Hopfully the Sky and Saturns no-haggle pricing will keep Pontiac dealers a little more in check. Pontiac needs '06 production to huge so dealers will be flooded with the cars and hopfully won't mark them up.

 

Cool. How much does it weight? Any idea when we will see a GXP version? I've heard early '08 for the sky redline. Man thats 3 years off

 

about 2800lbs. last I heard forced induction verions would follow 1 year later.

 

Isn't that a bit heavy for a little roadster? The cobalt only wieghs 2900lbs. Summer of '06 could be the time for a new car for me.

 

Honda S2000 is 2835 lbs.
BMW Z4 3.0 = 2998 lbs.

verts are always heavier than hard tops, I'd be all over a base coupe version.

 

Interesting. SpeedTV gave up that info on Word's Greatest Autoshows - Detroit almost two weeks ago.

 

Its always been said that the Solstice was going to be under 20k, even if a lot of people, especialy on this board, didnt belive GM could keep the cost down that low.

 

Exactly. Everyone wants to compare this car to the Miata. Not every roadster is tiny. The Kappa cars are considerably larger than the Miata!!! All you have to do is see one in person to know that. I think the Z4 comparison is more applicable.

 

While 2800 lbs isn't overwhelmingly impressive, with the amount of power that's being mentioned it will not be an albatross. There aren't many cars coming out at the Miata's 2300 lbs these days, including the next generation Miata. Also consider that Kappa is not Solstice-specific (though it will underpin other roadsters), it also has the flexibility to satisfy other types of vehicles (e.g. Nomad) which implies more weight. Always increasing emissions and safety equipment also add weight.

This will be a popular vehicle and the dealer markup complaints will surface this summer (at least on the first few batches of cars). What's better, the magazine/media guys seem to like the car, so it should get some glowing commentary.

 

The reason the wieght stuck out at me is b/c my g/f just picked up an Ion Redline which wieghs in at 2900lbs. I figured it would be signigicantly lighter than that. I didn't think about it being a convertible, though. Are they coming out with coupe versions of these?

 

It has a depleted uranium chasis.

 

current Miata is 2529 lbs. but has a very weak engine and was feature in the movie Corky Ramano.

Next miata is expected to be heavier. If they decide to built the next one big enough for American males to drive I'd expect the weight to be about the same as the Solstice at ~2800

No plans yet, but the concept version is awesome http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-pq...A-1280x960.jpg

Turbo solstice coupe would be a great matchup for the 350z

 

The Miata debuted at around 2100 with the 1.6L in '90 and grew to 2300 for the NB in '99, now 2400/2500 as a current model. I owned a '00 LS and can testify to it being an enjoyable car to drive, albeit underpowered and short on comfort. The next Miata (NC) will be larger and picking up more weight which may be in part from sharing the platform of the RX-8. It should carry the 2.3L 4-cylinder making 160hp/150lb-ft as a base model. Rumors are also suggesting a retractable hardtop. Its styling should be a natural progression into the current Mazda theme.

 

As a P.S., count me among those interested in a Solstice coupe.

 

Have they let it slip on what type of forced induction will be powering the more powerful version? I heard it was a supercharger but is that not correct?