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Originally Posted by The_Goat
Good article... if Pontiac had advertised more they would have sold. But hey, now I may have retirement in my garage  |
Pontiac couldn't afford more advertising because the projected annual volume of these cars was so low to begin with. What they should have done is sold the GTO by showing that it could deliver similar performance to cars that cost more than twice as much for "only' $33K. But no, they went and showed it doing burnouts. Totally wrong message.
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Originally Posted by GTO judge
Correct me if I am wrong......but wasn't Motor Trend one of the "authoritative magazines" who berated the GTO? Lambasting the design, price, and style of it?
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Motor Trend liked the GTO from the start. They were very positive about the car. It was publications like Road & Track and especially Car and Driver that dumped all over it. Car and Driver even went so far as to rig a comparison between the GTO and Mustang GT so the Mustang would win by giving it 7 "Gotta Have It" factor points -- even after the GTO blew it away in every perforamnce category. BTW, this occured in their "10 Best" issue -- where the Mustang was called one of their 10 Best. Guess they couldn't have their pick lose elsewhere in the same issue.
