trying to compare these two cars is like chalk and cheese...Pontiac makes different lines of cars for different reasons...but as the old saying goes "ya gotta pay to play"...there is no comparison plain and simple...a topline GA-GT might out perform a base GP just on power-to-weight alone but thats not an even comparison either...a GA-GT vs a GTP is a no brainer in every way...performance,luxury,comfort, you name it...if he digs the GA over the GTP then thats his choice, and its a free country...but that dont make his opinion the gospel for the rest of us...I mean hey, I got a soft spot for the Aztek (there went my credibility)...that dont mean I think that all the folk who hate it are stupid...they have the right to hate it...hell, if we all like the same thing there would only be one car...how boring would that be?!