Follow-Up Test: 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix GXP

[NFS4]

Just for sh!ts and giggles :laugh:

What Works:
V8 rumble, comfortable seats, agreeable highway ride.

What Needs Work:
Clumsy handling, lackluster fit and finish, overpowering torque steer, numb steering feel.

Bottom Line:
The V8 power is nice, but the GXP just can't compete with its rear-wheel-drive rivals.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Leave it to GM to put a V8 in a FWD car. I think if I were on the board of GM, I'd have to vote to ditch Bob Lutz, who brought a lot of hype but has done little to better the company as far as I can see.

 

[blurredvision]

I love my '04 Grand Prix GT!!! Front end on the 05 GXP is fugly, but I've read some good things about the car over at www.clubgp.com. Real user reviews are what counts.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: DonVito
Leave it to GM to put a V8 in a FWD car. I think if I were on the board of GM, I'd have to vote to ditch Bob Lutz, who brought a lot of hype but has done little to better the company as far as I can see.

I'm sorry, but Bob Lutz is a car guy and the Grand Prix GXP doesn't sound like a Lutz idea.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
I love my '04 Grand Prix GT!!! Front end on the 05 GXP is fugly, but I've read some good things about the car over at www.clubgp.com. Real user reviews are what counts.

I bet if you go ove to www.clubaztec.com you'd find people porking their car's exhaust pipes.

Bottom line, the Grand Prix GT is a subpar mid-size sedan no matter which way you slice it from fit and finish to materials quality to build quality to engine refinement to ride and handling to resale value.

Accords, Camrys, Altimas and Mazda 6's tear it up from the smaller side, while Avalons and Maximas will ass handle it if you want something a little bigger. In regards to the GXP, you have the the Charger R/T and 300C would be the sh!t out of it.

Then there's also the Subaru Legacy GT and G35 to consider along with the Acura TL if you're looking to throw down $32k

 

[Horus]

32K for a FWD V8? That's a "Grand Prix" for not a lotta performance...


Get it? "Grand Prix?"

 

Originally posted by: Horus
32K for a FWD V8? That's a "Grand Prix" for not a lotta performance...


Get it? "Grand Prix?"

Ha.

😛

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: DonVito
Leave it to GM to put a V8 in a FWD car. I think if I were on the board of GM, I'd have to vote to ditch Bob Lutz, who brought a lot of hype but has done little to better the company as far as I can see.

I'm sorry, but Bob Lutz is a car guy and the Grand Prix GXP doesn't sound like a Lutz idea.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Columns/articleId=104875

Lutz had said the new Grand Prix was Pontiac's BMW 3 Series fighter.

With a V6 that Automobile Mag says sounds like farm equipment and a 4-speed auto I am sure gives Helmut nightmares. :roll:

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: klah

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: DonVito
Leave it to GM to put a V8 in a FWD car. I think if I were on the board of GM, I'd have to vote to ditch Bob Lutz, who brought a lot of hype but has done little to better the company as far as I can see.

I'm sorry, but Bob Lutz is a car guy and the Grand Prix GXP doesn't sound like a Lutz idea.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Columns/articleId=104875

Lutz had said the new Grand Prix was Pontiac's BMW 3 Series fighter.

With a V6 that Automobile Mag says sounds like farm equipment and a 4-speed auto I am sure gives Helmut nightmares. :roll:

Lutz arrived AFTER the new Grand Prix was set in stone. He had no input on it as far as I know. The G6 was the first production vehicle that he was able to have any kind of input on AFAIK. Lutz talking about the Grand Prix and singing its praises are to be expected from someone in his position. It's not like he's gonna tell the press that it's a piece of sh!t 😀

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: klah

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: DonVito
Leave it to GM to put a V8 in a FWD car. I think if I were on the board of GM, I'd have to vote to ditch Bob Lutz, who brought a lot of hype but has done little to better the company as far as I can see.

I'm sorry, but Bob Lutz is a car guy and the Grand Prix GXP doesn't sound like a Lutz idea.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Columns/articleId=104875

Lutz had said the new Grand Prix was Pontiac's BMW 3 Series fighter.

With a V6 that Automobile Mag says sounds like farm equipment and a 4-speed auto I am sure gives Helmut nightmares. :roll:

Lutz arrived AFTER the new Grand Prix was set in stone. He had no input on it as far as I know. The G6 was the first production vehicle that he was able to have any kind of input on AFAIK. Lutz talking about the Grand Prix and singing its praises are to be expected from someone in his position. It's not like he's gonna tell the press that it's a piece of sh!t 😀

Although he does have 3 BMWs and a Mercedes registered in his name...

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: klah

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: DonVito
Leave it to GM to put a V8 in a FWD car. I think if I were on the board of GM, I'd have to vote to ditch Bob Lutz, who brought a lot of hype but has done little to better the company as far as I can see.

I'm sorry, but Bob Lutz is a car guy and the Grand Prix GXP doesn't sound like a Lutz idea.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Columns/articleId=104875

Lutz had said the new Grand Prix was Pontiac's BMW 3 Series fighter.

With a V6 that Automobile Mag says sounds like farm equipment and a 4-speed auto I am sure gives Helmut nightmares. :roll:

Lutz arrived AFTER the new Grand Prix was set in stone. He had no input on it as far as I know. The G6 was the first production vehicle that he was able to have any kind of input on AFAIK. Lutz talking about the Grand Prix and singing its praises are to be expected from someone in his position. It's not like he's gonna tell the press that it's a piece of sh!t 😀

Although he does have 3 BMWs and a Mercedes registered in his name...

Didn't he used to work for BMW?

 

[acemcmac]

who in their right mind would buy that instead of a G35??????????????????

 

[Fritzo]

I'm currently driving a Grand Prix GXP rental car while my Envoy's tailgate is getting replaced (someone at the dealership backed into it while buying it...long story). Anyway, it has a cool heads-up display, and the seats fit you like a glove, but what they said about the steering is true. AWFUL handling on turns...you almost have to arm wrestle the wheel when going around those circle entrance ramps on the highways. It MOVES on the straightaway though. It's an automatic and I bet it'll do 0-60 in the low 7's. The car has 19K miles on it and it creaks like crazy over bumps though. Probable would drive you nuts in anothe 10K miles.

Don't think I would get one, but it's fun to drive for a while.

 

[iversonyin]

FWD and V8 muscule....nice

gg to GM?

 

[RU482]

you'd all have to admit that about the only place domestic vehicles sell in numbers is the midwest

the flat, curveless midwest