Full Test: 2004 Pontiac GTO

[NFS4]

Full Test: 2004 Pontiac GTO

 

[Desslok]

Who styled this thing Sears??

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Desslok
Who styled this thing Sears??

ROTFLMAO!:beer:

 

[boyRacer]

Hahaha... GM gave them an auto test car... 😛 Looks like it did well though. 🙂

 

[bolido2000]

Can't believe the Neon SRT is also faster than the GTO 😱

 

[Zenmervolt]

Road & Track had a full test in December I think. They loved it.

ZV

 

[Desslok]

Originally posted by: bolido2000
Can't believe the Neon SRT is also faster than the GTO 😱

It may be faster, but at hiway speeds the drone of the SRT's exhuast gave me a headache after 20 mins.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Impressive performance, especially considering that it was an automatic, and the car weighs over 3700lbs.

 

[RagingBITCH]

I was expecting more performance wise, but I do have to attribute that to it being an auto. The styling is just kinda blah. But I wouldn't kick it out of bed. And for once, a decent interior in a GM vehicle!

 

[Rent]

Originally posted by: Desslok

Originally posted by: bolido2000
Can't believe the Neon SRT is also faster than the GTO 😱

It may be faster, but at hiway speeds the drone of the SRT's exhuast gave me a headache after 20 mins.

Uh, I don't see the SRT4 being faster... stock SRT4s run the 1/4 in high 13s/low 14s, the GTO does it in a mid 13. I can see the Neon getting to 60 maybe a hint quicker, but it would get run down within a second or so.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Rent

Originally posted by: Desslok

Originally posted by: bolido2000
Can't believe the Neon SRT is also faster than the GTO 😱

It may be faster, but at hiway speeds the drone of the SRT's exhuast gave me a headache after 20 mins.

Uh, I don't see the SRT4 being faster... stock SRT4s run the 1/4 in high 13s/low 14s, the GTO does it in a mid 13. I can see the Neon getting to 60 maybe a hint quicker, but it would get run down within a second or so.

You might want to read that article NFS4 posted. Their GTO went 14.0.
And who cares if the Neon is quicker, it's still a Neon.

 

[Lifer]

Originally posted by: Desslok
Who styled this thing Sears??

is that an insult?
personally i think it's a very nice car, performance and looks-wise.

 

[Rent]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: Rent

Originally posted by: Desslok

Originally posted by: bolido2000
Can't believe the Neon SRT is also faster than the GTO 😱

It may be faster, but at hiway speeds the drone of the SRT's exhuast gave me a headache after 20 mins.

Uh, I don't see the SRT4 being faster... stock SRT4s run the 1/4 in high 13s/low 14s, the GTO does it in a mid 13. I can see the Neon getting to 60 maybe a hint quicker, but it would get run down within a second or so.

You might want to read that article NFS4 posted. Their GTO went 14.0.
And who cares if the Neon is quicker, it's still a Neon.

So what are we basing the SRT4 numbers off of? Edmunds managed a 6.3 0-60 and a 14.9 1/4 in the 2003 SRT4 (which are notoriously underrated) and the only differences between the 2003 and the 2004 SRT4s are a LSD and the fact that Dodge upped the power on the labels.

 

[Lifer]

actually, the performance numbers are kinda disappointing given the amount of HP it makes.

 

[Rent]

Originally posted by: Lifer
actually, the performance numbers are kinda disappointing given the amount of HP it makes.

Edmunds drivers can't drive worth a crap. Most magazine editors can't for that matter.

 

[Kenazo]

not worth the name, it would seem. The thing looks like an over glorified Grand Prix or Grand Am.

 

[orion7144]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
not worth the name, it would seem. The thing looks like an over glorified Grand Prix or Grand Am.

I was thinking more along the lines of a Cavalier or sunfire. If they could only make the exterior look as good as the interior.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Lifer
actually, the performance numbers are kinda disappointing given the amount of HP it makes.

Not when you consider how much it weighs. 3700+ is a hog. It'd be deep in the 13's, even with the automatic if it was closer to 3000lbs.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
not worth the name, it would seem. The thing looks like an over glorified Grand Prix or Grand Am.

What do you think the original GTO was? It was an over-glorified, as you put it, Tempest.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Rent

Originally posted by: Lifer
actually, the performance numbers are kinda disappointing given the amount of HP it makes.

Edmunds drivers can't drive worth a crap. Most magazine editors can't for that matter.

You assume this because they're not able to instantly get the same performance numbers that the car company's day in day out driver can?

Besides, who could live without the Stigg?

 

[Linux23]

where is The Judge option? big mistake Pontiac.

 

[SethK28]

Originally posted by: Desslok
Who styled this thing Sears??

A division of GM out of Austrailia, the GTO is nothing but a rebadged Holden Morano

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: Kenazo
not worth the name, it would seem. The thing looks like an over glorified Grand Prix or Grand Am.

What do you think the original GTO was? It was an over-glorified, as you put it, Tempest.

man, you're just ripping me apart this evening. 😛
It's just a little too run of the mill looking yet. Compare say the 2000 Pontiac model year. The Trans Am/ Firebirds looked so much different than anything else, which was the cool thing about them. The GTO looks too much like the rest of the line up.