We all knew this by rumor that the GTO was going to be dropped as GM of North America had 3 year contract with Holden to send them over here. But General Motors has told Pontiac dealers that it will discontinue the GTO coupe at the end of this model year. GM will make the last deliveries of the vehicle to dealers by the end of September.
GM will produce 10,000 to 12,000 more GTOs before dropping the nameplate. Last year, Pontiac sold 11,590 GTOs compared to 2004 when it sold 13,569. That's a 14.6 percent drop.
When Pontiac launched the GTO in 2003, it projected 18,000 annual sales. The vehicle was criticized for bland styling, and some fans of the original GTO complained that it lacked nostalgic styling cues. Which I could never understand espcially since so many wanted a Holden in the States.
A Pontiac spokesman confirms the GTO will be discontinued after the 2006 model year.
There are some changes in the federal regulatory standards. One is an airbag deployment standard that would require some very expensive re-engineering of the car. Since the architecture of this car is being phased out around the world it’s not economically feasible to continue this car.
Pontiac will continue to build the GTO through the end of May. The last boatload will hit the ground in June.
The GTO first came to dealerships in December 2003 as a 2004 model.The GTO is built on a rear-wheel drive architecture from GM's Holden division in Australia. The present model is going out of production as GM constructs the new Zeta RWD architecture.
There is no replacement coupe planned at this time and because of the strong Australian and weak U.S. dollar, the GTO had to be priced thousands over where GM originally wanted it in the mid-twenties. It never did as much volume.
Pontiac is considering a replacement in the lineup for a RWD performance vehicle, but does not have anything to announce yet.
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Gee Looks like my original post was right
Checked out the latest issue of Road&Track over the weekend and they say the GTO will return after a year hiatus on the Zeta platform. Only time will tell.
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Thought everyone knew this.
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Mr.Goodwrench-G.T. wrote:We all knew this by rumor that the GTO was going to be dropped as GM of North America had 3 year contract with Holden to send them over here. But General Motors has told Pontiac dealers that it will discontinue the GTO coupe at the end of this model year. GM will make the last deliveries of the vehicle to dealers by the end of September.
Ya we all knew since I was the one who brought this up around mid 2004, then again you was not here when it was posted.
Difference here that it is confirmed and details of the last batch was announced.
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gm better hurry up with the camaro
or some kinda passenger car with V8 power and rwd
Mr. GW, Chill man I wasn't starting with you. See the little
dude ? Ita all good man just giveing you a hard time.
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Hoping to have one to keep this summer
where is wesmanw02 to tell you your wrong?
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Mr.Goodwrench-G.T. wrote:We all knew this by rumor that the GTO was going to be dropped as GM of North America had 3 year contract with Holden to send them over here. But General Motors has told Pontiac dealers that it will discontinue the GTO coupe at the end of this model year. GM will make the last deliveries of the vehicle to dealers by the end of September.
Does anybody else see a problem with this ... notice it says GTO COUPE. Please dont make this a 4 door sedan
dan
Get 'em Jim!
GTO station wagons are the HOTT new thing !! You didn't know ?
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Actually, I would LOVE to have one of the 3 1972 GTO station wagons that were built.
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There are some sweet Holden V8 wagons if you check out their website
As far as no more GTOs.... that's fine with me, since it makes mine rarer. Mine is already the rarest of the new Goats since '04 was the only year with the LS1.
Rob
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I have a felling the firebird is coming back with the camaro....
Sad but that's GM marketing for you. GM hasn't been able to market anything in years except "red tag days" and "employee discounts". The GTO was a nice car but too pricey and not a thrilling design IMO. If GM had built the platform up like the new camaro instead of rebadging a holden monaro the GTO may still be here. Oh well maybe the Firebird will rise from the ashes.
titus03 wrote:I have a felling the firebird is coming back with the camaro....
Lets just hope it doesn't look as ugly as the camaro. That concept looks like a god damn cereal box.
dan
Get 'em Jim!
It's about time. Maybe they'll actually design a GTO from the groud up instead of just taking a Holden from austrailia and putting a GTO badge on them.
REDGOTE wrote:There are some sweet Holden V8 wagons if you check out their website
As far as no more GTOs.... that's fine with me, since it makes mine rarer. Mine is already the rarest of the new Goats since '04 was the only year with the LS1.
Rob
Actually the rarest are the 2004 40th Anniversary GTO's there were 800 built and they have very distinct ways to tell them apart and there are bar codes and stickers from the factory that prove this
Justin Cox wrote:Better start investing in a couple. The may be worth something in the future.
Have a good one,
Justin
True, I wish I had the cash to pick one up.
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sounds like a nice excuse to kill of the GTO and make room for the firebird IMO
Mr. Goodwrench:
How close is the new rwd monty / impala platform to the new camaro platform?
and what are the ods they will switch the Grand Prix over to RWD?
^^ i think they are prejecting either in 2008 or 2009. Which really kinda sucks.
dan
Get 'em Jim!
the camaro is SUPPOSED to be on the same platform as the slostice/sky
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