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Originally Posted by cbrrmike
wrong. the gto ended because they only brought it for the last three years of the cars existence. that was PLANNED FROM THE BEGINNING. rather than develop the next generation holden coupe for us spec, they brought over the g8s.
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So my line of thinking wasn't too far off the mark. GM had a dead beat car on its hands, looked around and said "what can we call it????" So they slapped some GTO badges on it and pushed it. The could have called it anything, THEY chose to use the GTO name. They didn't call it the Astre or Ventura or TEMPEST or BONNEVILLE or LeMANS or CATALINA....they opted for GTO. The "general motoring public" would have bought it no matter what they called it, but they were looking to lure in the enthusiast and it failed on them. GM made the decision not to offer more than one major option on the car, again their own doing. Shame on GM for not doing its homework and using the GTO name on such a pedestrian looking vehicle.
Lessons learned may have brought us the G8.....that's a good thing.
Those same lessons may allow the Camaro to survive and thrive this time around. It will be interesting in 18 months to see if the current GM designers can come up with a fresh thought on how to carry the car forward or will the 6th gen be a retro styled 2nd gen?
Bring out the Z28 supercar......lets see that baby....$50K price tag and all...