[GOAT WHORE]

Pont3,
That 2003 ain't no GOAT! It may be a great car with great power and great looks etc.... But it ain't no GOAT!

[pont3]

Originally Posted by GOAT WHORE

Pont3,
That 2003 ain't no GOAT! It may be a great car with great power and great looks etc.... But it ain't no GOAT!

Says YOU! A division of General Motors Corporation decided that the name applied to all Pontiac GTOs prior to 2004 was appropriate. The same holds true for the 2004-2006 GTOs. I'm sure if GM had consulted with YOU they would have gone a different direction.

What, in your superior opinion, constitutes a GTO? Keep in mind that GOAT is slang for GTO. The tens of thousands of owners certainly consider them Goats. Come to think of it, back in 1976 when I bought my '72 GTO, I heard much of the same ****.

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by GOAT WHORE

Pont3,
That 2003 ain't no GOAT! It may be a great car with great power and great looks etc.... But it ain't no GOAT!

Correct

Originally Posted by pont3

Says YOU! A division of General Motors Corporation decided that the name applied to all Pontiac GTOs prior to 2004 was appropriate. The same holds true for the 2004-2006 GTOs. I'm sure if GM had consulted with YOU they would have gone a different direction.

Incorrect.

[Exil]

I think they missed the mark on that first pic.

I really like this one & would love to have one.
http://transamdepot.com/the_gto_judge.html

Just wish it could have a new traditional Pontiac motor (IA or KRE) but I'd still take it.

[F ROCK]

Originally Posted by Exil

I think they missed the mark on that first pic.

I really like this one & would love to have one.
http://transamdepot.com/the_gto_judge.html

Just wish it could have a new traditional Pontiac motor (IA or KRE) but I'd still take it.

oh no another GTO concept for everyone to hate on...
i like this one too. i guess i just like the "concept" of a new retro styled GTO.
i dont know why all the negativity on this thread.
jeff threw out a pic of a concept and everyone started hating on it.
no need to argue or get p o'd because we dont all share an opinion. but in the future, i'll try to keep my opinions to myself, so no one gets offended.

[Exil]

Originally Posted by F ROCK

oh no another GTO concept for everyone to hate on...
i like this one too. i guess i just like the "concept" of a new retro styled GTO.
i dont know why all the negativity on this thread.
jeff threw out a pic of a concept and everyone started hating on it.
no need to argue or get p o'd because we dont all share an opinion. but in the future, i'll try to keep my opinions to myself, so no one gets offended.

I couldn't get the link up but here's the pics of the one I was liking

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Exil

I couldn't get the link up but here's the pics of the one I was liking

IMO: My personal Bias is skewed toward favoring this look.
But would not be interested if DOT titled vehicle as another Camaro like the $100,000 plus “New” Trans Ams.
Hey Baker – 6 pages and counting!!!

[BLANK1]

Here's a couple of quick sketches I drew a few years ago of what I thought a new GTO should look like. Based roughly on the 68.

[bryansMtngto]

Im sorry but i really think GM dropped the ball with these cars. They could of done so much more. To under powered. Cheap rear end. They should of done it like the Vauxhull VXR8. This is the 4 door version of the GTO IMO. plus i think the Mallo is Awsome too. To bad most of the good cars made today dont come to USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltq9fk_ZCLk

[Singleton]

Originally Posted by bryansMtngto

Im sorry but i really think GM dropped the ball with these cars. They could of done so much more. To under powered. Cheap rear end.

Are you kidding me? They had 400 horsepower. More than any other Pontiac production car ever made.

Rearend is plenty strong. I have nearly two hundred dragstrip passes on mine, with 1.4x 60ft times

[F ROCK]

Originally Posted by bryansMtngto

Im sorry but i really think GM dropped the ball with these cars. They could of done so much more. To under powered. Cheap rear end. They should of done it like the Vauxhull VXR8. This is the 4 door version of the GTO IMO. plus i think the Mallo is Awsome too. To bad most of the good cars made today dont come to USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltq9fk_ZCLk

my friends 05 GTO is FAR from under powered! have you ever rode in one?

[goatwgn]

Originally Posted by bryansMtngto

Im sorry but i really think GM dropped the ball with these cars. They could of done so much more. To under powered. Cheap rear end. They should of done it like the Vauxhull VXR8. This is the 4 door version of the GTO IMO. plus i think the Mallo is Awsome too. To bad most of the good cars made today dont come to USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltq9fk_ZCLk

Appears to be a version of the same car the G8 came from, with the LSA engine.

[Singleton]

Originally Posted by bryansMtngto

They should of done it like the Vauxhull VXR8. This is the 4 door version of the GTO IMO. [/url]

That's an awesome car, and I would love to have one. However, at 45,000 British Pounds, (roughly $70,000 US dollars), I doubt Pontiac would have sold many
badged as a GTO.

[pont3]

Originally Posted by bryansMtngto

Im sorry but i really think GM dropped the ball with these cars. They could of done so much more. To under powered. Cheap rear end. They should of done it like the Vauxhull VXR8. This is the 4 door version of the GTO IMO. plus i think the Mallo is Awsome too. To bad most of the good cars made today dont come to USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltq9fk_ZCLk

So, 400 horsepower is LESS than 370??? Are you saying that NOBODY ever broke a safety trac? I bought both my '04 and '06 brand new and neither has a rearend problem. I'm glad that GM DIDN'T drop the ball with these cars. And a few posts above you'll see how magazines and so-called enthusiasts were clamoring for certain Aussie cars to come here (me included) but ended with constant bickering about useless bs.

I'm not saying the new cars are perfect, they're not. I remember one of my first posts on this site back in 2003 was entitled "Be Thankful", as I was one Pontiac die-hard that yearned for a new two-door, V8, RWD Pontiac. My thoughts then were that even if the car didn't fit your desires, what was the point of dissuading others? How would that convince GM that Pontiac deserved investment dollars in such a politically incorrect car?

When I read that the car was approved I was elated. When I first saw one on the dealer lot I was scratching my head thinking wtf? I had written it off for a couple weeks but I still had the itch. I went back, test drove, and it's been nothing but love ever since. This was 2004 and I bought a second one in 2006 and still have both.

I apologize to the op for participating in the derailment of his thread, in fact, I wasn't even going to post how much I despise the rendering he posted. But I feel thirty five years of Pontiac ownership gives my opinion as much credibility as anybody else. I know this: There ain't a "Stock" prior GTO in existence that can hang with the 2005-6 GTOs. Underpowered? Yeah, okay. But your OPINION is just as valid as anybody else's. And do you really believe that the negative display actually encouraged GM to go further?