The Chevrolet Camaro 2022 is an all-American muscle car, without a doubt. Owners love this car for its driving experience and its iconic, powerful appearance. But some also feel let down by the fact that it's not easy for a first-timer to step into.
The Chevy Camaro interior lacks certain interior features that are a no-brainer for the competition and lacks a premium infotainment system of other similar-priced muscle cars on the market.
The current-gen Chevrolet Camaro pricing starts at $26.100, and the muscle car's top-performance ZL1 trim retails at $67,000. As with all cars, owners have features they appreciate and features they dislike. Let's get into these features and why owners of this beast have things to love, as well as hate, about this iconic Chevy.
The Camaro Is Not An Easy Car For The Inexperienced
Let's get the bad news out of the way first. The 2022 Chevrolet Camaro takes skill to drive. It doesn’t quite require you to be an NMCA muscle car champion, but you shouldn't necessarily buy this as your first vehicle, either. Drivers who are more familiar with standard hatchbacks, saloons, and family cars get a bit of a shock after getting a taste of the 2022 Camaro, finding themselves pushed into inexperienced speeds by the rear-wheel drive.
This is a muscle car that can give you the thrill of your life. On the other hand, it has left inexperienced owners terrified as most drivers are generally used to being pulled around corners by a front-wheel drive car with 200 hp. Being catapulted forward by a rear-wheel drive muscle car with up to 650 hp can make owners scared for their lives.
People love the Camaro's track mode, not because they're necessarily on the track, but because it makes the 2022 Camaro a hoot to drive. It's fun! Owners love to hear the supercharger on the Camaro ZL1's 6.2 liter V8 kick in when they're accelerating and feel its 650 lb-ft of torque blasting them through the air. This is enough to make most 2022 Camaro owners fall in love with modern muscle. But the Camaro is dangerous in the hands of a noob.
2022 Camaro Has A Few Interior Issues
Another downside owners of the 2022 Chevrolet Camaro are vocal about is the interior. It doesn't leave them feeling like they're sitting in a muscle car. The materials used in the interior are leather, plastic, suede, and aluminum; and Alcantara in the top trim. All these materials can go into a car's interior and look good, but not always.
The consensus is that there is too much going on in the small Camaro interior. For example, the center of the Camaro's seats is suede, while the outer parts of the seat are leather. There's a handy little soft touch material on the center console next to your knee, which is directly in line with the driver's leather armrest.
The door only has a small strip of soft-touch material on a mostly plastic door, with more soft-touch materials spread around the doors interiors. Other areas include aluminum handles and some plastic as well. Many would have preferred the 2022 Camaro to have a more premium feeling leather on the steering wheel, knee buffer, and armrests. This would provide a more luxurious feel. It's not typically the way muscle cars are designed, but since Chevy offers it, many owners would like a mix of luxury and muscle.
The interior of the 2022 Camaro also holds quite a small and comparatively boring infotainment screen. The ambient lighting around the infotainment screen does give it a nice aesthetic, though. Yet an infotainment screen that angles downwards is a problem for owners of the current-gen Camaro, who feel it could be more practical when using it.
Features That 2022 Camaro Owners Love
The main reason owners of the 2022 Camaro bought the vehicle in the first place is because of its exotic yet muscular design, thanks to 2019 revamp. The exterior of the car makes up for the shortcoming of the interior for most 2022 Camaro owners with its sheer purpose-built looks.
Take that large chasm-like grill, for example. The grill on the 2022 Camaro serves a purpose. The huge radiator inside the Camaro needs a huge grill to keep it cool. The side vents, which add more of a powerful look to the car, also serve as oil and transition coolers. Owners also notice that the Chevrolet logo on the top-spec 2022 Camaro is just an outline to allow the grill to take more air into the front end, which gives them the impression that this car is all about performance.
Owners love how the muscle car sits low and combines aerodynamics with aesthetics to create a mean look synonymous with muscle cars. The more powerful Camaro models boast active valve exhausts that sit close to broad fenders that cover the wheels. The spoiler is the icing on the cake for the Camaro owners and lets the owners of this handsome vehicle embrace its track car vibes.
Last but far from least is the way the 2022 Camaro drives. Owners of the Camaro know they have bought the real deal just by looking at it. But only truly understand what they've got once they get behind the wheel of the mean Camaro and experience this Bow-tied muscle car. The deep angry growl of the Camaro is enough to put a smile on 16 and 60-year-olds alike.