To be honest, I wasn't expecting to be excited by this GTP coupe version of Pontiac's G6. While I'd enjoyed the sedan version enough, a glance at the GTP's spec sheet didn't suggest it would be much better to drive (though it was certainly better to look at).
I discovered just how wrong I was within, oh, the first fifty metres' worth of driving. Whatever the Pontiac people had done between the introduction of the G6 sedan and this coupe, it was a car transformed. Pulling out of GM's roughly-paved parking lot, I was expecting the sports suspension to clomp and creak, but it glided out onto the road with barely a twitch. While the GTP's ride is taut, as you would expect of a Pontiac, it has a superbly-damped feel that's new to the brand.
Really, it should always have been that way: the G6 shares componentry and its basic platform with the Saab 9-3, which has always juggled ride and handling pretty well; perhaps it just took some time for the Swedes' chassis tuning to filter down to Lake Orion, Michigan where the G6 is built.
Totally agree with the g6 coupe ride height. It takes an otherwise attractive design and makes it look ungainly and awkward. The authors are right about the interior though, i just bought a new Tiburon and it looks much more distinctive than the g6 coupe while costing a lot less.mjd1001 said:I like the G6 for the most part, I only have 2 complaints about it that are what probably kept me away from buying it:
-Not the quality of the entire interior..but just the center stack with the radio and the climate controlls....why did they make just one big rectangular hole and fill it in with those items? It doesn't help the dash flow at all, that is the only thing that hurts the looks of the interior for me.
-Secondly, the ride height. This is a car with dimensions very close to the Grand Prix and Monte Carlo/Impala, and I think it may even be taller, so why when I sat inside was I sitting so low to the floor? I know it is supposed to be a 'sporty' car, but it isn't a Miata or Mazda3 or Scion TC. I expected to have more room between the floor and the bottom of the seat.