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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
Sport mode can mean a couple of things, really...
The Automatics GM now uses ('cept the 4 speed) all have (in some form or another) a "P", "R", "N", "D", and "S" mode.
When in "D" it's acts as your normal Automatic. In "S" mode (Sport/Performace), the more advanced tranny's learn your driving technique, and adapt to know when to shift, and when not to. For instance, when you let off the gas to go around a corner? It won't shift into OD. Also in "S" mode, you can press the paddles, tap the shifter, etc to change gears. From the first tap/pull/push, the shifting from then on is driver controlled. To end this feature, you need to shift back into "D".
This is how I understand it works in the Corvette.
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From what I've read the G8's auto has three modes.
D: just what you think it is.
Sport: A more aggressive, fully automatic mode that you access by moving the shifter over to the right into the manual mode area but don't tap up or down.
Manual: In this mode the transmission will not upshift itself, it'll just bounce off the rev limiter until you notice. I think it will automatically downshift to 2nd at a stop. It might downshift earlier if the alternative is to lug and stall (uphill at 20mph in 6th). It will also refuse to downshift if that would push the engine over the redline.
I think that GM will try to make the feel Camaro sportier than the G8. So the Camaro’s A6 will probably get a more aggressive tune, more like the Corvette’s.