HO HO HO!

I got this off fordvschevy.com. Sorry about the dodgy cut and paste, I was too lazy to try a better link. Seems opinions are a bit mixed, and not universally positive.
Bad Yellow Truck!

Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Shiner, TX, USA

Posted: May 9, 2002 6:26 am Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

GTO RETURNS! Uh-oh...
My new Motor Trend has in fact confirmed that GM will bring the Monaro over here to be the next Goat. It'll have LS1 power, horses between 350-400. However, there was no mention as to whether they'll change the sheetmetal up. If they don't, I say BOO! If they do, well they better damn well not Pontiactify it and make it ugly as sin...

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OlYeller01
'79 F-150 302





VSOP
Cracker Man

Registered: Mar 2000
Location: Daytona Beach FL USA

Posted: May 9, 2002 6:34 am Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

I Might Be Getting A New Car Then..


Then Need A VERT..





Mars_79_Pace
Really Old Member

Registered: Jun 1999
Location: Spring Hill, FL USA

Posted: May 9, 2002 6:56 am Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

They said they are changing the front sheet metal to be more like a current ponitac style





Laser Red GT
Gimme some sugar baby!

Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Michigan

Posted: May 9, 2002 9:20 am Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

booooooooo! what a shame.....

I love the GTO too.....





zilverX2
zilverX2 and/or eph1fifty

Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Canada Eh?

Posted: May 9, 2002 1:57 pm Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged


quote:
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Originally posted by Mars_79_Pace
They said they are changing the front sheet metal to be more like a current ponitac style
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They call that a style?





sportinsco
LetsRock

Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Posted: May 9, 2002 3:43 pm Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Obviously GM is too cheap to allow the Pontiac Division the freedom to create a new GTO the right way. So pontiac after considerin makin a GTO on a grand am platform (pontiac fans denied this lol) , their best option is to import a chassis with the right ingredients in place ie: V8 Rear drive.

What a shame considerin companies like Ford are to bring back nameplates such as the GT40 very similar to the original from almost a clean sheet of paper, dodge with the viper like 10 years ago, and GM doesnt respect its Sport division enough to bring a respected model back that was an original Pontiac design without letting the beancounters and penny pinchers screwin it up.

Gotta love cost cutting!





drummer5
FvC Regular

Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Syracuse NY, USA

Posted: May 9, 2002 8:42 pm Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Damn I was hopen that they would leave the front of the car alone, I like the looks of Holdens...

strife

similar responses on ls1.com some for some against.

im sure the will work it to make it more aggressive

strife

http://popularmechanics.com/automoti...rs/index.phtml

this link came up as well not a bad read when looking at the old muscle cars of the past

I think GM didnt do themselves any favors by calling it a GTO and not releasing an modelling and let the mags do there own which hasnt helped

HO HO HO!

Someone else has mentioned this before on another thread, but I'm sure a lot of the negativity is due to the Yanks being sick of seeing famous nameplates sullied by cheap, rushed makeovers in the bid to gain a few extra sales. You can understand them being keen for this not to happen to the greatest muscle car nameplate of all.