My New Pontiac G8 with the V8

[clutch-monkey]

At the price it sold for, its a collectible for long term optimists and short term losers

haha, me IB4R and whiteballz saw one in traffic, took some shots of it.
later that day we thought we saw another one in the distance, coming head on again, only it turned out to be a red MK V golf gti.
the front grille really needs work haha.

Can't remember exactly so not sure, but I think there were either 600 or 800 GXP produced in Manual, for an MRRP of around USD$38k, which is similar to Ford's new beached whale, the 4400lb Taurus SHO (in auto only). Not sure if there will be any other GXPs in the pipeline to replenish fast depleted stocks, its a hot seller.


I don't think there's any other big V8 manual sedan available in the US .. possibly BMW 5-series for $65k+? .. so GXP M6 has to be strongly collectible.

sounds like it would be. for some reason i think a wagon would have sold well also - or become collectable too, haha.

[nota]

later that day we thought we saw another one in the distance, coming head on again, only it turned out to be a red MK V golf gti.

OUCH! LOL

Yeah, agree on the wagon. VE was very much designed with US export in mind, including the wagon, only for Holden to be dicked around by GMNA with their continually vascillating on-again, off-again 'can't make a decision, then won't stick to it' management fiasco.

Sucks for Holden, its really hurt them, But in spite GMNA's ineptitude, events have nevertheless proven that Holden can design a truly legitimate world class exportable car .. unlike GMNA

[2ndclasscitizen]

The Sportwagon was a good call by Holden, I see shitloads of them. Probably see twice as many Sportwagons than I do FG Falcons.

[clutch-monkey]

yeah. i dunno if it's just me, but it really is something different when i see a FPV FG falcon. only seen a handful since they came out it seems

[Ferrer]

OUCH! LOL

Yeah, agree on the wagon. VE was very much designed with US export in mind, including the wagon, only for Holden to be dicked around by GMNA with their continually vascillating on-again, off-again 'can't make a decision, then won't stick to it' management fiasco.

Sucks for Holden, its really hurt them, But in spite GMNA's ineptitude, events have nevertheless proven that Holden can design a truly legitimate world class exportable car .. unlike GMNA

Holden should team up with GME, not GMNA.

[whiteballz]

What has GME done lately?

[clutch-monkey]

the funky opel insigna or whatever it is. and they're responsible for the new astra + astra VXR

[Ferrer]

What has GME done lately?

The new Astra.

[whiteballz]

Thats a pretty decent car I'll admit (my mother owns a base model CD astra as a work car).

[cargirl1990]

those Astra's are pretty good cars i'd say. good fuel economy and all.

[GumballRunner]

I really hope this thing will become a collectible. I want to replace the current wheels with those from a Cadillac CTS-V (same design as a G8 GXP, but staggered) and store the original wheels and tires somewhere.

[G35COUPE]

Hello everyone!
You might rememeber me from a posts long ago!

Anyway, I decided on the G8 GT instead of the evo, and I am extremely happy with my decision.

Congratulations on your Pontiac G8 GT. Nice color. I love the way they look. However, and surprisingly, my modified G-35 Coupe was able to hang in there, neck to neck with a G-8 GT on 4th gear roll. I wasn't expecting this. It just happened by chance and it was not planned. I went home to study the G-8 GT and I discovered that it had a weight disadvantage when compared to the G-35 Coupe---almost 400 pounds difference eventhough it had at least 50 horsepower more than the G-35 Coupe. And by so saying, the Pontiac G8 Gt might have a hard time even keeping up with a stock Mustang GT, whose acceleration is impressive.

[nota]

^^ What speed did your roll start from?

[G35COUPE]

^^ What speed did your roll start from?

I think we were at about 75 miles per hour. However, I am very sure that if we had started from a dead stop, that he would have probably spanked me.

[jcp123]

Beautiful colour! Haven't seen that one before...nice choice :thumbsup: