Originally posted by Jizz:
The news I heard is that the GP will NOT get a V8. It is the GTO. The GTO lies on the old GP 2 door chassis. However the Trans Am is due back with the new All Aluminum 6.0L with AWD. The Bonneville got the Northstar because of GMs attempt to gain back some "car" market from Japan/Germany. So do not expect more than some more ponies out of the 3800 in the upcoming GPs.
The GTO is NOT based on the old Grand Prix 2 door chassis. It is a derivative of the holden monaro which is based on the GM Europe opel omega platform which is very similar to the caddy Catera. It is nothing like the old GP chassis.
Lutz said the TA is dead a few times.
The Grand Prix GXP is supposed to have a V8 and be FWD. Prob a detuned Northstar with more power than the G6 GTP(240hp) but less than the Bonnie GXP. Who knows if that will happen.
Maybe they will go 240 in the G6, 280 in the GP GXP, and then 300 in the bonnie GXP, with 350 LS1 and 405hp LS2 in the GTO Judge (once the C6 Z06 gets the 427 cid LS-7.
Ive read that the corporate GM RWD V8 chassis comes out in 06/07. Then the "holden" GTO is supposed to go away (only a 3 year run anyway) with the new GTO, GP, bonnie, Impala and Monte carlo moving to RWD V8.
However, we may not see any of it if gas prices keep rising and people start buying hybrids and tin cans again.
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