check out what was said at thecarconnection.com

http://www.thecarconnection.com/inde...&sid=176&n=156

The new Pontiac GTO made its production-trim debut Friday when GM “car czar” Bob Lutz raced up to the stage in the Australian-made coupe. Its Corvette-derived LS1 engine will make 340-hp through its six-speed close ratio manual—or an optional four-speed automatic. And there’ll be plenty of performance parts brought in from Down Under, Lutz revealed. Sales will be limited to about 18,000 GTOs annually, he former Marine revealed, due to concerns by the United Auto Workers, which is worried about seeing jobs shift overseas. But Lutz suggested that the next-generation “Goat” could be jointly developed for both the U.S. and Australian markets, and built on opposite sides

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