Why did they drop the GTO? anybody know?

 

They only had a contract with Holden in Australia for three years, and so they do not have a 2007 model in the works. There is speculation on what the next model will be, or if they will have another model.

 

New airbag regulations ment completely redesigning the interior as well, plus sales were less than great. The new camaro coming out is GM's next big thing and a slightly overweight grand am with a v8 just isnt needed anymore.

 

We prefer an overweight Cavalier, thank you [sm=smiley4.gif] .

 

lol, my uncle just bought a new GTO, they were practically giving the things away, he bought an 05 as brand new?!?! well that car is bad azz, midnight metallic blue with the body kit, hood scoops. that car is awesome. i dont care what anyone says GTO's are badass.

 

I love mopar and I like the GTO I hope they bring it back

 

one reason they canceled the gto was because they were not selling enough of them

 

Bad (really bad) sales for it. Had a great engine, but a not so great design. They needed to go a little more radical than they did. It looked like all the other Pontiacs from the last 5 years (not a good thing). HOpefully the next version that they say may come out with the new Camaro will be a good design. If it doesnt look good, it wont sell.

 

yes, i agree the design was horrible, all it was is the grand prix but a larger body, seemed like pontiac didnt even take 5 minutes to design the car, but it did have a good engine, but the price was way to high

 

Yeah they really didn't sell. I think the problem was that it was about 5-10 thousand more than a typical family car, and gas prices are just a b**** . They really are nice cars inside and out and could be used as a daily driver, but I think Pontiac really failed in the advertising department, with the emphasis on the G6 and solstice. I have just now started seeing tv ads for the GTO so maybe Pontiac is just trying to sell off the rest of them off, I really don't know. But yeah, its a shame they really were badass. I watched a couple of them pull the quarter just as fast as my dads friends 70 with a 400 ram air.