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.
