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Car Forum / Pontiac / Pontiac Cars / October 20062006 GTO - Incredible Machine
...........absolutely incredible. I love my 2004 even if it only has a LS1 engine. I drives beautifully and kicks butt and takes names at traffic lights. I had a 1965 GTO as my first new car back in 65 and I can guarantee this one stops better is quicker and faster and gets better mileage, The 65 is much better looking though. DEC (old Fart) ...........absolutely incredible. >I love my 2004 even if it only has a LS1 engine. I drives beautifully and kicks butt and takes names at traffic lights. I had a 1965 GTO as my first new car back in 65 and I can guarantee this one stops better is quicker and faster and gets better mileage, The 65 is much better looking though. I loved the '67 for looks. Got to be one of the best looking cars ever. And the 400 ci., 4 bbl was a great engine. A friend related that his father modified their '67's engine by mounting the intake manifold and 6-pack from a '66 on it. Made awesome power. The 389 and 400 were exactly the same engine. Pontiac bored the 389 out to 400 and put the 4 bbl carb on it to comply with the GM edict of no more multiple carb cars. All that being said, I love my 2005 GTO. Great power and good handling and acceleration. Very comfortable to drive or ride in. I traded my '97 Firebird convertible for the Goat. I miss the ragtop, but am really happy I made the trade. Tom S. ...........absolutely incredible. Damn shame they made them so damn ugly. "JetGreeeen" <JetGreeeen@nyjets.com> wrote in message news:sFvVg.683$fe2.300@tornado.tampabay.rr.com... ...........absolutely incredible. Damn shame they made them so damn ugly. The Original Holden Monaro looks a lot better. Pontiacizing it ruined the smooth look IMHO. Here is what it was supposed to look like: http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/4_12_hol.htm the only thing that kept me from buying a new Goat was the lack of a convertible model. GM still has no clue how to sell the GTO and they probably never will know. Even the revised Camaro is a turkey from what I saw of the concept car. Maybe it would work if they hired some people from Ford that know how to build a decent fun car. "Richie Weinberger" <RW21812@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:12il24l8ivq1d1@corp.supernews.com... "JetGreeeen" <JetGreeeen@nyjets.com> wrote in message news:sFvVg.683$fe2.300@tornado.tampabay.rr.com... ...........absolutely incredible. Damn shame they made them so damn ugly. The Original Holden Monaro looks a lot better. Pontiacizing it ruined the smooth look IMHO. Here is what it was supposed to look like: http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/4_12_hol.htm Not sure it would have been easy to create a Monaro/GTO on the Holden Commodore platform. Body rigidity is too low, a roof is needed for strength. Even the Monaro/GTO is only a "kinda" coupe, real coupes have no B pillars, and back windows that roll down. I have seen pic of the new Camaro, the body seems OK, but all that orange glowing plastic inside does not. Guess I would have to see the finished product to tell. This car may well make it into production, would love to see these on the road. A proper sporty 6 instead of a FWD shopping trolly with a turbo bolted on as an afterthought & "GT stripes" could really go places. http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/action/conceptcar?modelid=20004 the only thing that kept me from buying a new Goat was the lack of a convertible model. GM still has no clue how to sell the GTO and they probably never will know. Even the revised Camaro is a turkey from what I saw of the concept car. Maybe it would work if they hired some people from Ford that know how to build a decent fun car. "Mal Osborne" <mal@malsplace.com> wrote in message news:4538998f$1@quokka.wn.com.au... "Richie Weinberger" <RW21812@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:12il24l8ivq1d1@corp.supernews.com... "JetGreeeen" <JetGreeeen@nyjets.com> wrote in message news:sFvVg.683$fe2.300@tornado.tampabay.rr.com... ...........absolutely incredible. Damn shame they made them so damn ugly. The Original Holden Monaro looks a lot better. Pontiacizing it ruined the smooth look IMHO. Here is what it was supposed to look like: http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/4_12_hol.htm > L benn wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > would work if they hired some people from Ford that know how to build a decent > fun car. IMO, the new Camaro is a horrible looking monstrosity. Maybe it will look better in real life. « Paul » wrote: >>L benn wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > IMO, the new Camaro is a horrible looking monstrosity. Maybe it will look better > in real life. After reading this, I checked out the Chevy sight, and they have a god-awful Flash animation page with pictures so close you can't even tell what the hell the new Camaro looks like....so I have no opinion. GW >The Original Holden Monaro looks a lot better. Pontiacizing it ruined the smooth look IMHO. Here is what it was supposed to look like: >http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/4_12_hol.htm Nice, but the steering wheel is on the wrong side..... :) |
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