2010 Inferno Orange Camaro SS with the 400 horse and A6.
first thing right off the bat my head hits the roof with the seat half way up. so it has to be as low as it will go before you get some get some good head room.
the sound of the car starting is almost like a LS1 with no spark plugs in it. they have a real fast cranking starter via gear drive. when driving you don't hear the engine very much but you do hear almost like a gear drive whine from the transmission thanks to the automatic 6 speed. i have to give it to GM on this one, it shifts smooth and it seems like a soft shift but its always pulling and not really a dead spot like normal. this car had paddle shifters, GM needs to do what ever they did with the camaro and put in it the corvette. when you up shift (right paddle) the car shifts right then unlike the corvette where you have to shift at 3k so it will shift just before redline. the left paddle down shifts the car. this brings me to another thing GM needs to employ in the vette. rev match down shifting!!! at first i though i was just hearing and feeling things so i tested it out a few more times and it sure is rev match. (if you don't know what that is its like heel toe in a manual transmission) its a smooth down shift too and doesn't make the rear end jump to the side.
as for the ride of the car i really like it. its a firm ride like a sports car should be but takes the bumps well. while i wasn't able to really beat on the car much it seems to handle well for the size, i'm sure it would love a road track but would fair well on a tight autocross corse. only time will tell on that one.