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500hp GTO, 420hp Colorado...

At this years Woodward Cruse!

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Andrew Charles
AutoReport

GM Performance Division will unveil two new concept vehicles for the Woodward Dream Cruise next week: a modified Pontiac GTO and Chevy Colorado pickup. The modified GTO and Colorado are "Employee Enthusiasm" vehicles, an internal volunteer program that gives younger GM engineers the opportunity to manage a concept car from start to finish. The first public showing for the vehicles will be at a Woodward Dream Cruise press conference Tuesday, Aug. 17 at Pioneer Park in Royal Oak. They will then be on display at Athens Coney Island throughout the Cruise.
The GTO concept has a 6.3 L V8 engine with 500 hp at 5200 rpm and 500 lb-ft of torque at 5000 rpm, matching early rumors about the LS7 for the C6 Corvette Z06. It also has a six-speed manual transmission, modified brakes, bigger wheels and tires and new exhaust. The bright orange exterior features a new hood, fender, quarter panel, spoiler, front and rear fascia and rockers.

The Chevy Colorado concept has a 6.2 L engine that makes 420 hp at 5600 rpm and 420 lb-ft of torque at 4600 rpm, sure to fuel speculation about a V8-engined Colorado. The wheels and tires, brakes, suspension and exhaust systems have been modified, and the exterior has new front fascias, front and rear wheel flares, hood, modified rockers and custom side mirrors.

All very good news that GM has young engineers that have guys like us inside.

i like the sound of that colorado. i wonder if there'll be a v8 canyon

That Colorado sounds kick ass.

i jsut hope that the colorado concept doesn't go teh way of teh silverado SS. original SS concept was a 1500series basic silverado with a 6liter dropped in it. it was gonna be availabel in both auto and stick as an answer to teh lightning, look what that turned in to, mega-turd!!
at least with lutz on board we can count on teh cool being accepted even if it doesn't turn out to be realistic for production.

later
tim

yea better then the straight 5
now it shall haul ass

There is still a lot of talk of a turbo I-5 for the GMT355's.

I'll believe all this when i see it at a dealership.

The GTO and Colorado are both concepts, but belive that this all this time, energy and money didnt go to nothing. This was a huge engineering exersize. And its good to see that the Engineers arent gong to pep boys for there "performance" parts.

that gto may be a concept for now, but you can bet your ass taht gm has something planned for that car. tehy went through teh trouble of relicensing all of the judge related materials to the tune of about $750k last year.
that kind of money points to more than just a few engineers getting some kicks. :)

later
tim

**** the gto...i want the 500 hp c6...and the 1000hp supervette

haha digging around old posts. its just funny how much things has changed for gm in a few years. nice :lol:

yeah its crazy, esp since there is a v8 canyon....