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Originally Posted by 71 T/A
While you guys are singing the praises of this car, I still feel:
1) It is way overprice and will depreciate like any other car (not quite the same rate, but it'll depreciate).
2) The roofline is way too curved and looks almost like one from an AMC Pacer.
3) The engine is a Chevy derived V-8.
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I disagree. You're getting BMW/Mercedes AMG level performance for less than half the price of some of those cars.. Go check out the MBWorld forum and search GXP and see how many positive comments there are on that forum regarding this car. Every road test writer has sung the praises of this car and whether you like the looks or not, it nonetheless remains the fastest, most powerful, production car that has ever worn the Pontiac badge. It may have a chevy-derived V8, but it will be the last ever V8 4-door sedan (with better than GTO-level performance) with a Pontiac badge and that is good enough for me. If you have not yet driven one it is hard to imagine just how nice these cars are. I've been driving the orange GT for over a year and at 361 HP with 395 Lb Ft of torque it was amazingly fast and I grinned everytime I got in it. (Now my wife does that!) When I got the blue GXP, it just blew away the GT on the Seat-of-the-pants Dyno and has a great exhaust note to boot!
BJ