Should Pontiac's RWD coupe be the GTO or Trans Am?

[Sal Collaziano]

Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Chevrolet, GM, Pontiac


In its latest issue, Winding Road calls the fact that Pontiac will get its own rear-wheel drive coupe based on the same Zeta architecture (sorry, "Global RWD platform" is the new official name) used by the upcoming Camaro is a "poorly kept secret". We weren't aware the decision to give Pontiac a piece of the pie was so solid, but are pleased to hear the news nonetheless.

When a new rear-wheel drive Pontiac debuts sometime around 2010 as a 2011 model, however, what should it be called? The obvious choice is to reuse the GTO moniker that was controversially slapped on the back of a Holden Monaro coupe and sold in the U.S. from 2003 to 2006. But what's a Camaro without a Firebird Trans Am twin, we ask? GM still retains the rights to those names, and as the speculative rendering above done by Poblete proves, Burt Reynolds' most famous ride looks damn good updated for the new millennium! We encourage you to check out the latest issue of Winding Road by clicking here to see an additional rear shot of this Trans Am mockup. It's worth the extra couple clicks.

I'll be honest with everyone, I've never been the new Camaro's #1 fan in terms of design, but I could get behind a Trans Am that looks good, screaming chicken and all.

[Source: Winding Road]

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[vinterskugge9]

I prefer the one in this thread:

http://www.pontiacowners.com/pontiac/showthread.php?t=514

I would definitely buy this one. I would just hate to see them ruin the name with something hidious. I don't mind the '05 and '06 GTOs. I'd like to see a retro GTO that looks like a '70, but I wouldn't hold my breath for GM to do a good job of pulling that off. They better do something that actually appeals to people who like Pontiacs though (i.e. no "G" in the name, no huge upsloping Honda/Toyota headlights, give it a low profile and some actual details in the body molding, I could go on and on), or, as much as I would like to stick with Pontiac, we'll have to replace our Grand Prix with a Challenger.

 

[nfafan]

Trans Am unless it will be the G-sumthin

Idiots at GM will likely kill off the TA name, as they have so many other great Poncho names. And they wonder why Toyota is cleaning their clock.

 

[Sal Collaziano]

Yeah, me too.

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[Sal Collaziano]

Yeah, that's interesting. Toyota hasn't changed any of their names...