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For the money I'd still take a C5. The GTO does look nice but with an LS1('04)/LS2('05-'06) and IRS it's basically just a really heavy Corvette. This thing weighs at least 500 pounds more than a C5 coupe. More if you're comparing it to the C5 hardtop. It seems it was supposed to be aimed at the older guy going who didn't want his mid-life crisis to be obvious. Don't get me wrong, I like it. I just don't find it practical. If I want that drivetrain packaged in a more luxurious box, I'd opt for the CTS-V. If I just want to go fast, I get a C5.
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It seems it was supposed to be aimed at the older guy going who didn't want his mid-life crisis to be obvious. Don't get me wrong, I like it. I just don't find it practical.
Originally its basically a 2 door version of the Main stream 4 door Holden Commodore.
It's entire purpose when it came out was merely to be a "Modern Monaro" (the previous Monaro was some 20 years earlier)
So its not really a "Mid life crisis car" (Well maybe the GTO is in the US market) but in Australia it was more a piece of history.
Originally its basically a 2 door version of the Main stream 4 door Holden Commodore.
It's entire purpose when it came out was merely to be a "Modern Monaro" (the previous Monaro was some 20 years earlier)
So its not really a "Mid life crisis car" (Well maybe the GTO is in the US market) but in Australia it was more a piece of history.
Much like the new "Holden Torana" Concept.
Even used they still hold their value quite well here.
I'm referring to it strictly in its Pontiac sense. Not so much the idea behind its creation but the logic behind where it slots itself in the US market.
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I'm referring to it strictly in its Pontiac sense. Not so much the idea behind its creation but the logic behind where it slots itself in the US market.
I did tell him GTO or GTFO!
Maple actually made a decision that makes sense! Well, sorta... will a GM product, even one as good as the GTO, handle Maple? Will he kill himself with 350-400 stock horsepower?
For the money I'd still take a C5. The GTO does look nice but with an LS1('04)/LS2('05-'06) and IRS it's basically just a really heavy Corvette. This thing weighs at least 500 pounds more than a C5 coupe. More if you're comparing it to the C5 hardtop. It seems it was supposed to be aimed at the older guy going who didn't want his mid-life crisis to be obvious. Don't get me wrong, I like it. I just don't find it practical. If I want that drivetrain packaged in a more luxurious box, I'd opt for the CTS-V. If I just want to go fast, I get a C5.
That's largely my reasoning for my choice of the CTS-V over the GTO. Both are nice cars, but the GTO isn't as luxurious. If I wanted JUST a sportscar, I'd have gone Corvette... but for some reason, I feel like I'll seem to be a young man in a CTS-V... and a midlife-crisis guy in a Corvette!
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