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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 03:21 PM
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I like mine.
That's all that matters.
No one liked my Mustang, especially since it was a Ford, but I liked mine.





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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 03:26 PM
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pictures of Chevrolet Lumina SS the "Chevy GTO"
I'm not going to bother seeing if anyone else posted these, but these are large pictures of the car.
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 04:16 PM
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pictures of Chevrolet Lumina SS the "Chevy GTO"
I'm not going to bother seeing if anyone else posted these, but these are large pictures of the car.
Those are pics. of the older 4-door model. The Lumina SS coupe is new and is nothing more than a rebadge of the Monaro/GTO

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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 04:17 PM
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Now again, if you can show me a dealer selling a GTO below invoice (which means, before rebates) or a dealer I can call that is selling a GTO at $25,000 advertised, let me know & I will call them and verify it.

Johnsocal knows why.
Here's one , the dealer is 5 minutes from my house . They have a 2004 auto , Cosmos purple / purple leather , brand new , not a demo , 24 miles on odo . Advertised price on windsheild is $25,125 with a great big WOW right by it .
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 04:20 PM
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errr...... forgot the # .

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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 04:26 PM
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I think Guy is hoping you guys can show him a 25K in cali, so that he can be there in a jiffy. cali rules will not allow an out-of-state vehicle with less than 7500miles to be brought and registered into this state unless you have owned and registered that vehicle for at least 6 months.
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 2MCHPSI
Price gouging only played a small part in sales, or lack there of..The car was just not well received.
So you think that a $7-$10K difference in the price of a car play just a "small part" in how much that vehicle sells? :blah:
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 2MCHPSI...snipped...

This is where your bitchfest is missing the point. 18,000 cars. I never said sales did not increase at all with incentives, but looking at the data while the rebates started, other than 1 month in September, the sales are not enough to reach the target market.. Without price gouging, and without actual drastic price reductions, GM could still not make make near 18k in sales.That is my point.. [b
Everyone blames price gouging for the lack of 18k sales, but the reality was the sticker was too high to begin with.[/b] not dealer goiging.

Price gouging did not keep 18k sales from happening... Price gouging was not a factor after the first 6 months...18k in sales would not of happened even at regular prices and no gouging, and have a very hard time reaching the numbers even with a full year of $3500 in rebates( or lowered sticker).

What I do want to know is if the 05's sales suck, will they offer a 3500 rebate on them.. GM has shot themselves in the foot it seems, because now everyone expects rebates.. While big rebates cleared out inventory, people are now expecting these rebates as the norm now..

Price gouging has effects LONG after they're not even going on. Once the Pontiac dealers got the rep that they were screwing the customers over the GTO, it takes a few months for that to wear off.

As to the correct sticker price for the GTO, we can't say since the gouging screwed up any realistic measure of what would "sell." My hunch is that if the pricing had been consistent from the start, the GTO would have made the full 18K sales in a year going for $31K sticker WITH low financing and a modest $1000-1500 incentive in the last few months. Finally ending with dealer discounts on top of that.

Now we're going to get to see a better test with the '05. BUT it appears they're cutting the import figure by 30%, so now that's only 12000 cars. They'll sell every one GUARANTEED. The dealers now KNOW what they can reasonably expect to squeeze out of people. They'll pace themselves on the pricing to get all 12K sold at maximum dollars. And we're NOT going to be seeing the steals at the end of the year on the '05 like the '04.
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 07:27 PM
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Take a look at the link below, this car has the GTO Beat hands down. Who cares what sales the GTO has. Who cares what it looks like when you have cars like this to look at. GTO is nothing more than a Grand Am with a V8 and rwd. Welcome to the real world when you own one of these

What is a GTO?
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobra R
Take a look at the link below, this car has the GTO Beat hands down. Who cares what sales the GTO has. Who cares what it looks like when you have cars like this to look at. GTO is nothing more than a Grand Am with a V8 and rwd. Welcome to the real world when you own one of these

What is a GTO?

OK, Z06's cost Twenty Thousand Dollars More than a GTO...

And C5's look like Ford Probes and Mazda RX-7's...

Grand Am with RWD

Same thing over and over... sheeeeeeeeeeez.

15 posts since 1998, and you make numner 16 this????
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 07:34 PM
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One other thing I don't get is people saying how expensive the car is. Its not that much more than a Firehawk or SS or CETA back in '02. And if the F-Body would have continued to have been built would be more expensive than the GTO. For the money, the goat is a much better value than the F-Body ever was.
I just told get how its OK for one car to be priced that high another is way too expensive. Especially when the latter is a better car?
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobra R
Take a look at the link below, this car has the GTO Beat hands down. Who cares what sales the GTO has. Who cares what it looks like when you have cars like this to look at. GTO is nothing more than a Grand Am with a V8 and rwd. Welcome to the real world when you own one of these

What is a GTO?
Then you are blind. Park a GTO next to a Grand Am and they are nothing alike. You are showing how ignorant you really are
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 07:47 PM
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Grand Am

GTO

Yea ok, I am sorry, they changed a couple lines on the car


OK, Z06's cost Twenty Thousand Dollars More than a GTO...
Buy a used 02-03 Z06 with under 10k for 32-34k, so sorry, not 20k more

15 posts since 1998, and you make numner 16 this????
I will dedicate #20 to you

Oh and

And C5's look like Ford Probes and Mazda RX-7's...
And a 4th Gen is a Geo Storm. Either way, dont get made because you cant afford one.
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobra R
Grand Am

GTO

Yea ok, I am sorry, they changed a couple lines on the car
Again, if you can't see the difference, then you are blind. A couple of lines like every line on the car
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by RobsWS6
Again, if you can't see the difference, then you are blind. A couple of lines like every line on the car
LOL, keep telling yourself that.

Oh wait, you are right, strip off the Grand Am side panel and you have a GTO

So does that make the GTO a stripped Grand Am?



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