just remember when the very first GP GTP came out it didnt come out for at least 2 yrs after the 90s GP was built...same with the late 90s version GTP came bout 1 yr later now the same with the G6 whats the big deal eventhough the G6 is a very competitive car for the imports but like the guy said once we show what were workin on toyota and the others are gonna up it of what were gonna build......... YES Toyota hasnt built a truck like the SSR or Silverado SS or even a GTO recently but hey im sure they got something up their sleeves to outdo us
Sorry Charlie.....but the first GTP came out in 1991 as a replacement for the Turbo Grand Prix that was sold as a limited edition in 1990. The front wheel drive Grand Prix debuted in 1988, there was a base, LE and SE models, the SE model was equivalent to the top of the line Grand Prix at the time, it had the 4 passenger fron and rear bucket seats and the gauge package, then the Turbo was introduced in 1990, and then the GTP was introduced when GM introduced the 3.4 Litre Twin Dual Cam V6 in 1991, this engine was standard in the GTP and available in all the other Grand Prix models.
When the Grand Prix was introduced in 1988 it was a coupe only, then the sedan came out in 1990, there was a Turbo powered sedan version of the Grand Prix as well, and that was available from the start of sedan production, the Turbo sedan was called the STE, it was a replacement for the outgoing 6000 STE, the STE continued through 1993 with the 3.4 DOHC engine as in the comparable coupe GTP. After 1993 there just was an uplevel GT sedan with the available 3.4 DOHC and the GTP coupe with the standard 3.4 DOHC V6. This set up continued through 1996.
When the new Grand Prix sedan and coupe were introduced in 1997, all the models were available from the start of production, there was an SE sedan with the standard 3.1 litre V6 and available 3800 V6, the GT coupe and sedan with a standard 3800 V6 and the GTP coupe and sedan, with the 3800 Supercharged V6.
What I dont understand is that GM is not allowed to add horsepower and more models to a vehicle line up after it introduces it?
The Corvette C5 came out in 1997, but the Z06 did not come out until 2000? And even then it was the 385hp version, in 2001, they upped it to 405hp, so what would you propose? That the 405hp version had come out in 1997 with the rest of the Corvette line up? And then GM is not allowed to make any changes to the C5 until the new model come out in 2005?
This is how it works...
G6 sedan comes out....it generates some buzz...then then initial newness wares out after a few months...then the coupe version debutes.....again some buzz....and then it becomes commonplace.....then the convertible....and the GXP versions...and so on and so forth....that way the car is kept in the lime light as the new models keep being introduced through out the roll out period.
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