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Originally Posted by VADER SS L99
Take away the traction advantage AWD gives over RWD, in a straight line situation, with the correct wheel/tire setup and all you have is more weight and higher cost. DCT is great, no arguments there but it would drive cost up I would imagine. The type of DCT that could handle the LT1/LT4 torque would be a pretty expensive transmission I bet. This is after all suppose to be a performance car that the average person can afford. I really want a 6th gen SS but if it has a starting MSRP of $40k before options I would look else where.
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I've never seen cost, but not sure an automated manual would be signicantly more. And a DCT to handle high torque would not be anything more proportionally than an automatic to handle the same high torque.
AWD is why the GTR can still run with a Z06 with much less HP. So it's not just launch.
I fully agree, this car must remain affordable. And GM has Cadillac ATS and CTS Vs that should remain aspirational above the Camaro.