rec.autos.simulators

They'll think it's the best 'American' car ever...

Nope. The GT40 was built in old Blighty as well. Based on  a Lola prototype,
designed by Eric Broadley.

MS

There is an article about this in the July Car & Driver.
I originally thought the Monaro was going to be brought over as a
replacement for the Camaro, but Chevrolet probably thought it wasn't
sporting enough. It's nice, but kind of looks like a giant Cavalier.
At that time, I think Pontiac was showing re-badged versions of the
Grand Prix with different cladding as the GTO.

I'm actually surprised they're not importing the Caprice.
The old birds and cops over here used to love them.
Most of the police departments around me are now driving Fords.

Tim

http://www.hsv.com.au/news/2002/pontiacf.html

Just such a great shame that car-taxes are huge up here and that fuel cost
over a dollar a liter!

--
ed_

I won't even speculate what it would cost up here though, cars here are
taxed by swept cylinder volume and HP output, at 5.7 liters and 340
HP......OUCH

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

"The Pits"    http://www.theuspits.com/

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels"
--Groucho Marx--

| Pontiac can build me a new 1967 GTO in Marine-Aqua Metallic any time
they
| feel up to it :)
|
| -Larry

You can keep your Goat, but I'd trade in my SS (and a bag of money) for a
Yenko anyday !

|

| > Interesting,...
| > In Germany we observed the following during the past few decades:
| > All car manufacturers rediscover their heritage and support the
classic
| car
| > scene by manufacturing out-of-stock-parts, opening company museums,
| > participating in the classic race scene,...
| > Only Ford never gave a s..t on that.
| > Under this circumstances the fact that the storage facilities with
all the
| spare
| > parts for the 60th and 70th cars burned down in the 70th (or when was
| that?)
| > looks a bit like arson to me. Gets you rid of your duty to supply
parts
| during
| > the first 20 years after production is discontinued.
| >
| > Anyhow: Ford talking about honouring their heritage makes me laugh.
| >
| > JensSchumi
| >
| >


| >
| > >Source: Autocar, 8th May 2002:
| > >
| > >Ford takes it's past to market (Peter Robinson)
| > >
| > >Sorry Ford, but no-one is going to take your forthcoming centenary
| > >celebrations seriously.
| > >Not if you go ahead with the June 16th auction of 51 prototypes and
| concept
| > >cars. Mostly from Ghia's collection, but also including many recent
| > >Dearborn concepts, the list includes hugel influential designs like
the
| > >Ghia Focus, various Probes, Lagonda Vignale and Ian Callum's Ghia
Via AC.
| > >Ford presents the sale as a positive move, as if the only
alternative to
| > >selling the cars - the proceeds go to charity - is the scrapheap and
not
| a
| > >Ford museum. At least here we could enjoy the work of some of the
worlds
| > >best cars in perpetuity.
| > >/end
| > >
| > >He goes on a bit more, but the upshot is that they're going to sell
these
| > >cars to collectors, who'll coat them in wax and hide them in a
private
| > >collection, never to be seen again.
| >
| > ---------------------------------------------
| > LWFF Ball Bearing conversion at:
| > http://jensschumi.tripod.com/
| >
| > GPLRank: -14.82
| > Monsters of GPL: sub 95
|
|

It's actually Mariner-Turqouis.

-Larry