2017 Chevrolet SS Sedan (6MT) - POV First Impressions (Binaural Audio)

MSRP: $46,625
MPG: 14 city / 22 highway
Horsepower: 415 hp @ 5,900 rpm
Engine: 6.2 L V8
Curb weight: 3,997 lbs
Dimensions: 196″ L x 75″ W x 58″ H
Tire size: Front: P245/40R19, rear: P275/35R19
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The audio in this video was recorded with in-ear binaural microphones. With headphones or earbuds on, you'll feel like you're sitting in the driver's seat.
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TheTopher on KZbin is the place where I share my personal automotive adventures. Whether it's about any of my personal cars or reviews on weekly test vehicles, the goal is to give you an idea of what a certain car is like to drive and live with. Most of my videos are filmed from the driver's point-of-view, or POV, with in-ear binaural audio.

[@lookitsrain9552]

Everyone on the internet wants a car like this, yet when they are on showroom floors no one buys them then they get discontinued. Then everyone complains cars like this dont exist.

[@TheTopher]

Look ItsRain nailed it.

[@wm50o97]

You forgot to say many are led to believe this is made in America, but in reality it's made in Mexico.

[@wm50o97]

Assembled in America but the engine, frame and components are made in Mexico.

[@wm50o97]

I hauled for chevrolet, they bring in their stuff thru Laredo TX. border in semis and flat beds.

[@davidr6865]

If only it was like $35k with cloth seats and none of the unnecessary luxury items

[@michaelthomas-cq9xv]

HOW NICE it is to see a car video about THE CAR and NOT the driver, THIS camera is is where it should be ,on the road and the car, NOT the driver. Hopefull a car like this will not be a thrill and pleasure of the past.... thank you

[@reborninsanity]

This a perfect sleeper right out the door. Nobody suspects that much power from a car that looks so tame and inside and out.

[@turbo311]

6:50 Chrysler 300 SRT8 wants to play!

[@devn3813]

That’s not an SRT8

[@johnvarnes9101]

I’ve always wanted this car. It’s been a dream perfect sports sedan and is a bit of a sleeper 👍🏼

[@Deadmanwoods]

Great video! Love the color. I purchased a 2016 Chevy SS M6 Mystic Green last summer. My husband and I were 'fighting' over who got to drive the car so we found a 2016 Chevy SS M6 Red Hot that was still under the 20% sale last year so we bought a second. Happy to say we have 2 SS in the garage and we both still love the car. Still factory and plan on adding mods over the next year.

[@Alviniscute]

you guys are awesome! that must be an awesome sight to wake up to every day... 2 Chevy SS!

[@johnsmith7465]

You are making the aussies proud

[@taylorc2542]

Doing your part to support the car.

[@gigamix7394]

I keep coming back to this vid, the SS is one of my dream cars and I just need to keep rewatching this vid to just see it

[@Mikey-tz6sq]

Holy shit I think I just discovered my dream car

[@r32juan]

ikr

[@Iamcornholiooo]

Yea man...... I want this car now.

[@devintariel3769]

And if you can't afford just it just get a Caprice ppv

[@carlosorozco4786]

Great video Chris! Man I love the SS since it first came out! I've seen a few driving around here in NY and I always stop to admire them! I agree with you that it would be a great daily car!

[@yankee1985524]

There's also a hidden Track mode for those in the know...

[@dontmindme4466]

enlighten me my good sir

[@Duggan25]

@@dontmindme4466 Double click the traction control

[@dontmindme4466]

@@Duggan25 oh ok

[@thomasluggiero3413]

You're test drive put a smile on my face!

[@ARentz07]

Saw this car today in a parking lot, in the same color. The startup sounds awesome in person!

[@artemkatelnytskyi]

I like that it's not over designed. A great sleeper IMO

[@eastsideofthetracks8311]

It looks boring

[@willkaufman8208]

@@eastsideofthetracks8311 that kinda seems fun tho like people think it’s a malibu and then blow by them

[@artoriasoftheabyss1575]

its ugly as hell

[@juddy_1997]

​@@willkaufman8208 I don't understand how Americans can think a Commodore looks anything like a Malibu....

[@turbo311]

Dream daily driver for me. So sad that it’s gone for 2018. Damn them killing off Holden! Australia had been keeping the V8 sedan/coupe/ute alive for decades. They did American muscle better than we did!

[@jameswestgarth4020]

As a aussie we have more performance commodores and with Sports body kits so if you would like to make your ss look less like a sleeper.

[@ApexReviewsOfficial]

Well said, I’ve always had a huge respect for Holden. It’s quite sad they killed off the brand.

[@99subburpin]

Captain Kaos the only thing that makes it an sos is what’s under the hood.

[@erat91]

I summer DD one. It's absolutely perfect as a daily.

[@SlimWhittman]

I own an identical car, same year, color, transmission etc. with 18k wonderful miles. Couldn't be happier with it and I love getting questions from bewildered people at the gas pump trying to figure out what it is.

[@cglarsen26]

Well done review. Reminds me why I bought one - I was starting to take it for granted! 17 Red Hot 2 6MT

[@jayespi37]

Definitely an awesome sleeper

[@followthegrow108]

I love this car also love the audio. Sounds amazing

[@jeffm7669]

best sleeper car out there.

[@manfromoz2307]

. RIP HOLDEN 75 years of Australias own car manufacturer comes to an end in October 2017.

[@captainkaos1770]

Man form Aus. Here here we have the best bang for buck performance cars in the world.

[@coopsnz1]

true commodore ss 6 k more than a wrx 45000 aud

[@patrickkay1511]

I blame GM new head for Holden shutdown

[@adelaideautowashes]

Nope, Holden went away on January 1st, 2021.

[@onfootbassin]

That sound! The engine sounds like the world is ending! 💪

[@deborahchesser7375]

What a sleeper , big 6.2 liter motor and a 6 speed manual! Damn I love it, I’d be locked up for racing everything that pulled up beside me ✌️🇺🇸

[@SEATACFLUGHAFEN]

Thanks for posting. I had a G8 GT until recently. These were and are such awesome cars!

[@dylanw890]

I loved this video. You talked nice and clear, talked about the highlights of the car and gave us a chance to hear the exhaust not of the car. Truly a great video. This was the first video I seen on on your channel. But the chevy ss is a real sleeper. The interior is quite nice, I wish they made the exterior a little more striking to the eye.

[@TassieLorenzo]

The Australian model comes in brighter colours (red, lime green etc), optional stripe packages, and blacks out the chrome, lights and wheels. Look up SS-V Redline. :)

[@jmoneyj12]

got too geeked knowing he filmed this in michigan, ik the freeway he's on

[@katiekennedy9214]

I would buy this thing in a heartbeat

[@suburbanconan]

Here in Australia Holden has announced the end of the Commodore run completely....after 40 years and so a lot of people are in mourning.... A big but often not quoted bonus to these cars is with regular servicing and maintenance they are good for 200 to 250 thousand kilometres before anything needs to be rebuilt or replaced..... So again, for the money, they're a great long term investment too... My 2016 VF Series II SS Commodore gets serviced every 9 months and hasn't missed a beat yet.It'll be good for 300K+. R.I.P Commodore...

[@jonluce905]

Im watching this video, and the first exit you get off of is right down the road from my old house. I remember that building as a kid.. ( lived in texas now for the past 15yrs ) so what a coincidence lol

[@TheRam010]

Didn't know these things were still being made. Cool car

[@albtr9295]

Got a 2017 model .... these cars are bad ass sleepers.... and alot of potential

[@manfromoz2307]

Captain kaos,yes amazing cars Holden brought out a limited run of these with a 427 in it .All sold before there release.These ss are a base car with V8 we have a clubsport R8 and Senator as well.So sad its all over.

[@abandonedwayamoon8749]

So badass can’t believe there is such a cool car in 2017 but not anymore in 2022 😭

[@AndreThompson925]

I am borrowing a 2016 manual from a friend. What a special car.

[@p25h76l]

Everything you say it is, is everything I hoped it would be... I want one badly ... going to go get some lottery tickets now. Thanks for the video.

[@dussetony2512]

Great review man

[@chrisle360bludgeon]

0:05 finally a fuckin nice surround on a reliable car on the internet

[@coachanderson2704]

You get the cool air flow and mods for the engine FYI. I want the RED one.

[@tomjerry7460]

very beautiful car good review cool test drive thank you very much

[@beni8602]

Orange Blast Metallic

[@philpolzin2233]

I have read the comments listed here on 4/8/21. I own a 2015 SS. Lets separate fact above fiction. First fact, great review. Car is a riot to drive. What is it most like? A series 5 BMW with balls, that being mainly a naturally asperated American muscle V8 motor. This car is a niche car. Built for a select market. It is not daily driver. It gets 12mpg in town. Sticker is chump change away from $50K. Chevy brought the car to USA to help Holden satisfy a government requirement for exporting product. Holden produced only 12,000 of these units for Chevy. So turn off all the mass market BS, the deal never went down that road. 3K units per year deal. Someone mentioned future $$$ value for these cars, and that is the key. As of this writing the car is carrying a strong resale book. I bought my SS 2015 for 38K. On one of those special target 25% disc programs. 12K miles now on the car, pristine condition, car will bring low to mid $40's. These vehicles are becoming investment grade collectible cars. Keep the miles super low, absolutely no mods to the car, showroom condition, it will only appreciate in value.

[@chrismorin6663]

Tickets, tickets and more tickets!

[@69grasshopper]

I have the 2017 Holden Commodore Redline Sportswagon (Australian version), it’s a fantastic car. FYI I didn’t see you mention the heads up display? It’s a terrific feature, also I got an aftermarket engine cover, still plastic but has a splash of red so looks a bit better when I open the bonnet. Only downside is the wagon only comes in automatic but I do have the toggle controls on the steering wheel and can drive it like a manual if I want. The car rocks

[@AndrewPruteanu]

I love these cars. Really want one but they're kinda expensive

[@BL0HARD]

Looks like Tiger Gold that was a super popular colour around early 2000’s for Holden

[@gowther5446]

I've got a 2016 VF SSV Redline, harrop supercharger pushing 780 HP. Been a weapon since I got it back in 2016 lol

[@paulgregg356]

WOW!! What a sleeper. It would be a twisted pile of wreckage in a short time. It is a people killer but the sound...YES!!

[@davidarreolapena6166]

It reminds me of a Volkswagen CC from the back especially with those taillights, also reminds me to a BMW seeing it from its side, particularly due to those shoulders or C pillars.

[@lachlanturner8664]

David Arreola Peña its cause the commodore is benchmarked from a 5 series, it's what aussies like, America muscle with German styling

[@BILLUPS811]

David Arreola Peña Was designed by E39 M5 people, so that's natural.

[@timw2083]

The hottest car NO ONE bought... I had a Jeep SRT and Challenger Hellcat but always liked the SS

[@sir8326]

its really nice car

[@thetechlibrarian]

I feel like I remember hearing they benchmarked e39 when creating this car.

[@hlklklklklkl2024]

This car is literally the Chevy Malibu, only with a 6.2 LS3 V8 engine 😂 I wanted one when it first came out when I was like 13, but they got discontinued, but I still like them a lot

[@openway8949]

The way it sounds much better than in g class for me

[@adamtrombino106]

I remember back in the day that my friend and I saw 1 at the 17 Chicago Auto Show and he wanted 1 so bad.. We went online looking to see if ANY Chevy dealer had a black or blue 6 speed in the Chicago area. Nope. The 5 cars we found were red, white or grey. The rest were automatics. He looked at Challengers but wanted a 4 door with a stick, so that was out as well as Chargers/300s. He ended up buying something else..We found out that many of the Chevy dealers around here didn't want to have a manual car in their inventories. It's a crime, as these were pretty neat cars, on a proven chassis.

[@MeKo]

One of the cars I've really been interested in a long time, especially after that big discount. There is only one standard around me now and it's in CT. White one. I like how it looks like the old Malibu. Totally a sleeper. I would even debadge the SS off the trunk. 12:50, ski. That's the first thing I look at. I don't care about seat folding down or not, but I need that middle pass for ski days with 4 seats available haha

[@319vegeta5]

Test drove an SS a few years ago and it's the only car where I was like "eff yes!". Too bad my wallet wasn't up to speed to buy one.

[@hixnada8278]

Chris - how does this rate as an overall drivers car in the realm of sports cars you’ve driven/tested?

[@TheNeuel]

There is also a track mode. Press the traction control button twice.

[@jdmrider]

He actually does put it in track mode right before the highway

[@adamcapewell3786]

Cool car

[@VEHICLEADDICT]

1st like 1st comment 2nd viewer. I love that car. I saw one yesterday in the UK where I live. it looks so so nice

[@openway8949]

I like this exhaust sound much more than g-class.

[@followthegrow108]

Open Way right i thought to myself

[@anonymous3738]

I prefer automatic like most Americans do, but this was the last American full-size sedan that was available in manual.

[@Gaz3801]

Excellent review on this awesome Australian car. These are daily drivers in Oz. Please don't compare it with the Malibu ! Unfortunately GM has decided Australia needs a V6 turbo front wheel drive now as a replacement to this great car. No more V8s built in Oz... Thanks GM, not.

[@silverplanet2078]

i can recognize that building at 5:34

[@ThaDirtyBubble]

I hope to pick one of these up in the future to replace my 1996 Impala SS as my daily

[@BAYSINRACING]

Yeah I wanna get one of these as well, I had a 2017 Camaro SS 1le, but it got too expensive and I got myself a truck, wanna get back into the muscle car realm tho

[@ThaDirtyBubble]

@@BAYSINRACING Life just isn’t the same without our toys lmaoo

[@stewiegriffin5084]

Decent set of wheels and tyres, lowered, cam and supercharger and you've got a muscle car that can run with the best of em. Tune anywhere from 550rwhp to 850rwhp...no problem.

[@NudaMan]

Lmao a hellcat would be shook! I’m just mad that gm doesn’t produce this car anymore but at least we have the Cadillac CT5-V BlackWing

[@camf7522]

I think Holden call it Tiger Orange

[@deadboy5401]

this really my dream car man

[@khoaphan8490]

Even though I’m not gonna buy manuals myself (city commute), the only manufacturer that would do something like this again would be Genesis to be honest

[@imbatman3620]

It's the 4 door 04-06 Pontiac GTO! 👍😎

[@tomasacevedo3932]

Pontiac G8: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@DinhosGamer]

Dank Spank Holden Commodore SS *

[@philpolzin2233]

04-06 GTO was the Holden Monaro. Car was doomed from the start. A GTO is an American automotive icon. You cannot duplicate the all time iconic muscle car with a Monaro. Two different worlds.

[@shesqueeled]

@@philpolzin2233 their the same fuckin car

[@TheCoolStuffHD]

We need an exhaust clip!

[@tonycoz2309]

We sure could build good cars down here in Australia. Sadly Holden is no more in Australia. We have lost our vehicle manufacturing.

[@stephen517]

just found my new dream car lol

[@oriondragos5876]

I still think the Pontiac G8 GT looks a tad better but this is still a sweet ride

[@Earache.]

Thinking about getting this or an isf

[@andreiberechet2234]

That was the car that review Doug Demuro?

[@Dialysisforever]

When you shift down, are you blipping the throttle or is the car rev matching? Thanks for the video.

[@beni8602]

Dialysisforever These don’t have rev-matching. However, they are incredibly easy to down shift without it. The clutch’s grab point is a little high, but it becomes very intuitive after a day or two. You quickly get to a point where you don’t think about shifting.

[@Billy-Boggs]

I didn't know they came in manual

[@andytopia__5674]

Would an automatic be good on this too?

[@orangeoratory3645]

Wait a minute is that 6 mile Livonia? Damn that’s surprising

[@gameplay0797]

good

[@TheMega12121]

does the manual sound the same as the automatic?

[@taylorc2542]

If they had called it Chevelle and restyled it, I might have done as well as the 5th gen Camaro.

[@b0bsaget007]

Imagine if they would've updated it with the LT1 and 8L90. Faster and better MPGs.

[@BILLUPS811]

Daniel Senti or better yet, an LS7

[@b0bsaget007]

Atlas _ LS7 is not better MPGs, but LT1, with its direct injection and Active Fuel Management, is.

[@BILLUPS811]

Daniel Senti lol I wasn't talking about MPGs. Who honestly deactivates cylinders in the new LTs? Maybe some people, idk. I'm referring to the performance aspect of a screaming 7 liter with 90 more hp than the LS3 that's in them now.

[@ChuckBeefOG]

I wished they made an "LT7" and optioned it in everything including trucks.

[@coopsnz1]

ls9 is better

[@aungzayya6690]

Pls... 2020 Chevrolet Malibu POV..

[@DansModelBench]

Sadly Topher never did find out that retail price and now the car is gone.

[@kristinebuss5109]

Can anyone please help been searching the web to buy the ss and can't seem to find it?

[@flacko001]

Man sucks that GM doesn't sell these up here in Canada.....

[@tjm8994able]

You mention fuel economy and instantly a Ford raptor appears on the screen with the tail gate down. Couldn't be more ironic.

[@orcastrike7750]

Imagine these as DTM cars

[@tr3ynag4ta]

think I might get one over a scatpack on da low 👀

[@andre7089]

Good luck they are rare

[@WHERESSS]

if they made one on the Alpha 2 platform with the LT2...Jeez. I'd cough up 55k for it.

[@coopsnz1]

its 55000aud in Australia the redline ssv . We do sell a cheaper car without luxuries and ls3 for 47000aud ' 35000usd

[@AshAirheart1995]

Fantastic video, what rpm will cause stall? Can you drive at a little above 1000rpm?

[@franks_n_beans]

Im surprised they only imported the ss and not the clubsport too.

[@shanevaughan9713]

We don’t have these in Canada :(

[@harrymoon8154]

When I’m 16 ima buy that car

[@paulhicks3595]

My only, very very minor, quibble is that I think the Chevy logo on the front grill is just a little too large. It’s not a pickup truck. Slightly smaller would be classier.

[@noelroberts8199]

Good old Australian Holden, Made in South Australia, Change a few badges and Bob's your uncle........

[@6speedguy845]

This car is a sleeper

[@steveregal6321]

Not a big fan of the exterior body style and owning a Cruze myself the interior is extremely similar with these 2. Wish they’d change more on the style and interior but I do love the sound of the engine while in the driver seat

[@ttroygotknife]

I think this car can sell alot more with lnf 3.6 v6 & 30's k price tag, i mean right wheel drive impala.

[@WorksOnMyComputer]

Oh FFS.