GM finally listening to car buyers?
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GM finally listening to car buyers?
More horsepower, scoops move GTOs
What do you do when your resurrected muscle car turns out to be a weakling in the marketplace? Add a pair of sleek hood scoops and some horsepower.
Sales of the 400-hp Pontiac GTO -- 50 more than the 2004 model -- are up 76.9 percent through May, and dealers are short of the Australia-made coupes.
Early sales had been disappointing since the December 2003 launch. For the first five months of 2004, GTOs sold at a rate that translated to just 7,300 a year -- well below GM's target of 16,000. This year, Pontiac says, it expects to sell 12,000 to 14,000.
Pontiac spokesman Jim Hopson says Los Angeles is the country's hottest GTO market -- an unusual feat for a General Motors car.
Critics griped about the 2004 model, which didn't have hood scoops or true dual exhausts. Says Hopson: "We listened."
What do you do when your resurrected muscle car turns out to be a weakling in the marketplace? Add a pair of sleek hood scoops and some horsepower.
Sales of the 400-hp Pontiac GTO -- 50 more than the 2004 model -- are up 76.9 percent through May, and dealers are short of the Australia-made coupes.
Early sales had been disappointing since the December 2003 launch. For the first five months of 2004, GTOs sold at a rate that translated to just 7,300 a year -- well below GM's target of 16,000. This year, Pontiac says, it expects to sell 12,000 to 14,000.
Pontiac spokesman Jim Hopson says Los Angeles is the country's hottest GTO market -- an unusual feat for a General Motors car.
Critics griped about the 2004 model, which didn't have hood scoops or true dual exhausts. Says Hopson: "We listened."
So now that they've actually considered the publics opinions, I wonder if the Chevy branch will listen to people complain of how outdated they look and do something about it? Or the H1 ridiculous pricing?
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So now that they've actually considered the publics opinions, I wonder if the Chevy branch will listen to people complain of how outdated they look and do something about it? Or the H1 ridiculous pricing?
-Matt-
So now that they've actually considered the publics opinions, I wonder if the Chevy branch will listen to people complain of how outdated they look and do something about it? Or the H1 ridiculous pricing?
-Matt-