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Old 06-03-2008, 05:57 PM   #13 (permalink)
L32 To Go
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Nashville, TN
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Re: New 300kW LS2 Beira Breckland Pontiac Solstice

This speaks well for the Kappa platform competency validating Solstice and Sky as formidable road machines, especially if the Beira price commands well over 110k. That should somewhat quiet the critics who never fail to expound Solstice/Sky negatives such as insufficient number of cupholders and trunk space, and most of all, lack of power operated top. Mallett already has been installing small block V8s, so did Hot Rod Magazine and I would love to see Roush get into the act.

And I haven't even mentioned the drop-dead gorgeous looks of Solstice and Sky. Not just my opinion, but hardly a day goes by without somebody commenting on the looks of my Sky.

However, I just can't see how Beira got to be called a Pontiac Solstice. Don't get me wrong, Solstice is just as much of a car as Saturn Sky under the skin. But Breckland obviously did not start with a Solstice body and then add Sky headlights, side panels and the dash. If anything, they may have started out with an Opel GT which shares body styling with Sky with minor exceptions.
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