There is a good article in hemmings muscle car mag (august 2004 issue) that adresses all the things people bitch about the GTO for. It gives explanations as to why the car came out like it did. One of them says Pontiac originally designed hood scoops for the car but EPA/govt said they would have to do a standard 24 month aerodynamic/mpg/epa study of the car with that option, OR use the grand prix stats and give it NO hood scoops. GM set the intro date for 18 months so they axed the scoops. They said their testing showed NO Performance improvement with the scoops anyway. BUT they will be out for 05.