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Feature Spotlight: The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro’s Innovative HVAC Vents

In moving to the sixth-generation Alpha-platform 2016 Camaro, Chevrolet was working with a bit less space than before. This meant the design team had to get a bit creative with the interior packaging to keep it looking clutter-free, especially in regards to the climate control system.

Rather than adding in dials to the dash to control the air flow and temperature of the heating and air vents, Chevrolet integrated them intro the two centrally located air vents. The silver trim on the vents are actually dials, each controlling its respective side of the car’s air temperature. They could have put two extra buttons on the dash, but it wouldn’t have looked nearly as good.

This innovative solution is only one of the small things that impressed on in the cabin of the 2016 Camaro. The progression from the fifth-generation car to the sixth in regards to interior build quality and refinement is comparable to the improvements made from the C6 Corvette to the C7, or maybe even better. If fifth-generation Camaro owners aren’t sold on the looks and performance, thier interest will probably grow after spending a short time in the comfortable and more upscale interior.

Sam loves to write and has a passion for auto racing, karting and performance driving of all types.

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  1. So much info!!!! So informative!!!!

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  2. Camaro shares materials also inside in the Corvette

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  3. What materjals ahhaaaa. all cars used materjals. but point is how they used. corvette is a lot better . but camaro is bad.
    so much cheap plastic.
    But control the air flow is good. this is a separate topic to be funny. chevrolet spark used same materjals do

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  4. There are a thousand different kinds of plastics.
    cheap, hard, black and so one go better , better and better.
    corvette is much less negative. But although there is still thrive. Corvette also has a second product, and expensive. But this is no excuse. best car manufacturers are almost all equal qality products.
    camaro car and the history is important. camaro should now be the same quality as the corvette.GM is still a serious problem in the quality and the quality of cooperation. bothers me right now the quality of the new Camaro. the rest is a matter of taste. However, the low quality is sad to watch.
    This shows the attitude of the company. However, if the customers are satisfied, however, then let go.
    clients themselves also affect the amount of automobile industries. then go sit down, even in a new Corvette, and you will see which is better.

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    1. Damn that google translate, needs alot of work ehhh.

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  5. The new interior packaging for the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is simply beautiful! I also love the user-friendly controls. Beauty with functionality makes this version the best so far!

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  6. I know this is late but hopefully someone at Chevy sees this. Having driven a 2017 Camaro with these vents I can say while the dial was neat the placement of these vents is the dumbest thing I have seen in an interior. When you sit in a hot car and crank the AC there is basically no way to direct the air such that it doesn’t numb your hand while you are trying to shift. This smacks of a lack of forethought and definitely testing. I will not buy a Camaro until the vent placement is fixed.

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