ASH8

Why do they have to add the bonnet (hood) vents, the same thing with the Monaro, then GM wanted the GTO with vents, so on go the vents..and we got it here too with later Monaro's.

Typical Pontiac grille, why not leave it as the Holden is....but, its a better grille than the GTO style...

We (Holden) had better get ready to send over a load VE Commodore SS Hoods.

RotoRocket

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I love the one in the original post. Very sharp.

GM and Ford could fix many of their problems by bringing european and Australian models to the U.S.

Clavius

The GTO crowd was very disapointed in the fact that the first year's run didnt have the hood scoops so I'm assuming they are basing these hood vents offa that reaction. 'cause agian we all love hood scoops.. erm yeah...hopefully they will be a option only on the V8 version and not the V6

If I got the car I'd spring for a Holden front end remake. Just seems more aggressive to me atleast. Especialy that logo.. what is it exactly? A lions head right?

Renesis_8

I think they messed it up.. but ah well, they had to incorporate the corporate grille in there....

maybe u can import a Holden's version of the hood, bumper and grille and swap it... it'd look 100000x better IMO.
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ASH8

Yep, the 'GMH'....General Motors Holden logo is a Lions head...

I have never been a Holden lad....they are made about a hours drive from my home,
but, the "LION" logo is a good one and has stood the test of time..

rx8wannahave

Fellow RX8ers....GM, has ANOTHER HIT on their hands and I'm closer to being a customer now (Camaro or G8)

http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...008_pontiac_g8

Oh mama that's Sweeeeeetttttt! My type of family car!

Gambit

looks like the took a perfectly good looking car and made it look like a grand prix

and wtf is with GM's two-tone interiors lately


it's ok, but they could have done better

Clavius

Dunno it does look good but the Commodore just seems to scream it has more ***** yanno.



Again I see alot of Holden front end swaps happening.

rx8wannahave

Personally, the Holden looks just as good to me but I don't think this looks worse.

They said it's just for the concept, don't worry. Also, the 20's and it's lower by 1 inch to the ground then the standard car will be....oh yeah, the high performance breaks also.

I don't know guys...looking at the sadan's out there, I don't find many that look better than this. I say.....GOOD JOB GM!

Clavius

I believe we all agree it looks nice (minus the front grill but 'eh). But for me its still the name G8.. bleh.. doesnt inspire anything at all yanno. And someone answer me this.. wtf is up with the G anyways?? I could see P for Pontiac but G.. is it supposed to be short (really short) for Grand? Well if my 8 gets killed and I can't get another looks like a G8 is in my future

Oh and I like the two tone, it just seperates it from the rest of the pack as the saying goes. Hopefully it will stay atleast as a option maybe.

So Ash.. anyother Holdens ova there that GM can steal and bring ova here?

Oh and one more question for ya Ash.. how is that Ford Falcon? I've heard about it but never seen any reviews of it. Is it as good as it looks or is it pure crap?

rx8wannahave

Go to http://www.pontiac.com/ and check it out, they have MO SPEC's and this beast looks like it's going to be IMPRESSIVE!

Renesis_8

It does look good, and specs are nice SO FAR.. The holden's version is VERy VERY heavy, dont quote me, i believe its 3600+ pounds, maybe even more. It says it has 50/50 weight distribution, but that doesnt mean anything.

However... I really like the interior, especially the center console!!!! Just wait and see what the final specs will be like. As for the body, I'd swap out all the inter-changable panels from the commodore.
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Renesis_8

This just in from autoblog.. the............ weight.holy...****

Curb weight (lb / kg):


Base: 3885 / 1762
GT: 3995 / 1812
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therm8

362hp 6.0L? Detuned LS2 I assume. Shouldn't be too hard to be putting that down at the wheels, with a few dollars. It should make a good competitor to the Charger/300C. Rwd and good looks are going to put GM back in the forefront. Ford should pay attention.

The weight doesn't concern me all that much. It's a cruiser. It'll never be tossable, but with a proper suspension setup it should handle itself fairly well. The GTO is a good handling car, despite it's heft. No one ever bitches about Audi's sports sedans' weights, which usually exceed 3800lbs and come nowhere close to 50/50.

tiggerlee

SAP(Sport Appearance Pkg) grills are available for the GTO. They've become pretty popular. The G8 front seems to have taken it's cues from these,if maybe just a bit more squared.






Oh btw wannahave...there's already a G8 Forum.

ASH8

20 minutes ago On ABC TV news (Australian Broadcasting Commission) GMH Elizabeth (where they are made) unveiled to the media a red Pontiac G8, also showed vision of it motoring on their off-line track...GMH CEO (he is American, sorry can't recall his name) said they have no plans to resume a 3rd production shift (stopped 2006). He said full production of the G8 by the end of 2007, they are hoping between 30-50,000 units to the US a year.

No more News from G8 State and G8 Country!

rx8wannahave

Great, THANKS! I'll need to check out the G8 forum, next EVO forum, stay here since Mazda might, in about a decade, decide to upgrade the RX8, and Camaro forum.

LOL...my 8 will be with me for another 5 years at least but it's fun reading up on these cars.


About the weight, we must remember that the GT500 comes in at 4K so for a sadan (while with less power of course) it's not too bad to be 3.9-4K. No, I don't like it...but maybe in time you can take off 100-200 pounds from that beast.

rx8wannahave

Yes, and thanks to tiggerlee I'm closer to being a G8 FAN BOY!!!!! LOL

Check it out:

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/02/07/c...-pontiac-g8-h/

HOTNESS!!!!

Clavius

How come GM is starting to get it but Ford doesnt???
And by it I mean "Give us what we want!". Well hopefully soon Pontiac will be all RWD performance cars like I read and all their other brands will have their own identiy again! Its what Ford needs to do but never will sadly. I can't wait till this hits the sales floor might have to sneakily get a test drive under my belt for ***** and giggles hehe.. One thing I like about my car you pull in the front you dont get ignored at all hehe, much better than being ignored when I pulled up in my old truck or my other car I had, I couldnt get a salesman to look at me.

Renesis_8

Yeah, GM really listened this time, not much time was spent rushing this RWD baby to the market!
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Design1stCode2nd

I believe I heard that that the G8 will look like this for two years but then gets a redesign once they move the manufacturing to Canada..

Nice to see a RWD, manual car again. Isn't much to choose from in the under 30ish K market with four real seats.

rx8wannahave

This is me....

Ahhh, just like my lovely 8 got me a while back. Who knows, in 5 years maybe I have a better job so I can keep the 8...which has been nothing but good to me.

Man am I a dreamer...

map

So what's the new GTO going to be then? The coupe version of this?

Also, which engine is that in the v8 version, LS1 again?

rx8wannahave

You mean LS2....the LS1 has not been used in a long time now. The Z06 uses the LS7, while the older Z06 used the LS6. The LS1 is what the Camaro came with....if I remember right.

Clavius

If we are lucky they'll use the same platform and just make orginal bodywork. With all the retromodern bodystyling going on I'm sure they'll be doing the same this time around. This above all else I believe kept the GTO release from being as big as it could of been, any show I seen about the GTO all the orginal GTO owners said "I like it but the looks dont do it for me". They wanted a retro styled car, sadly they didnt listen and the GTO died. I would like to believe that if it was labeled the Austrialian Monaro name it would still be around.