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Originally Posted by stovt001
Until I can see for myself, I'm pessimistic about that. I've only had experience with a manual mode on an automatic transmission on my mom's Mazda3, and that was not really good at all. I can just about shift a real manual just as fast, if not faster, and I'm just learning how to drive a stick shift. The Camaro's would have to be substantially faster to make me consider it. I'm not saying it can't, but it will have to shift significantly faster than the Mazda's to impress me.
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Anyone expecting it to be like an DCT automated manual with a shift time of under 100 ms will be disappointed. I expect it to essentially be like the D-3-2 automatics that debuted ages ago. But instead of moving the shifter up through the gears, you hit the paddle shifters. Now, GM might have done a bit of tuning to make the shifts a bit quicker, but it will not be significanytly different from a regular automatic.
The purpose of the tap-shift is not to make shifts faster, its to give you control of an automatic transmission.