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Originally Posted by XCR440SP
But its a heavier car aimed at the Luxury market more than the Sport market. It also has AWD, so lets compare mileage to a G8 that I can drive in Iowa during an ice storm. Its great everyone wants to compare the SHO to the G8 on performance but there very very different cars, and no G8 fans seems to talk about features or all seasonability.
I think the G8 should be compared to Mustang, Camaro, its more of a 4 door pony car than the SHO or even the 300C. And thats great if thats what the buyer wants, but based on the fact that G8 is going away, I'm guessing that thats not what most buyers are after. I think a competent sport (notice Sport, not pony) entry by Buick would sell far better than the G8 since I feel most buyers in this category want an equal mix of Sport, Luxury and technology.
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Ford Luxury Car. Also, the "most buyers are after..." argument would carry more weight AFTER Ford sells some cars. Face facts - Ford watered down the SHO name, just because every other thing they've thrown at this platform has failed to make a dent - Ford 500, Edge, Flex, Taurus, Taurus X. With the resale history on those cars, at least this thing won't be overpriced for long.
FYI - I heard that Pontiac was dead. Way to make it sound like they just decided not to make the G8 anymore. Buick Lacrosse is on EPII, so I think it could eventually get AWD, but that's a completely different market - showing how out of place the SHO name really is on this car. Also - G8 isn't exactly brutish, like you try to imply with the "pony car" reference.