Pontiac GTO again flexes its muscles

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | May 2, 2005 | DAN JEDLICKA AUTO WRITER

[martin_fierro]

I liked the recent quote where the redesigned BMW 5 Series was likened to "a Pontiac on acid."

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[newgeezer]

John DeLorean is rolling over in his grave.

I'd sure like to know what Jim Wangers ("Godfather of the GTO") really thinks about it.

[RexBeach]

It looks like a Toyota Celica.

GM coulda hit this one out of the park. Instead it chose this positively awful Aussie platform for the car. Yuck.

As they say in Texas, "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."

[tutstar]

ping

[wizr]

My '66 was pale yellow/black interior. '389'/4 barrel/4speed. For some reason, it whistled like a tea kettle. Didn't have it long, but loved the looks.

[JZelle]

" The 19680-70 GTO was the only car I ever drove that would chirp the tires between 1st and 2nd -- and it was an AUTOMATIC!

The new version is blasphemy."

Exactly! The new one doesn't excite me at all. Your GTO is SWEEEET!

[wizr]

Here come da Judge. Here come da Judge.....

[Tennessee_Bob]

I had a 67 Dodge Coronet 440 that would light them up in first, spin them again at second, and again hitting third. It was an automatic too - I miss my old hot rod.

[wizr]

It was there. I thought it was da Judge...then I went back and noticed the 'stripe'. Oops!

[wizr]

I've got a '73 TansAm front subframe under my '51 Chevy sedan delivery. That sway bar is stout!

[quantim]

Pontiac needs to get away from the nostril look.

I see what you mean.

[relictele]

Just looked at Pontiac.com and I was surprised to see the new Solstice there.

Now that's a visionary-type car.

Pontiac freely admits that the GTO is a modified version of a car produced in Australia (!).

I don't have a problem with this model, except that it seems to be another example of trading on a famous model name with little to recommend it. Not as bad as the 'new' Chevy Nova but you get the point.

[martin_fierro]

You can reimburse me via PayPal.

[t_skoz]

that pic gives me a funny feeling in the cockles of my heart.

don't post a pic of an Olds 442, I might blow my top. heh

[DarthVader]

2007 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500

Already on the waiting list.

[Little Pig]

There isn't THAT much of a difference between 6.0 and 6.6-liter engines. Both are/were considered small-blocks. Any difference in sound would be a result of the cam, and the new Vette-sourced engine breathes well enough not to need a radical cam to make big horsepower numbers, especially with the MPI fuel system. Performance-wise, the new GTO cleans the old one's clock. That said, the new car is a toaster compared to the old one:

[Eagle9]

A friend of mine in high school had one of these, 1969 Hurst Olds. I can't recall his ¼ mile ET at the local drag strip but during street races he really needed very flat pavement or it would start fishtailing coming off the line and he'd have to back off the gas.

[Constantine XIII]

50 years from now, no one will go to car shows to show off their restored 2004 Mustangs and 2003 Dodge Neons.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

My 1966 Caprice with 396/425 rat motor would bark the tires between 1st and 2nd shifts of the automatic transmission. This car would eat GTOs (with one exception-a 66 GOAT with 389/solid lifter option)for breakfast and lunch. Truth be told, the advertised 425 horsepower was about 100 horsepower short of what it actually produced.

[Constantine XIII]

Wow, you've just ruined that car for me. ^^