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PONTIAC G8

Old 02-23-2008, 08:47 AM
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50 CENTS gets a new ride...
http://www.automotiverhythms.com/spo..._PontiacG8.php

Looks like a badd *** car!

That racing stripe looks sharp!
500+hp! That car has to fly!
I am not sure the bigger tires and wheels will help handling though.
Old 02-23-2008, 08:53 AM
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Yay for free publicity.

I hope the G8 GXP gets the LS7 or the new LS in the corvette ZR1.
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LS3 FTW. It'* still early but some signs point to yes.
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Is it just me or does it look like Fiddy doesn't know an engine from toolshed when he looks at it and says how much power it has in the video?
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....So it looks like Pontiac just took the GTO body (Holden) and made it into a 4 door doesn't it?
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It'* wider, longer, and all around new.
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Well it'd have to be longer because it'* a 4 door, but I guess I just can't really tell dementions from the pics too well.
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Originally Posted by Nashville Cowboy
....So it looks like Pontiac just took the GTO body (Holden) and made it into a 4 door doesn't it?
You're half correct. It'* a 4 door/updated platform of what the GTO was.

Holden/Vauxhall has sold this car for over a year now respectively IIRC though..
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I seen this car in person today at the toronto auto show, the engine cover said 427 lsx 550 hp. Nice car indeed. I almost thought it was a BMW.
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Old news. The real G8 GT is described here: http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...ic.php?t=94061

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