad. And allied with four-piston Brembo calipers front and rear, they also help deliver stops from 70 mph in a stunning 147 feet. That’s a shorter stop than we’ve recorded for at least a couple iterations of the current Porsche 911.
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