Just got back from the NYC auto show, ...a group of us went down, ...here's some pics. As usual it was a great time and nice to see Scott again...

Linked here:http://imageevent.com/hvclassics/nyautoshow2007

The group shot:



...Scott is very ingenious at times , cool floral display


Aside from the Camaro (which had a constant crowd of admirers ), ...the G8 is definitely worthy of the attention it was getting:

 

That floral display is awesome.

 

Very nice! BTW YOUR pic of the G8 is much more flattering then some of GMs press release pics. GM GET BETTER PHOTOGRAPHERS PLEASE!!!!!!

 

Man, that G8 is pretty sweet.

 

What are they?

 

I think GM intentionally has pics taken on single color backgrounds to magazines can photoshop them to look different.

 

The G8 looks dam good....

 

Oil or tranny dipsticks, mounted in exhaust tips, mounted on flourescent tubes, mounted on a brake rotor.

 

oil dipsticks and cobalt exhaust tips

 

My God, I love that G8. If the Camaro hadn't been grenlit I'd be looking at one of them.

 

The G8 is REALLY nice. A little smaller than I had expected. I'd say its "GTO" sized, especially in the width. I never did look at the wheelbase and length numbers to compare the two.

 

To be honest, if THIS car had been released as the "GTO" back in 04 I think it would have been better received. This car LOOKS like a PONTIAC! I absolutely love it.

However, it's great that GM is using the G8 and not rebadging it as the '08 GTO.

 

a four door GTO?

not the place to really discuss why the GTO failed... but suffice to say the G8 was designed from a clean sheet of paper, while the GTO was not.

 

No it wasnt. The G8 is rebadged Commodore, just like the GTO was a rebadged Monaro.

 

I think what he was trying to say is that its a "new" naming platform and its general goals and target audiences are very different.