Pontiac unveils 2007 Solstice GXP

[RaiderMS3]

Too bad it still is a Pontiac, made by GM. Wait a year, get a used one for 1/2 the price, if you dare own a GM product. Tip from an owner of a 2000 GM product- get the longest warranty possible.

Why does pontiac have to make all their cars have the same looking front end? Overally, if an MR2, S2000, and a Grand Prix/G6/GTO all got put together, then microwaved for 5 minutes, that is what the Solstice looks like. The front grills are stolen from the blade patterns of the new Norelco razors.

 

[03MzdSpdSTP]

Too bad it still is a Pontiac, made by GM. Wait a year, get a used one for 1/2 the price, if you dare own a GM product. Tip from an owner of a 2000 GM product- get the longest warranty possible.

Why does pontiac have to make all their cars have the same looking front end? Overally, if an MR2, S2000, and a Grand Prix/G6/GTO all got put together, then microwaved for 5 minutes, that is what the Solstice looks like. The front grills are stolen from the blade patterns of the new Norelco razors.

i doubt it. Solstices are gonna hold their value especially the GXP. Hell Corvettes is one of the resale value leaders, also try to find a used CTS-V for cheap. Cars that people acutally want your just not gonna find a good deal on them.

 

[RaiderMS3]

i doubt it. Solstices are gonna hold their value especially the GXP. Hell Corvettes is one of the resale value leaders, also try to find a used CTS-V for cheap. Cars that people acutally want your just not gonna find a good deal on them.

a Pontiac is not a Corvette, nor will it ever be. It will probably hold the value of a modern Pontiac. I will give you one thing. It will hold more of its value than the Aztek. But it will still drop like a rock quickly.

 

[03MzdSpdSTP]

yeh well we'll see. unlike sedans/suvs/vans. Typcially sports cars hold better resale. Hence why the Trans am WS6 is still more then 60% of its value which is excellent for used cars.

 

[RaiderMS3]

Will have to see for sure. There are 1 or 2 cars from GM that might hold their value. I had a rommate with a TA ws6. After a year, he traded it in on an Infiniti. That hunk of crap broke down on him regularly. The 8th time in 2 months, he got it fixed under the warranty, and traded it in.

 

[03MzdSpdSTP]

I guess theres a lemon for every brand. My friend has a 02 SS Camaro. Had it about a year now hasn't had a single problem. Surprised that even with t-tops theres no rattles or squeaks, unfortuanly my protege is a rattle box.

 

[RaiderMS3]

In my experiences, the only lemons and problematic cars I have owned, or that friends have owned, have been Domestic. I will stick to imports. At least my seats do not slide into the dash when I stop in my Mazda.

 

[Hughes412]

I guess theres a lemon for every brand. My friend has a 02 SS Camaro. Had it about a year now hasn't had a single problem. Surprised that even with t-tops theres no rattles or squeaks, unfortuanly my protege is a rattle box.

I had my 97 z28 for almost 2yrs and did not have one problem with it. And if I wasn't in a bind I would have kept it. This protege im in now rattles to hell. Even the door. Most cars that have problems are because of the drivers not the cars. While GM has dropped the ball this Solstice is just the thing to get them going. There will be more, they are also bring back the rwd cars. IMO a place they never should have left.

 

[dmitrik4]

the reliability difference between most recent american and japanese cars is mostly more perceived than real at this point. domestics are still battling their (earned) reputation, which tends to magnify the importance of every problem that now occurs. a problem on, say, a nissan is treated as a rarity; the same problem on a chevy is treated as an inevitability.

Why does pontiac have to make all their cars have the same looking front end?

most car companies try to maintain a common "family" look to the grill/front end; jeep, audi, BMW, and dodge, to name a few.

 

[Antoine]

Higher Power levels and Performance driven models are all the rage now...Mazda has got to step things up and not just with delayed...limited run...Mazdaspeed versions...but with more mainstream production and availability...There is so much potential there...I just hope Mazda let's Mazdaspeed achieve more presence in the current and future lineup.

 

[RaiderMS3]

I had my 97 z28 for almost 2yrs and did not have one problem with it. And if I wasn't in a bind I would have kept it. This protege im in now rattles to hell. Even the door. Most cars that have problems are because of the drivers not the cars. While GM has dropped the ball this Solstice is just the thing to get them going. There will be more, they are also bring back the rwd cars. IMO a place they never should have left.

I am sure everone here would take car with rattles over a car that has the seats slide into the dash when you stop ("repaired" 17 times in 1.5 years), alternators that literally catch on fire, driveshafts that fall out, etc.

Although Mazda is not the perfect car, I know that I feel a lot safer in that, than I did in my GM product.

 

[CHICO2003]

I think everyone here who's bashing the future resale value of the Solstice should check out this article.

http://www.cars.com/go/news/Story.jsp?section=news&subject=recent&story=121505storyaAN

I don't care for the front end of this car (wish the grille was more integrated) and definitely like the more conservative approach mazda took, you can't argue with it's power or concept car styling. It's also worth noting that, as nice as the new MX-5's interior is, pontiac seems to have beat them at their own game.

one thing's for sure... no other car in this price range would look WORSE with a stupid front license plate drilled into it's nose.

 

[Spooled]

I agree with Chico on the front end. I want to see a perfomance version of the Sky.

That little Ecotec is a badass engine, though. 260hp in that car is going to be exhilarating to say the least.

 

[altspace]

2007 Ecotec Turbo 2.0L I-4 (LNF) Turbocharger System

 

[Spooled]

2007 Ecotec Turbo 2.0L I-4 (LNF) Turbocharger System

Wow, I can't believe David Kimble is still hand drawing these things! I remember having Corvette posters drawn by him when I was 8.

 

[mikeyb]

I am sure everone here would take car with rattles over a car that has the seats slide into the dash when you stop ("repaired" 17 times in 1.5 years), alternators that literally catch on fire, driveshafts that fall out, etc.

Although Mazda is not the perfect car, I know that I feel a lot safer in that, than I did in my GM product.

Sounds like a 96-02 BMW Z3 seats that slide forward.

 

[Captain KRM P5]

i'm in love

 

[RaiderMS3]

Sounds like a 96-02 BMW Z3 seats that slide forward.

really? It was like I had pulled the lever up to adjust the seats, so I stop, whamo into the dash or steerring wheel. Seatbelts did not help there.

 

[mikeyb]

really? It was like I had pulled the lever up to adjust the seats, so I stop, whamo into the dash or steerring wheel. Seatbelts did not help there.

The Z3 actually was the bolts that hold the seat to the floor. They would loosen up and cause the seat to move. Z3s have power seats.

 

[RaiderMS3]

I wish my seat problem was that easy. they replaced the frame 10 times, and "shimmed" them 7 other times. I never understood what they meant. I think it is like "rigging it to work until you leave the dealer". I thought I was alone. lots of complaints with the GMC Sonoma and S-10 extra cab trucks around 2000.

My truck was a "Certified Used GM Vehicle". That meant lemon laws did not apply.