In my opinion and many others the new 04-06 GTO did not live up to its name sake at all. I was all excited to possible buy a 04 GTO and get rid of my firebird but when I saw it in person it looked like a cavalier. When the 05-06's came out, they looked better but even with the LS2 my T/A was still faster stock vs stock.
When I think Pontiac I think of bad ass cars that would haul ass and beat down other car companies cars. The 04-06 GTO did not complete this task for me, Even the 08-09 G8's didnt as well but they were a family sedan. Pontiac went from selling 30,000 Firebirds in 2002, to 40,000 GTO's in a 3 year run. Why is that? If the GTO was such a better car why did it sell so bad? Why in 06 was GM just trying to get rid of the GTO's that were not selling?
If your a Performance car company like the way I saw pontiac, and do not have a performance car to offer then how do you expect to survive? Why did they put all there eggs into one basket?
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Jeff
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