Chevy SS vs Pontiac G8 GXP
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BENGT HALVORSON
Discuss the all-new 2014 Chevrolet SS with someone who's a performance-car enthusiast, and they're bound to mention the Pontiac G8, a sedan that was sold for just two model years—2008 and 2009—and has found a cult following, both on its own merits and (in top GXP trim) as the last great Pontiac performance model.
The G8, as well as the two-door GTO that preceded it by a few model years, had both been based on different versions of the Holden Commodore SS—a car that's held in high esteem in Australia, where it's assembled (and engineered).
The Chevy SS that's now arriving at dealerships has some of those same roots, it can be argued; only this time it's based on the latest 'VF' iteration of the Commodore SS V (the top-performance model).
2009 Pontiac G8 GXP2009 Pontiac G8 GXPSo is the SS essentially the same car as the G8 GXP? Absolutely not, says Steve Manson, program engineering manager for the project.
Over several years, Manson's team took GM's Zeta architecture, which underpinned the G8, and updated it to a so-called Zeta 2 form—parts of which are used for the current Camaro.
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BENGT HALVORSON
Discuss the all-new 2014 Chevrolet SS with someone who's a performance-car enthusiast, and they're bound to mention the Pontiac G8, a sedan that was sold for just two model years—2008 and 2009—and has found a cult following, both on its own merits and (in top GXP trim) as the last great Pontiac performance model.
The G8, as well as the two-door GTO that preceded it by a few model years, had both been based on different versions of the Holden Commodore SS—a car that's held in high esteem in Australia, where it's assembled (and engineered).
The Chevy SS that's now arriving at dealerships has some of those same roots, it can be argued; only this time it's based on the latest 'VF' iteration of the Commodore SS V (the top-performance model).
2009 Pontiac G8 GXP2009 Pontiac G8 GXPSo is the SS essentially the same car as the G8 GXP? Absolutely not, says Steve Manson, program engineering manager for the project.
Over several years, Manson's team took GM's Zeta architecture, which underpinned the G8, and updated it to a so-called Zeta 2 form—parts of which are used for the current Camaro.
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