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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Heff:
i'm just trying to figure out why everyone is so crybaby about this car. What is so special about the old GTO's? I'm not talking about any kind of historical importance. I'm wondering why people love the 'original' GTO so much. I'm not sure, but i'm pretty sure a stock 'new' 'GTO' would out perform a stock 'real' GTO. I'm positive it would stop in shorter distances, get better gas mileage, handle better, ride better...etc. I don't understand the 'it's not a real GTO' argument. Did GM send out a mailer to all the 'real' GTO owners saying 'here, this is the 'new' GTO, you have to like it, and you have to buy one'? I doubt it.
Just because this isn't the GTO the supercool high school Football superhero that you wanted to be at your highschool drove while he was listening to some badass AM radio while chasing some tail while you were stuck driving mommies Gremlin or Delta station wagon doesn't mean you gotta bash the car because other people like it. What's going to happen when the firebird name is stuck on something new? I'm glad the internet wasn't around when american automakers went to front wheel drive...what a mess that would be <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


a "real" GTO was just that. a pontiac. the new GTO is a australlian car with a chevy engine and has a pontiac badge on it. yeah they havent made a real pontiac since 78/9 so why put not just any pontiac badge but a GTO. remember the GTO was the first muscle car. if i was worried about gas mileage i would have bought a import and put the big turbo(s) and all that on it to make up for the lack of cubes. why handle when youre going fast in a straight line ? thats the idea behind a drag race smart guy. what are you gonna do when/if they come out with the new chevelle and it looks like a 70ish ( like a chevelle should ) and has better numbers out of the box with the same engine as the "new" gto ? i bet thats what theyre doing now. or what about the 06 charger? why does GM have to cater to chevy? lets put a 350 in it. hows that for origionality? how many years have they done this now ?