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Originally Posted by truth411
I'm curious as to why the SS comes with a 6 instead of a 7 speed manual like the vette. Heck it was already certified with the LT1 so what's the deal?
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Someone in another thread mentioned that one of the engineers at the reveal confirmed it wouldn't fit (similar to what the engineers of the ATS-V said).
I'm not sure having a ratio less than 0.5:1 would be very useful. The Corvette is ~300lb lighter so can probably take advantage of that. The camaro would probably run in 4 cylinder mode less often w/ the 7 speed and negate any fuel economy benefit. From a performance standpoint, gears 1-6 are identical to the M7 (at least the non-Z51 M7).
With that said, I was hoping for the M7 as well as long as their was no weight penalty.