The base model comes with 18-inch wheels, a manual transmission, single disc player and auxiliary jack. It is also available in 9 colours including Inferno Orange and Victory Red.

The hard plastic and big, out of place knobs are plain looking. (Photo: Lacey Elliott/Auto123.com)

“Highly styled?” Damn straight! This car screams out for attention and in the Rally Yellow, it is hard to take your eyes off it. This SS version has the unique lower body extension, air scoop, brake cooling slots, rear diffuser and lower grille extenstion. One great thing about this Camaro is that you can still get the beefy looking car on the outside and only have the V6 under the hood.

If you want a sleek looking vehicle with flowing lines, this is not for you. The long, aggressive snout with strong, chiseled shape gets noticed everywhere I go. The fantastic thing about this current Camaro is that it still has the overall look that made it so popular when it first came out back in the mid-sixties.

The interior is a bit of a letdown. The hard plastic and big, out of place knobs are plain looking. They put so much effort into how this car looks on the outside; I am shocked that the interior falls so short.

This has always given off the image of a boy’s car – and this updated interior styling has not changed. I feel like the steering wheel is too big in diameter and too thick for my hands. The knobs are large and feel almost like they should be in a truck and even the shifter is too bulky to be comfortable with. And sitting in the driver’s seat I feel a bit tiny with the height of the door frame and the small windows!

The back seat is not easy to get into – but I find that to be the same in both the Mustang and the Challenger. Once seated, the bench is uncomfortable and there is not a lot of room.

The back seat folds but does NOT split? And the pass through from the trunk is not very large, another huge ding against the interior.

Now to the good part – ‘sporty or performance oriented’. I didn’t get a chance to drive the base model but behind the wheel of this V8, ‘sporty’ is the best way to describe it. The V6 gives you a nice 304 hp while this V8 delivers 426 hp or 400 with the Active Fuel Management.

Living in the city I had no issues manoeuvring it through busy streets. (Photo: Lacey Elliott/Auto123.com)