303 hp? What an joke, given that the LS1 has at least 345 hp ! Big difference . The CTS-V costs almost 50 large, not in the same category price wise. GM had to redesign the engine cradle in the W-car ( by the way an entirely different car platform ) to accomodate the v8 , which is a redesigned truck engine. :? Torqe steer above 300 hp is gonna cause problems, and six horsepower either way isn't much of a difference. A number like 40 hp more is.
There hasn't been ONE porduction car , stock, with more than 320 hp that is front wheel drive. At least not without a trick drive system like honda'* SH-AWD. It'd be nice if GM put a 305 or 310 horse engine in the Bonnie, but also keep in mind the GXP is a rather low-budget model update, not a full platform retooling and update like the GP .Spending money to put a real 340+ horsepwer engine on an old and soon-to-be discontinued vehicle makes no sense,$ wise .Im glad they put the 275 horse engine in , and not the tuned-for-hosepower 300 variant with no torque. As far as the 300 is concerned? What will Damiler ( yeah, Chrysler too I guess)do when the warranty claims stack up and a model-year update looms?Nothing more original than a chromed BRICK !

I've noticed a trend here in this forum... people that own GXPs tend to really like them for the most part. However the GXP gets an awful lot of criticism/scrutiny from non-GXP owners... Comments like "I test drove one..." "The brakes are not beefy enough..." "Yahda, Yahda, Yahda"... hmmmm. Why? Wouldn't it make sense that the greatest judge of a vehicles workmanship, fit and finish, etc be based on actual ownership? If you didn't buy one fine, but all the negativity hurts my good CARma! LOL

Something else too. GM has gotten a lot of negative press for making good cars. I guess its because the observant community has been dissin' GM'* rigs for so long that they have to get out of the habit. If you ask me, the folks who own and DRIVE the cars every day-not two minutes, hours , or days,-should have a righteous say in what the car is capable of . The one who should not be in charge of deciding the future of a good car is a desk-flyin' weenie who maybe drove the car for a day or so, and decides to write about it while dreaming of testing the Z06 next. If you don't roll in it, don't diss it. Pretty simple ,I think.

Cheers again dude!!! My pojnt/sentiments EXACTLY!

I agree