The Mustang's soon to be, newest competition.
09-10-2006, 12:49 AM
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RE: The Mustang's soon to be, newest competition.
ORIGINAL: backinblack06
I don't understand when four door cars were considered musclecars............WOW...this to me just goes to show how bad GM is trying to scrape **** together.....I mean they can't even think of an original design, or a car that doesnt look like a POS..... It's like thereye so dumb and out of ideas therye just throwin parts at Gran Prix's and thinking that we're all dumb and will like that crap....Booooooo for GM,
How come they can come out with new chevy trucks every 2 years, but can't form a concept of what a DECENT musclecar should look like? Yea, I really want a Monte Carlo SS, or impala SS, or Cavalier SS........ the next A$$ who trys to race me in one of those, is just getting run off the road for just owning that crap...
wow...sorry for the rant.[sm=rant.gif]
I don't understand when four door cars were considered musclecars............WOW...this to me just goes to show how bad GM is trying to scrape **** together.....I mean they can't even think of an original design, or a car that doesnt look like a POS..... It's like thereye so dumb and out of ideas therye just throwin parts at Gran Prix's and thinking that we're all dumb and will like that crap....Booooooo for GM,
How come they can come out with new chevy trucks every 2 years, but can't form a concept of what a DECENT musclecar should look like? Yea, I really want a Monte Carlo SS, or impala SS, or Cavalier SS........ the next A$$ who trys to race me in one of those, is just getting run off the road for just owning that crap...
wow...sorry for the rant.[sm=rant.gif]
09-10-2006, 01:04 AM
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RE: The Mustang's soon to be, newest competition.
ORIGINAL: XtacY
Why do they do that? The corvette barely sells any units a year.
ORIGINAL: classj
Actually, from what I have heard, the vette is a totaly s separate division of GM. While still technically a chevy, the vette has its own design team and engineers that dont touch chevys.
It's beyond me why Chevy can't seem to make a decent looking car other than the 'vette.
#2 yes there are few units sold, i think something like 30k a year. But there's a large profit margin on those cars, and they have one heck of a following. Also that platform is now being shared with the XLR (Cadillac's hard top convertable), which helps with those expenses.
09-10-2006, 01:07 AM
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RE: The Mustang's soon to be, newest competition.
Although I don't think GM had anything at all to do with that picture (pure photoshop chop, and a bad one at that).. If that car would have been available as a 6spd, I would have likely bought that over my Mustang. Love the Stang, but truth be told I really wanted a sports sedan with a Manual for under 30k.. and there just isn't anything out there. (RWD is a must also)
09-10-2006, 02:13 AM
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RE: The Mustang's soon to be, newest competition.
That car wil most likely come in at close to 4000 lbsand with 362 HP you should be fine in a GT... Add a CAI and a good tune and you will be close to 350 crank HP in the GT, then no problem...
09-10-2006, 03:36 AM
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RE: The Mustang's soon to be, newest competition.
GM is hurt'n...The only place (other than the Corvette) that GM build RWD cars (no trucks) is Austrailia. GM sold out and went to FWD and now they want a performance car image...BMWs, Mercedes, Jaguar, they ain't. GM needs to cut down to three "names: Cadillac, Chevrolet ( to keep the Vette) and Buick. Chevrolet was GMs price and performance car division ( a case could also be made for Olds and Pontiac) , Cadillac if doing its best to stay alive as is Buick...( should kept Olds over Buick, dumb call)
The Grand Prix...ain't gonna work... the success of Mustang proves people don't want performance cars with "names" only...we want the look. We identify with cars from the 60s and 70s as being Muscle Cars....a 4 door GP is far from that....even if it has 500hp...it still looks like a plastic car.[>:]
The Grand Prix...ain't gonna work... the success of Mustang proves people don't want performance cars with "names" only...we want the look. We identify with cars from the 60s and 70s as being Muscle Cars....a 4 door GP is far from that....even if it has 500hp...it still looks like a plastic car.[>:]
