Say goodbye to the wimpy 500 hp Viper

[CaptainHenreh]

Well, with the GTO, "they" were expecting this:



And were disappointed when they got this:



I said from the beginning that the biggest mistake GM made with the GTO was calling it a "GTO". The thought the name and nostalgia would sell it and it *didn't*. Totally backfired on them. It's not a bad car, and the trick was that for GM, they could offer it cheaply. They could give the people their cheap muscle car, because all the tooling, all the manufacturing, all the design was already done! It was a great plan and honestly I still don't know exactly how it fucked up. If I thought I could swing the payment (and believe me, I've run the numbers a dozen times) I'd buy one. Wouldn't even think twice.

And don't get me started with the Charger. Mike hates the GTO, I hate the Charger. Automatic only. Pssh. Eat a D, Diamler-Chrysler.

I also wish GM had just left the styling alone:


Isn't that better?