[LS1Hawk]

I'm still waiting to drive a GTO, but my neighbor has an '05 and I've had the luxury of riding in it a few times. I can say between driving my Firehawk and being in the GTO, you feel a big difference in the goat. You feel the 400 horses through out the whole car. It constantly plants you in your seat. The car feels completely solid, not rickety like the 4th gens tend to. The car is drunk on torque, corners on a dime, and has great stopping performance. We were at a stop, and my neighbor showed me how the car "sits." I don't know how it does it, but just before the car comes off the line, it lowers its rear a few inches so the rear wheels get a better grip before it launches.

I just don't see GTO being completely dead. When Bob Lutz came to GM, his first order of business was GTO. He even went out to Australia himself and drove the Monaro to make sure it was a worthy car to carry the GTO badge. I'd really like to see them wait a year or two, get it up to standards and redesign it a little bit and give it a big unveiling in Detroit like they did with Camaro.