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Originally Posted by Number 3
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.
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Take a 8 speed auto z06 and completely elimimate wheel spin with a DR to test acceleration against the GTR and you would see the AWD advantage completely gone with the Z06 running a good half second quicker in the 1/4. A stock Z06 with a DR has already run 10.3. The GTR ain't doing that stock.
A DCT that would reliably handle the torque of a LT1/LT4 for 60k miles would undoubtedly add cost to the Vette and Camaro. Name me another mfg's DCT and I bet it comes in a more expensive car or has a DCT that wouldnt handle the power. V8 M3 is a perfect example. That car is expensive and its DCT would never reliably handle LT1/4 torque. I'm not saying a properly built DCT couldn't handle the torque. I'm saying it would for sure add cost. AWD would add weight AND add cost. More cost + more weight =
for me. I'm middle class who won't push my car to the limits in cornering, drag race on occasion, don't drive this car in snow and am not afraid to use a drag radial tire so I might be in the minority when I say I want it as light as possible without any added cost.