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Old Sep 27, 2002 | 06:07 PM
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Old Sep 27, 2002 | 06:22 PM
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That car looks ugly to me.
Old Sep 27, 2002 | 09:32 PM
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the interior makes me feel like i am inside my brother's Aurora
Old Sep 27, 2002 | 10:15 PM
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I think it is 'ok', except I do not like the back end, or the little wing thing.

The steering wheel looks clunky too...
Old Sep 27, 2002 | 11:21 PM
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Are there enough vents on the dash? The half-@ss attempt at a wing I could do without. Maybe the GTP will have an actual wing and better wheels. Nice clean look, nothing too surprising.
Old Sep 27, 2002 | 11:50 PM
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Get new designers already GM.

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Old Sep 28, 2002 | 12:20 AM
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doesn't work for me ...
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 12:36 AM
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Decromin...did the VY designers do those taillights?
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 09:08 AM
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I don't know what it is about the new GP. Somethings not right.
The car is not bad, but it is not good, either.
There's certain elements I like and many that I do not.
Somethings wrong in the front end. Is is the lights or the grilles? I don't know. Maybe it's too bulbous or clunky in the front end. Same with the back end. Why is the rear bumper so low? Gives a minivan look, or should I dare say it, an Aztec look. Maybe the trunk lid is too high. The taillights look too large. And that winglet has to go.
And what's with the beltline kick-up at the rear door. The window should have just curved down like the current car.
Speaking of the exterior, it looks like a cross between a Bonneville and an Alero to me.
The interior is the same story. I like some of the basic shapes, but not the detail. I love the wrap around dash. Reminds me of my '73 GP, which I loved. But the details blow. Why are the outboard vents stuck in those little pods that are raised above the surface of the rest of the dash? And the steering wheel. The center hub should have just been round, not that triangle thing. It looks like the Vicks Formula 44D emblem. I do like the aluminum looking spokes.
My gut reaction is that the current car is better looking than this one.
To me, this car screams "we didn't know what to do with the GP, so we just did something." What that "something" is, is a whole different argument.
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 10:23 AM
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Great!!!!!!! they ruin the Grand Prix to make the GTO more appealing WTF GM sickens me.
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 11:36 AM
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Hmm, I like it better.. although the backend i don't really like.
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 12:51 PM
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Doesn't look bad to me, give me one of those as a GTP anyday
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 01:36 PM
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Whatever happened to just making a car look good? They tried too hard to make it look like a Pontiac. Looks like a mini Bonneville to me. Why not just make it distinctive and different. Just because it's a Pontiac doesn't mean it has to look like the whole line, just different size. Saturn has the same problem.

Boy, those Aztecs though.....
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 06:13 PM
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some of the details are not well thought out; primarily those sleep-inducing wheels.. the shiny-happy 5-spoke design in place for a decade now has GOT TO GO. all the derivatives PMD uses all look like autozone hubcaps, like someone else said. And huge fender openings call for bigger diameter wheels. I don't like the way the inner taillights blend into the body in those awful-looking bulges. I don't like the center shape of the steering wheel. the bottom edge of the back door windows should follow that ridge instead of curving up in that clown-like look. something about the hvac/radio area looks cheap. there should be a flat and horizontal area on the passenger's side dash top part. for temporary map/phone/whatever storage. otherwise I like what I see.
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 06:43 PM
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Originally posted by Darth Xed
I think it is 'ok', except I do not like the back end, or the little wing thing.

The steering wheel looks clunky too...
Agreed.

Originally posted by HuJass
My gut reaction is that the current car is better looking than this one.
To me, this car screams "we didn't know what to do with the GP, so we just did something." What that "something" is, is a whole different argument.
My thoughts exactly.



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