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Originally Posted by SteveR
I don't hate the GTO per say, it's just starting to get to me how Pontiac is using the same grill design for every single car. I think it got officially old after the Grand Prix Wide Bodies in like '99. That was about the 25 year mark. Even the Solstice has it. Off the top of my head I think only the F-Body didn't have it over the last 10 years or so. I just feel that with all of the technology and resources available to Pontiac, they could muster up something new for a change. I mean, the front end is what you tend to look at first and if it resembles a 30 year old car than it takes away from the concept of a 'new car' like the GTO. The first time I saw it I said, "looks like a Grand Am" and you know what, so did many other people too. Same with the G6. Cool roof thing, decent lines, good numbers, but that annoying split upper black mesh Grand Am grill. Looked great on Richard Petty's car...............in 1982.
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they have had the twin grill forever, actually more like 44 years instead of 30, but as far as the current look goes, It really doesn't date back past the 92-93 grand am, and even that comparison is pushing it. Granted that's 12-13 years old, but you make it sound like the pontiacs today look like a pontiac from the mid 70's and that's ludicrous.
And I think pontiac does realize that people might be a little bored with the same old same old, because there already is an alternative grille for the gto from pontiac, not to mention a different nose, rear bumper cover, wing and side gfx
Dealer installed option for the 05 cars. And of course the 05's getting the ram air hood standard.
Also for the record, the sunfire never has, and still does not have the typical pontiac front end. The brand recognition is still there though, just as it was for the 98-02 firebirds which had the dual nostrils as well.
While i agree the styling needs some tweaking, I don't think the cars look bad, and I think it would be dumb to outright abandon the twin grille look after so long. It every bit as much defines the pontiac brand as does the red arrow graphic, or the bowtie for chevy. Or the popup headlights for the corvette. oh wait
Look at dodge, bmw, buick, jaguar, volvo, chrysler, etc. etc, etc. They all do it, love it or hate it.