'04-'06 GTO.....Not a Failure

[gto4door]

My post in the Lobby Section of Forum.

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...23#post2882023


I primarily post in the ’70 – ’72 GTO section of the PY Forum. And I don’t own a new GTO. However, I am tired of people “bashing” the new GTO. Shame when our own (Forum members of older GTO’s/TA’s) “bash” the new GTO (I tell these people….go drive one). With that I thought I would post positive comments about the new GTO in this section of the Forum.

When you compare the ’04 - 06 GTO to the ’02 – 06 BMW M3, the GTO is the WINNER. There were 36,427 GTO’s produced during the 3 year run, around 12,000 cars per year. BMW produced 40,467 M3’s during a 5 year run from ’02 thru ’06, approximately 8,000 cars per year.
(GM really needs to understand these production numbers are excellent for a halo car)

Performance
0 to 60mph …… BMW M3 approx 5.0 sec vs GTO 5.3 sec (and that is time from ’04 model)
¼ mile ………BMW M3 approx 13.5 sec. vs GTO 13.8 sec (again ’04 model)
(With a little bit of tweeking, I’m sure and ’04 can be tuned to beat BMW M3)

Price
BMW M3 …… approx $49,595 for 2006 model
GTO …… approx $32,000
(GTO owners still have change to spare)

Fun Factor
I vote for the GTO over an M3.
(American V8 exhaust sounds a hell of a lot better than a German in-line 6)

For all of you ’04 thru ’06 GTO owners on this Forum, next time you see an M3, go blow the doors off of the Bimmer and let the automotive press know that you just beat their “Benchmark Performance Car” with your $32K GTO.