FOG I think that is what Guy is saying.

 

You have no idea how much I needed to hear that today!

 

I saw your name as the last reply and knew that is what you would pickup on.

 

Guilty as charged.

 

Nice, so we are getting a new GTO

 

Wouldn't a Chevrolet "GTO" be a Chevelle? Is the "GTO" not going to the Pontiac division anymore now that they have the G8?

Camaro, GTO, El Camino, RWD Impala.... I'm getting goosebumps

 

One of each please.

 

Chevelle, Monte Carlo, or just a 2-door Impala. But the emphasis is it will be Chevy's offering of the Pontiac GTO chassis. Really they'll just share a chassis but aparently they feel the Pontiac GTO is a lock and a big Chevy car built on the same guts is too... just no name yet.

 

it was the chevelle, and they nixed it, theyve already got the camaro, which will be close enough to the gto

 

I dunno anything, but I would assume they are going to play it by ear with the G8 before any real decision is made on a new GTO.

 

Yep.

Just draw up a good body to drape over the chassis.


Taking me way too litterally.

By Chevy's GTO, I mean a fully equpted, Gran Touring type muscle car, not Chevrolet taking over the GTO name and model. In short, a Chevrolet version of the GTO..... not a "Chevrolet GTO".

Could be called Chevelle. Could simply be called SS. Could even be called Lumina. Since the name is the easiest thing to change on a car (the first 3rd gen Firebirds were literally on the assembly line when GM decided to restore the full "Trans Am" name instead of the "T/A" moniker), guessing the name would be irrelevent.

Doesn't work that way.

By the time the G8 is loaded onto boats for the US, Holden will have finalized plans on supplies and such on the Monaro/GTO. It takes 18 to 24 months for a car to go from approval to showroom.

The G8 wasn't the last minute decision it's made out to be. Apparently, GM was in the midst of deciding assembly location of the GTO/Monaro when I was in Oz in November.

 

I'm really liking what I hear in this thread and I hope it all comes to pass, but 2009-2011 is fair bit of time and looks like we're all in store for, you guessed it...... more waiting. I hope the wait will be worth it.... GM hasn't had such a promising batch of cars like this roster in a good long while.

 

Nah, I was fishing for a more difinitive answer

I was hoping to hear "chevelle"

 

All good news. There will be lots of exciting new GM models to choose from just about the time the 3-year lease ends on my 2007 335i coupe.

 

I am SO glad that they didn't do this! I've actually seen some publicity photos of fully production ready cars that have "T/A" badging on the fender.