The GTO is Back!

[Ralph 123]

Pontiac is bringing back the GTO this year. I hope they don;t screw up a legend.<br /><br /> http://www.pontiac.com/pontiacjsp/gto/launch/index.html?brand=home&pagename=home <br /><br />Sports a 350 (5.7L) @ 350hp and 0 - 60 in 5 sec.<br /><br />They should have been truer to the original nose IMHO<br /><br />Believe it or not, I grew up in a '67 orchid convertible GTO my mother had - she loves fast cars. The first car she helped me buy was an early Buick Grand National 3.8 Turbo I had that while she was driving around in a sleeper Comaro IROC (all the mechanicals and none of the plastic)

 

[FLATHEAD]

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Looks like a glorified grand am to me.

 

[Ralph 123]

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I know what you mean! Rear end looks like a Honda! I dunno - I think they may have screwed it up in the looks department. Also it is going to cost between $30K - $35K...

 

[jimchere]

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Kinda like what Ford did with the ThunderTurd?

 

[bubbakat]

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they will never bring back that ol lead sled where i will like it like the orignal

 

[norman158]

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sorry guys, that looks almost as bad as that nova bodied thing they tried to pass off as a GTO back in the 70's. there will never be a replacement for the real GTO and its 389 with 3 deuces on top.

 

[TexSkeeter150]

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I agree with everyone on the looks. But, lets look at the bright side, 6 speed manual, legit v-8 (no wanna-be super charged 240 horse V-6) and "Rear" wheel drive. This is the begining of the end of GM's marrage to FWD. It an't perfect but it is a step in the right direction.<br /> Thank God.

 

[aspeck]

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yea, it's a glorified Grand Am. Hopefully there will be enough tweeks in the engine and suspension that it will live up to its name sake. They (Pontiac) have been toying with the GTO name plate for years, promising us a Goat in either the G/A or G/P platform. They finally decided on the G/A (I think the Grand Prix would have been better). Now we will see if the engineering department lived up to what it said it would do and if the marketing department can do the job. Till then I will stick with my '76 50th Anniversary T/A (you know, the original Smokey and the Bandit mobile).

 

[mellowyellow]

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would rather have this one myself:<br />

 

[aspeck]

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MY, that is SWEET!

 

[Ralph 123]

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That's just like the one I grew up cruising around in with my Mom. Her's was orchid colored convertible. Love that nose baby!

 

[DaleT]

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If my memory serves me correctly,it's actually being built off a Holden platform. Which is a GM affiliate in Australia. My recollections of this vehicle might be a little off as I haven't worked in that industry in about a year. However, with Bob Lutz running a number of the projects for GM the rear wheel drive car is going to continue to be a part of their platforms. For instance the CTS and XLR are both rear drive.

 

[ebbtide176]

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man MY that is a sweeeeet link! my wife would even gofer a car that looked like that <br /><br />ralph my old 69 looked like the 2nd screen on the link you put up - man what memories too. me & an old hi school bud took off on a road trip to chase his lost love to FL one weekend in it. i still remember it well. another time, i let my sister drive it for a couple of weeks, and its the car she always remembers when she talks about the hotrods we rode in way back when.