with a corvette motor in it. wonder how its gonna handle.
-jde
> Holden is who makes the original RWD Aussie version of the new Grand Prix.
> They use the tried and true 5.7L engine. As a side note, they also still
> build the El Camino. Its called a Ute i believe (looks nice too) and of
> course is available with a 350.
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"
http://www.theuspits.com
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
Yeah, it has power. Have to give it that.
But it's EXPENSIVE, which right away takes it out of the reach of the type
of person that would have bought a GTO.
It's also limited edition.
And, frankly, I don't like the body style.
I'd spend twice as much for a 10-point 1967 GTO survivor car long before I'd
buy one of these.
I used to buy & restore GTO's in my younger days as a Mechanic. It's in my
***, and I'll be damned hard to please with anything built today,
especially something like this that does not capture the true essence of the
original in any way except power.
Larry
And they are finally getting rid of the old Fox platform they have been
using since, oh, 1979.
Larry
> > > you know it really looks like a new mustang with a funny grill :)
> > <shakes head in disbelief>
> > Beers and cheers
> > (uncle) Goy
> > "goyl at nettx dot no"
> > http://www.theuspits.com
> > "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
> > --Groucho Marx--
Larry
> > Uhm, I think you misunderstood my "disbelief"....:-)
> Yeah, because there's no way Ford would make something as Butt-Ugly as a
> Pontiac. ;P
> I think Cadillac is the only make with an uglier lineup than Pontiac,
heheh.
> (Although that new GTO looks ok)
> db
I've had a ton of Pontiac's in my day. A 65 Lemans, 65 GTO, 66 GTO and two
67 GTO's. A 74 Grand Prix. A 76 Grand Prix and an 81 Grand Prix. Then on
to a 96 Firebird, which was traded in on a 350cid V8 87 GTA Trans Am (first
year of the return of the 350).
The GTA was the last one I owned. To me, everything went to ***in 1988.
The 'Birds were ok until around 93 (?) I guess when they went to the new
roundy body style which I could not stand.
Larry
> >>Uhm, I think you misunderstood my "disbelief"....:-)
> > Yeah, because there's no way Ford would make something as Butt-Ugly as a
> > Pontiac. ;P
> > I think Cadillac is the only make with an uglier lineup than Pontiac,
heheh.
> > (Although that new GTO looks ok)
> > db
-Larry
> >Yeah, because there's no way Ford would make something as Butt-Ugly as a
> >Pontiac. ;P
> Who made the Taurus then? Or the Topaz (or whatever the hell that
> ugly smaller Taurus was called). For that matter any Mustang made
> since the early 80's when they decided to make it look like a big
> Escort. =p
> No offense meant to Ford, I mean the GT40 was nice and all, but
> everything started going to hell with the Pinto and Escort really.
> Jason
-Larry
> > And if you really want to see something neat go to www.ford.com and look
at
> > the mustang concept under auto shows
> Looks like half old Nissan 300Z and Mercedes SLK thrown together.
> The side profile is NOT flattering. Boxy flat and droll.
It was 1/2 Chevelle, and 1/2 Lemans. The body of the Chevelle and the
interior of a Lemans!
We later learned it was brought over from Austrailia.
I recently saw another one on a Speed TV show called My Classic Car. It was
the same weird car. Kind of cool though :) Beautiful shade of blue.
Larry
Yep. Not coincidentally this was the year that GM killed the Buick Grand
National/T-Type and they haven't produced a good 4-seat musclecar since.
I bought a '98 Pontiac Formula which had serious power but two kids
later, I've had to move to a "family" car, which kills me, although I do
like my Chrysler 300M. The GTO looks like it might be a good solution
for my next vehicle although I would really love a BMW M3 -- 333
horsepower and unmatched handling in a sinister looking package like
that (I'll take mine in black please) just can't be beat. Of course I
don't know if my wife would go for the payment on a $50,000 car ;-)
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Todd Walker
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
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The Grand National was THE last true muscle car of it's kind. The Eldorado
ETC comes close to the definition (thought the FWD would have to go), but
the GNX was hot shit man.
Larry
> Yep. Not coincidentally this was the year that GM killed the Buick Grand
> National/T-Type and they haven't produced a good 4-seat musclecar since.
> I bought a '98 Pontiac Formula which had serious power but two kids
> later, I've had to move to a "family" car, which kills me, although I do
> like my Chrysler 300M. The GTO looks like it might be a good solution
> for my next vehicle although I would really love a BMW M3 -- 333
> horsepower and unmatched handling in a sinister looking package like
> that (I'll take mine in black please) just can't be beat. Of course I
> don't know if my wife would go for the payment on a $50,000 car ;-)
> --
> __________________________
> Todd Walker
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> __________________________
