I like the new Camaros a lot better than the new Chargers, Challengers and Mustangs. I think people should be able to drive any type of car they want to drive. I drove the speed limit to Brooklyn NY from my home in MA which is a distance of about 200 miles and got 27.9 MPG exactly. Motorhead cars have come a LONG way.
Amen! if you're willing to pay for it and pay for the gas / diesel / batteries, you should be able to drive it with no apologies to anyone!
The old GTO's are classics and are beautiful but they were terrible on gas and not so hot on handling and the new GTO's (and G8 GT's) will leave them in the dust (including the tri power 389's) in acceleration, handling, comfort and MPG.
Agreed again. The power per cubic inch ratio has increased incredibly, and fuel efficiency has increased with it. Better deal all the way around, for everyone!
I actually like the new GTOs because they are such sleepers, the only thing that gives them away is the beautiful sound from the dual exhaust and watching their taillights rapidly vanish. GM does not know how to advertise and doesn't know a good thing when they have it except for the Corvette.
I understand when someone likes a "sleeper" - but I can't buy the GTO's styling. Quite literally, I have mistaken it for Cavaliers in parking lots, and that's offensive to me, given the legacy of the model.
IMO styling is the biggest mistake GM has made; they've built pretty durable vehicles, but they're nothing special in the styling department. I was a GM guy for years, but they haven't built a single car (other than the 'Vette) in the past 20 years that was visually attractive. Ford and Chrysler have done MUCH better in the styling department, while GM has been a vast wasteland of boring and repulsive shapes, especially on the Chevrolet side. Styling at Pontiac until recently was defined as "glue a bunch of plastic crap on the side". A sterling example of the ugliness is the "Moby Dick" Impala, which was followed by the model I call the "X-Wing" Impala because the huge round taillights looked like the ass end of an X-wing fighter in Star Wars. The current Impala looks OK in photos, but I've driven one as a rental and it's butt-ugly in the flesh.
I drive a '99 Chevy Blazer which we've put 140K miles on, and the kindest thing I can say about is that ti's a nice, dependable toaster on wheels. just an appliance with boring but non-offensive styling that allows you to turn the key and drive it. In the 7 years we've owned it, I've never once been enthused about driving it.
When I want to be enthused, I'll hop in my wife's BMW 325i or my 280ZX Turbo.
