I hope this tidbit comes as news to some...

The method chosen for the tap-shift on auto equipped Camaro is, IMO, better than the Corvette and other GM cars with tap shift autos..

Rather than the up/down being on either steering wheel switch, the upshift is the right steering wheel paddle, the downshift is the left steering wheel paddle.

This makes much more sense to me as that's what I'm used to on a sequential manual in a race car or Ferrari F1 equipped street car. I also prefer to close my fingers to actuate a shift rather than having to think push/pull.

I think folks that have the auto will find this a better way to do it and easily find the second nature this arrangement allows.

 

Cool information, thanks! So then there are no buttons then on the fron tof the steering wheel? I could have sworn that there were pics with the buttons on the front and paddles on the back, like the Vette.

 

Just checked a fews pics I have of the steering wheel on the auto, only 2 paddles, no buttond like the Vette has! Pretty cool! like 1fastdog said, right paddle has a "+" for upshift and left paddle has a "-" for downshift. I think this is much better, looks like GM is listening to the customers once again.

 

Also, if you do not shift with the paddles, the car will not shift, even if you take it to redline

 

thats what im glad to hear. If I use tap shift, I want to shift only when I tell it to, and in what gear I tell it to.

 

That is like the Vette, very cool!

 

The Camaro has better paddle shift, and far better seats than Corvette... I have spent time in both so I'm not "guessing" this...

The shifting on the auto is far more logical, the seats do a far better job of keeping you in place in hard cornering. IMHO.

 

Very nice! I have spent some time in the C6 but no time in the Camaro, so glad to hear someone saying this with firsthand experience with both!

 

I'm glad to offer any insight that is of some use to the community.

The seats in the C5 and C6 are comfy and will allow a long ride without any issues. Camaro seats are just plain better.

The tap shift utilization difference is just a no-brainer. Camaro wins hands down.

Make no mistake, I'm an old school manual tranny kind of guy. I hope the automatic trannie choices made for Camaro are utilized elsewhere.. and that's all I will say about that.

 

Cool. The redundant upshift and downshift buttons/levers on the C6 never made any sense to me. This is the way it should always be, Ferrari got it right!

 

Thanks for this info, Paul. Many know I was on the fence between manual and automatic, and I am changing my order to automatic.

 

Nice of you to join us auto guys here! I for one can not wait to try the paddles out when mine arrives in a few months!

 

I'm still waiting to see which is faster.

 

I still like the old-school shifter in the console and a third pedal below my feet.

 

As do I...but this auto does sound pretty cool! They keep getting closer and closer to being like a manual.