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Old 03-15-2008, 04:53 AM   #15 (permalink)
blkwrxsti
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Re: 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Jive View Post
Is this legit? Seems a little early for an official press release...

"...produces in excess of 400hp." 'In excess'? Sooo... 430 like the LS3 has? Or de-tuned somewhere between 401 - 429hp?

Also, a little disappointed all they did was add new wheels and a new front air-dam...
I wanted the twin-grilles on the front of the HSV model. Atleast the tail-lights...
It seems legit - there must have been an embargo, because it's all over the web now (even though still not on media.gm.com). On a side note - I'm not really interested in what Pontiac didn't do - the car just went from 361 to 400 hp, and picked up a manual trans.

The rest I can fix in a slow weekend installing a supercharger kit from LPE (if it starts to bother me). Also note that Automobile magazine compared the 2008, with a mere 361 hp, to the BMW 550. Said that it offered the same numbers and the same size, but not the same feelings as the 70K Beemer.

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