Regeneration of the 2008 GTO

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PurdueRy

Lifer
Nov 12, 2004
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Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Originally posted by: mwmorph
whatever happened to new ideas? what's with this retro bs sweepng detroit? if i want to drive my parenbt's cars, ill drive their cars not some ripoff that keeps nothing of the soul of the original car.
pt cruiser
prowler
mustang(gt is okay)
charger
gto
ssr
all buicks
are horribly not compelling. now cadillac.. that's a brand image i've turned around my opinion on.


Ya, I don't like the looks of any of those cars listed. But then again, I have always been one for modern style. And by modern I mean Corvette-ish, not lets take a 40 year old car and make it look the same...but "modern"

Astin martin > *.*


yes, yes that looks good too. But not affordable ;)
 

fbrdphreak

Lifer
Apr 17, 2004
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Originally posted by: Ktulu
mustang + mitsubishi = 2008 GTO
Unfortunately it looks like this fellow is correct.

Now if they can make it a sleek four dour WITHOUT adding any more weight ot the already bloated car AND keep the RWD 6MT 400HP V8, then we'll talk.
 

mwmorph

Diamond Member
Dec 27, 2004
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Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Originally posted by: mwmorph
whatever happened to new ideas? what's with this retro bs sweepng detroit? if i want to drive my parenbt's cars, ill drive their cars not some ripoff that keeps nothing of the soul of the original car.
pt cruiser
prowler
mustang(gt is okay)
charger
gto
ssr
all buicks
are horribly not compelling. now cadillac.. that's a brand image i've turned around my opinion on.


Ya, I don't like the looks of any of those cars listed. But then again, I have always been one for modern style. And by modern I mean Corvette-ish, not lets take a 40 year old car and make it look the same...but "modern"

Astin martin > *.*

well aston martin/jaguar are evolutionary styling wise, they never did a radical departure from their style and thne decide it looked like crap, scrambled and then made a half assed design to try to draw back the 40-60 crowd, completely ignoring my demographic 18-35.
 

PandaBear

Golden Member
Aug 23, 2000
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The totem pole eagle god attack. run for your life.

Seriously, if they want to sell cars, they need to hire a new design team with younger designers, not some 60 years old sitting in detroit suburb.
 

Kadarin

Lifer
Nov 23, 2001
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Originally posted by: DougK62
The 2008 GTO will not look anything like that. LOL

I sure as hell hope not, because the car in that pic is fugly...
 

geno

Lifer
Dec 26, 1999
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Originally posted by: DougK62
The 2008 GTO will not look anything like that. LOL

All indications lead toward it looking along those lines, what makes you think otherwise?
 

Aharami

Lifer
Aug 31, 2001
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Originally posted by: teddyv
I'd laugh if it were not so sad - the Germans and Japanese are coming out with truly original and innovative designs and this is the best GM can do?

actually the best GM can do is the C6 Z06...which is pretty damn good IMO
 

MasterAndCommander

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Feb 1, 2004
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Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: teddyv
I'd laugh if it were not so sad - the Germans and Japanese are coming out with truly original and innovative designs and this is the best GM can do?

actually the best GM can do is the C6 Z06...which is pretty damn good IMO


The Solstice doesn't look to shabby either :D
 

Sqube

Diamond Member
Dec 23, 2004
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That Goat is an unmitigated clusterfvcked FUBARed piece of rabid monkeymeat.